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ABOUT THE TEACHER: Finis Jhung is a world-renowned ballet master who has been featured on CBS THS MORNING, written The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique: A Guide for Teachers & Students and produced more than 45 instructional videos. ABOUT THE VIDEO: Finis shows and explains each exercise and fifteen year-old Saige Miller demonstrates on both sides, Finis comments and analyzes, and then Saige repeats the exercise. This video is all about the preparations that create the results. Watch how Saige turns her plié and rolls through her feet. As she starts dancing across the floor, notice how Saige places and works her plié and pushes with her feet, which results in beautifully placed triple pirouettes en dehors. Finis and Saige then concentrate on the en dedans pirouette, showing you how to prepare for these tricky turns so that you will get on your leg and turn with ease. Besides all the technical instructions and demonstrations, Finis has also choreographed some exercises so that you can improve your dancing skills. EXERCISES: 1. Rolling through the feet, at the barre; 2. Turning the plié, half way, at the barre; 3. Pirouette en dehors to fourth position, at the barre; 4. Échappé, relevé retiré, fondu relevé, pirouette en dehors; 5. Pas de bourrée, pirouette en dehors, piqué arabesque; 6. Assemblé soutenu, pirouette en dedans; 7. Piqué arabesque en manège, pas de bourrée, pirouette en dedans; 8. Développé écarté, relevé attitude, pas de bourrée en tournant, pirouette en dehors; 9. Pas de bourrée en tournant, grand rond de jambe, chassé, relevé-développé, piqué arabesque, grand pirouette à la seconde; 10. Piqué pirouette en dedans, pas de bourrée couru en première; 11. Piqué pirouette en attitude en dedans, pas de bourrée; 12. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant en dehors sautillé; 13. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant: Singles, Doubles. BONUS EXTRAS: 1. Finis talks with Saige; 2. Saige’s Pre-Class Stretches; 3. Saige & Her Pointe Shoes