This new ballet warm-up was inspired by the boys of BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL on Broadway. To get these extraordinarily talented youngsters warmed up and ready to turn and jump within a 1-hour class, Finis had them work off the barre, standing on the center floor in front of the mirrors.

When you are unable to hold on to a barre, you quickly learn to place yourself and engage the muscles needed in order maintain turn-out and balance.

Furthermore, watching yourself work in the mirror improves concentration and muscle memory since you are "feeling what you see" and "seeing what you feel."

In this breakthrough DVD, carefully paced choreographed exercises which turn and travel will refine your movement skills, as you stretch and strengthen your entire body.

You will naturally develop a keener awareness of when and how to work your head, shoulders, and arms in order to balance the movements of your feet and legs. And, most of all, you dance as you warm up!

SPECIAL FEATURES: Play the DVD in 3 modes: Full Class, Individual Exercises or Workout Mode where you can run the exercises without instruction. Once you've learned the exercise and heard the instructions, you may want to go straight to the demonstration with music so you can have a workout without interruption.

1. Jog in 3/4

2. Plie & stretch

3. Battements tend to the side, temps lie, stretch

4. Battements tendus & dégagés, front & back, stretch

5. Quick dégagés to the side, balance on half toe

6. Battements tendus over-crossing in 4th position, pas de bourrées

7. Flic tendus en tournant en dehors, dégagés, pose on half toe, grand port de bras

8. Tendu, soutenu, relevé passé, pose & promenade turn

9. Ronds de jambe à terre, fondus, pas de bourrées

10. Battements dégagés, fondu relevés, pas de bourrées

11. Grands battements to the front, fondu relevé, tombé pas de bourrée

12. Grands battements to the back, fondu relevé, tombé pas de bourrée

13. Grands battements to the side, fondu relevé, tombé pas de bourrée

14. Pas de basque, arabesque, pas de bourrée, pirouette en dehors.