If you've ever been curious about trying a barre fitness workout, our guide below will explain the benefits of ballet barre and how to get started. Barre fitness is a hybrid workout class - combining ...

Most people watch ballet because it's beautiful. When it comes to stories and emotions, no other art form compares. But it's also possible to consider ballet from a fitness angle, to behold all those ...

A low-impact workout combines several exercise elements for high-impact results. If you mix Pilates stretch and strengthening moves with a ballet barre and some groovin' tunes, you get Pure Barre.

Barre classes centre around classic ballet moves such as pliés and arabesques, with a focus on correct form and muscle recruitment as opposed to dance sequences. Legwork plays a major role, which ...

The “barre boom” as we know it first took off in the early 2010s and had everyone from your sister-in-law to your best friend’s mom arabesque-ing like there was no tomorrow. But what exactly is barre, ...

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Pure Barre, 1750 29th St. #2026, Boulder, (at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall above Borders) 303-443-3054, purebarre.com Instructor: Shalisa Pouw, of Denver, who co-owns the Boulder franchise with Mish ...