So, we all know that the core of the dancer’s strength, power, grace, and posture is the basic work done at the barre. And we all know that the first dvd in this series was a complete lying dishonest ripoff because there was no true barre work (just some stupid pointless exercises that you were supposed to do lying flat on your back). We all know that you will never achieve the beautiful dancer’s body and posture unless you put in time at the barre. We all know that any “ballet” workout that lacks barre work is a lie. So tell me, is this dvd as dishonest as the first “ballet” dvd in this series? Does this dvd also completely lack any true dance basics, such as real barre work, which can only be performed standing at a real barre? Please let me know. I don’t want to throw away money on a complete waste of time with this dvd, as I did with the first one. I’d be better off with Richard Simmons than that lying worthless misleading “ballet” workout that the first dvd promised. Oh, and can you fast forward between sections in this one? You couldn’t even skip around in the first dvd. Total ripoff. I didn’t even complete dvd #1 even once because it bore no resemblance at ALL to a real ballet class and didn’t even provide the dvd advantage of letting you skip around.
Rating: 1 / 5

As a dancer I was looking for a video to help me improve my technique for fall auditions. If your even a slightly trained dancer pass on this video. The pictures on the back and front of the case do look complicated; but they’re not IN the video. The video is hella easy. And i didn’t feel the burn. Now if you have no dance experience then it might be different for you.
Rating: 2 / 5

I was actually looking for a video that would take you through an entire dance class. The warmup at the barre, floor work, and then onto combination work across the floor. But it was way too much like an instructional video… and yet their combination was more like a jazz/tap combo routine instead of ballet. The real reason I wanted this video was because I was a dancer from age 2 1/2 (tap, ballet and jazz) until college, when I began to teach. I opened my own studio in my late 20s. Then moved to the West coast, and taught for 10 years as a “traveling dance teacher” to schools and daycares. By age 42, I stopped dancing. I gained weight going from a lifelong adult weight of 125 lbs (at 5′6″) to 170 lbs. I’m now 48 yrs old. I can’t function at this weight… feel terrible all the time. But I DO know one thing… that when a body starts dancing again, it “remembers” how to get back in line. So I was looking for a “dance class on video” for adults. Anyway, this was a waste of money for me.
Rating: 2 / 5