Meet the expert: Isabella McGuire Mayes is the founder of Ballet With Isabella. She trained at The Royal Ballet School, before becoming the first British girl to join the Vaganova Ballet Academy in ...

Arguably, one of the most valuable benefits of barre classes is that they can allow us to engage in ballet in a more inclusive, body-positive way. Some of us who had ballerina aspirations as ...

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Over the years the workout evolved and while the movements you see in barre classes today are still based on postures from ballet, they are more approachable for non-dancers, Sweeney says.