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Move Beautifully: Intermediate Dance Skills and Barre Technique

This cycle of the Creative Movement workout will focus on building intermediate skills and improving barre technique.

Jessica Hedrick

Written by Jessica Hedrick Last updated on January 31, 2015

The Creative Movement workout is a compilation of dance movement, bellydance, barre, pilates, kettlebells, and yoga. This workout will move through various types of programming for levels beginner to advanced. The goal of the workout is to gain a technical foundation of dance movement, increase fluidity and flexibility, increase overall body strength, and explore your body through various mediums.

The second cycle of this workout series builds a foundation for intermediate dance technique and functional fitness skills. This cycle is a intermediate barre workout that fuses ballet, dance movement, bodyweight exercise, and yoga into one fun and inspiring class.

Creative Movement will run Tuesday and Thursday, but feel free to pick any two days that work for your schedule. Have fun with the workout and find your artist in your athletic journey.

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Week 1, Day 1

Warm Up:
Tadasana
March 3 mins

Upper Body:
Downward Dog to Upward Dog 10x
Strict Push Ups 20x

Stretch:

Hands Clasp Behind back 20 sec

Lower Body:
Suhaila Squat, Elbows on Legs 1 min
Suhaila Squat, Arms in 2nd position 1 min
Suhaila Squat, Arms in 5th position 1min

Stretch:
Figure 4 R leg at the Barre 20 secs
Figure 4 L leg at the Barre 20 secs

Glute Work:
Table Top 1 Inch Lifts R Leg 25x
Table Top Hydrant R Leg 25x
Table Top Arabesque R Leg 15x
Table Top 1 Inch Lifts R Leg 25x
Table Top Hydrant R Leg 25x
Table Top Arabesque R Leg 15x
Cat Stretch, Hips to the right R
Cat Stretch, Hips to the right R

Core:
Bicycles with Straight Legs 25X
Boat Pose hold 20 sec 3x

Back Work:
Cobra 3x
Upward Dog 20 secs

Stretch:
Pigeon R leg 20 secs
Straddle Stretch 20 secs
Pigeon L leg 20 secs
Straddle Stretch 20 secs

Jessica Hedrick

About Jessica Hedrick

Jessica is a lifelong athlete. Her truest passions are movement and creativity. She is currently studying under Suhaila Salimpour and is a member of her internationally-acclaimed Suhailia Salimpour Dance Company. In 2014 the company booked in San Francisco, Austin, Boston, and various other touring cities. Jessica has studied intensively for the last eight years in her format, attaining a SSSD Level 3 and Jamilia L1. She is currently studying for her next levels in dance and will be completing her Yin Yoga teaching certification with Master Paulie Zink in 2014.

Jessica started her athletic journey at age six in the area of competitive ice-skating. She competed on the national competition circuit in ice-skating, as well as in equestrian showing riding (English style). She continued her athletics through high school in track and field, specializing in hurdles relay team and 200-meter hurdles, concurrently part of the competition cheer team. In her college years she intensively studied martial arts and yoga, and went on to win two U.S. Open World Martial Arts Championships.

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