Pure Barre: Ballet, Dance And Pilates Fusion (DVD, 2008)

The workout is very good, she does not loose any time, but the dvd has not chapters, so you have to rewind is you want to do one body part. The other thing that I did not like is that she has black pants, black tank top and black socks, and she is working on a very dark gray catpet, is a little difficult to see what she is doing. Just listen to the instructions they are very clear. this is a workout for int/adv. only, beginners are going to get frustrated.

As a ballet teacher of 3,4 ,5 and 6 year olds, I found this exercise dvd challenging. I liked it because she doesn't do the same move for very long. She's constantly changing even if it's only by degrees. It makes it less mundane. The thigh exercises executed "on demi-pointe" meaning on your tippy toes (think stripper-high heels) are very challenging. I don't need more shape to my calves, so I do this on flat feet. I would recommend every other time you do this to start with the left leg first for every exercise. My only complaints are: 1. It's sometimes difficult to see what she's doing because she's in all black and completely covered up 2. There is very little stretching and it's done very quickly (too quickly). If you read the promo it really sells the stretching but they just didn't do it - or ran out of time.