The seminars provide a unique opportunity to share in zena s insights and to experience floor barre training in its purest form.
Zena rommett floor barre exercises.
For over 60 years zena rommett has earned the respect of the medical profession as a pioneer in injury prevention and rehabilitation.
Misty copeland a principal dancer at american ballet theater abt used it to recover from stress fractures in her tibia.
The original floor barre class was created by zena rommett in new york city in the 1960s as a way to help professional dancers build flexibility strength and recover from injuries.
How jodi moccia teaches zena rommett floor barre jodi moccia s 8 30 am floor barre class is filled with a mishmash of early risers young and old varying physiques dancers and nondancers alike.
With simple exercises and a strong focus on yourself you can get unexpected results for your body.
Zena rommett floor barre at steps on broadway new york.
I could see it as a teacher on my students who thanks to floor barre complain less pain and dancers find themselves stronger more stable and elegant without great effort.
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I have always been drawn back however to the purity of floor barre techniques that use minimal or no equipment and that require conscious control of the torso and limbs directing participants focus towards placement alignment and control e g.
Excerpts from zena rommett s series 1 floor barre dvd for professional dancers and other athletes.
Floor barre receives endorsements from prominent physicians specializing in the treatment of dance and sports injuries.
I recently spent 6 weeks in a moonboot for an injury i ac.
Her influence and her fame are global.
In the united states the zena rommett floor barre technique has been widely influential and through the floor barre foundation has certified a number of practitioners world wide.
Zena rommett floor barre is a technique that i would call magic.
We re sitting on the floor with legs stretched long and feet flexed rotating from parallel to first position.
Zena was a purists.
This weeks class is a little bit different then what you are used to.