Ballet Class for Beginners
by Lee Kraft
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Actor: David HowardDirector: Lee Kraft
Brand: BALLET CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
DVD Reviews of Ballet Class for Beginners
DVD Review: Is He Really Serious?
Summary: 1 Stars
I am an adult ballet student with about five years under my belt. I have heard and read much about the legendary David Howard and his ground-breaking technical ballet training. I ordered this DVD hoping to improve my understanding about fundamentals like posture and the impetus of movement, for which he is known. After watching this DVD, I can not believe that he even bothered to put this out. This is only the most basic of reviews of steps that anyone with a year of ballet training will already know. He spends less than a minute talking about posture and really doesn't say anything all that helpful. The only section where he gives any technical information at all is the plie section. The rest of the video is "this is a tendu", "this is a ronde de jambe". Honestly, what an embarrassment. To top it off, the student dancer doesn't even display good technique. She doesn't push her foot into the floor at all on tendus, and it looks like she's about to fall over when executing pirouettes (only singles). She's no better than a dancer you would find at any common ballet school (not necessarily a very good school, either). In my opinion, the only type of person that might get some value from this is a parent who has just started their child at a studio and wants to know what kinds of things the child will be doing, or perhaps an absolute beginner. I see that other commenters have seemed to get something from this, but for the life of me I don't know what. If this is all David Howard really has to offer dancers, he should just give it up now. Yes, this is for beginners, but this is the level where the critical building blocks of proper ballet technique are formed. He could have done way more with this. Incidentally, this DVD is only 40 minutes long. I guess I should be grateful that I didn't have to watch any more.
Description of Ballet Class for Beginners
An introduction to ballet dancing for the beginner student.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: BALLET CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Title: BALLET CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Street Release Date: 08/31/2004
Genre: FITNESS
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