I did this workout for the first time this morning- I only did the standing portion. She has 2 background exercisers - the one on the left does the advanced version and the one on the right keeps it the same or modified easier than the instructor.

she calls it barre work but there's no barre- it's all balance! I even followed the advanced person some which was mostly the foot leaving the floor instead of tapping the floor. the other modifier would do the moves without the plie for instance. I think this is doable for a beginner -I'm still about 50 lbs overweight and have been exercising since April on a regular basis. I do like ballet and graceful type workouts (like Ellen and classical stretch and bollywood bemoved...)there was really nothing 'exciting'about this workout. I found her pleasant enough but not as personable as Ellen Barrett. also while her moves were similar to some Ellen uses she doesn't really move around much - maybe a step behind like a lunge or she puts the legs wider and shifts side to side. the set is also a pastel blue fairly bland set and the music just so so. I liked her accent :-). I'm mixed on this one - I think I like Ellen Barrett's stuff better but this one was also nice and graceful and as the other reviewer said I think paying more attention to the form can up the intensity - I tried to pay attention but balancing is hard! I do enjoy balancing so that's why I went ahead and did some of the 'advanced' moves. I want to do this one again and see how I feel - I have the other 3 by balletone and I think they're more advanced. I can always go deeper on the plies in this one and concentrate on the leg lifts to tone more I think and it's good when Ifeel like doing something similar to Ellen but without all the side to side stuff! :-)

Instructor Comments:
accent that I enjoyed- uses a lot of ballet terms scattered throughout - I liked her overall. she shows the moves slowly then up to tempo and I had no trouble following what she was saying.

Susanna