FastClass with Lauren King

LENGTH: 35 min. LEVEL: Advanced SPACE: Large

FastClasses go exercise to exercise without stopping, perfect for when you already know the steps. Whether you need a warm-up or want to challenge your memory and endurance, these short edits of our most popular classes allow you a full class in less time.

Lauren King—soloist at the New York City Ballet— gives a brilliantly structured and mentally challenging class that will spark both your muscles and your mind.

From the first plié exercise at barre to the final sequence of glissade-assemblé-soubresaut (in place of a traditional révérence), combinations are intricately choreographed. They build in rhythmic syncopation, anatomize an action (such as pirouette), ring changes on a basic step, and continually ask the dancer to change weight from leg to leg.King lets no grass grow under anyone's feet. Though she demonstrates nearly everything fully (and beautifully), she hurtles through explanations of how each combo should go.

Music: Robert Boston

Dancers: Beth Miller and Shoshana Rosenfield

Category: Ballet