New York City Ballet - The Complete Workout Vol.1 And 2

Slow but with good results

A Customer from London, 2nd March, 2009

I enjoyed the Vol 1 of New York City ballet. Although almost the same as Vol1, I got bored with Vol 2.

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Aesthetic but difficult

A Customer from England, 26th December, 2008

Beautiful, strong male and female bodies, beautiful classical music, a pleasant calm male voice giving instructions... this makes a welcome change from the celebrities surrounded by stick insects moving frantically to synthetic music. Aesthetically, this is a wonderful DVD, refreshingly different. The workout is good, too, with emphasise on working the legs. However, it is not suitable for everyone. If you're new to exercise, you probably won't be able to follow the programme. Even if you're exercising regularly, you may find this goes beyond your abilities. The performers are, after all, movement professionals. This is their training routine. It's probably not suitable for you unless you're young, above average strong, and far above average flexible. You definitely need to be very experienced at stretching. You also need previous ballet knowledge. The instructions are given in ballet jargon. Unless you've taken ballet classes, these won't make much sense. (You can watch the DVD several times with a dictionary in your hand, and gradually puzzle out what those terms mean). Summary: highly aesthetic, but suitable only for fit, flexible exercisers with ballet experience.

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new york city ballet 1&2

A Customer from Exeter, 8th December, 2008

I have given this one star, purley because i enjoyed the music. unless you have a living room the size of a dance studio don't bother, because thats the amount of space you will need to be able to carry out any of the routines!

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Delicate and powerful

A Customer from Perth, 23rd February, 2008

That was my perception of the NYC Ballet dancers. The DVD was beautifully made, and the exercises were easy to follow, albeit having to watch as they did the exercises. As one of the reviewers said, the voiceover doesn't really go into detail, so I would recommend watching it first, and then trying it. Not really aerobic, but helps definition. I was left wanting more!

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