Hi Dance Lover,

Everybody loves a good pop song. Therefore, before launching into full-scale cardio, we embed our pliés and tendus into pop songs that warm us up and get us hyped for the cardio ahead.

Want to see pop song choreography that will make you fall in love with your pliés and tendus? Check out Video 1 below!

With this and with the remaining videos inside this treasure chest, we'll show you how we've ditched the barre and made pliés and tendus fun!

Featured by Dance Magazine as one of the best online dance classes, The Dancer's Workout® (TDW) provides adult dancers who are trained in ballet with an exciting alternative to both traditional ballet classes and mainstream fitness classes. Our classes honor and utilize your prior training in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance to provide you with an exciting one-hour adult fitness class for dancers.

Thanks for visiting The Dancer's Workout® (TDW) Treasure Chest, where we are excited to share our treasure trove of secrets with you! 

Click open Video 1 to access the standing warm-up choreography from one of our 40+ masterclasses! With this and our subsequent Treasure Chest videos, we will give you a really clear picture of the structure and content of our typical adult dance fitness masterclasses and help explain why our intermediate and advanced ballet, jazz, and contemporary dancers love these classes enough to return day-after-day, week-after-week, month-after-month, and year-after-year!

Take a peek!  In this first video we share the first two songs in the TDW masterclass entitled, "Second Chances." It includes our intro song to this 15-song masterclass plus a standing warm-up song, both of which were designed to introduce you to the first several strings of choreography needed for this one-hour masterclass, while also ensuring we receive a good, foundational warm-up for the songs to come.

Click Video 1 in the TDW Treasure Chest and jump in as you wish!

See you in class, 

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

The interesting truth is that many adult dancers have lost their full splits. 

But it makes sense, right?  As we've aged, we've often found less time to dance and stretch...

Unless we dance with The Dancer's Workout® (TDW), that is. Those of us who dance daily with The Dancer's Workout® get to carefully stretch and dance full-out every single day, and this is good for our bodies (and our splits)!

Video 2 is for the adult dancer who needs a little TLC in the flexibility department. Two complimentary, sweet, slow, feel-good stretch songs are in there - just for you.  

Check out Video 2 and take your time getting your stretch on.

And keep this in mind... If you decided to become one of our online members, you too could stretch and dance on a regular basis; and this is a GREAT way to recover your flexibility and ultimately reclaim your dancer's body. 

Start with these two complimentary stretch songs to see if you love the way they make you feel.

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

Let's face it. We adult women are busy.

Between jobs, children, husbands, parents, and household responsibilities, we don't have much time, and we need the one meager hour we devote to ourselves to be worth it! 

Yes, we love ballet, but who has 90 minutes to spare?  We've got one hour a day - max, and we need to get in and out and be sure the class we chose will reliably give us an efficient, kick-ass, fun, total-body workout that will really make us sweat.

That's what The Dancer's Workout® will do for you.

Case in point...

Check out Video 3 where we demonstrate the first dance cardio song in the TDW masterclass, "Second Chances." This first cardio song is on deck following four introductory songs which introduced a bit of choreography and warmed us up.

Our goal in the dance cardio section of each TDW masterclass is for everyone to learn the core choreography as we go, while we are dancing. So you'll probably notice how in this first song we build upon the choreography we learned in the warmup songs. You can expect the 5 dance cardio songs which follow this first one to keep adding on (kind of like that old childhood game where you have to repeat what you learned, and keep adding on). This creates a powerful 6-song dance cardio arc prior to the cool-down song that uses our prior ballet and jazz training to keep us moving.

 We invite you to take a peek inside Video 3 so you can see how we start the exhilarating dance cardio section in "Second Chances."

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dancer Lover,

I’ll let you in on a little secret.  We adult dancers love ballet choreographed to pop music.  

Oh sure, classical music is quite lovely and, uhmm, “classical,” but inspiring pop music is downright irresistible!

There’s a completely different vibe with pop music - it's sorta like the choreographic intention was entirely different. With pop music, the movement feels like it SERVES the music (not vice versa) and seems to wrap around the musical phrases like a big fuzzy blanket on a delightfully chilly evening. It’s delicious.

Check out our featured song in Video 4 inside this Treasure Chest. What you’ll see is one of our BALLET CARDIO SONGS DONE TO POP MUSIC.

This particular song is THE SECOND SONG IN A SIX-SONG DANCE CARDIO ARC from our sample one-hour masterclass, "Second Chances."

Not gonna lie, you and the rest of us will be panting like a tiger at the end of this pretty little song and praying we have the strength to get through the four cardio songs that follow it.

Ballet to pop music... This is how we do it, ladies; and while it may be hard, we absolutely love it!  

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover!

Adults love to play. We want to leave our bills, chores, and stress behind and have a minute.

EVERY TIME I think my choreography is just too darn silly or sexy for grown women, my adult dancers rise up and play along with me.  EVERY.TIME.

So... the featured song in Video 5 of this Treasure Chest includes some playful "shirt-tails," and it demonstrates that yes we do, indeed, have a "Good Thing" (it's a play on words - you'll see... ;) 

This is the third of six dance cardio songs in the TDW masterclass entitled, "Second Chances."  Enjoy!

Want to dance with us on a regular basis? We've got a sale on our 14-day SILVER membership sampler where you can have access to 20 of our online classes for 14 straight days (includes 5 one-hour TDW masterclasses, plus 15 40-minute "Express Classes"). I can promise that if you like what you see in our Treasure Chest, you will LOVE LOVE LOVE what we have in store for you inside our SILVER membership.

See you in class!

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

In class, like in life, there are moments when you have to show yourself and the world what you're made of.

Things stop being easy. All of a sudden it's time to buckle down, grit your teeth, and get it done.

In these moments, there are no free rides, no knights on white horses, and no easy way out.

The 4th and 5th dance cardio songs in The Dancer's Workout® masterclass "Second Chances" are a bit like that. They are featured in Video 6 of our Treasure Chest. Fortunately these killer songs are super-fun; but even so, there is no escaping the fact that when powering through the 4th and 5th dance cardio songs, you are actually smack-dab-in-the-middle of the 8th and 9th songs in this one-hour, 15-song class. You have been going for quite a while, and you are tired.

Are you a quitter? No. Remember what Dad said, "Winners never quit and quitters never win." "You are tougher than you think." "You can do this..." 

Check out Video 6 inside this Treasure Chest and watch these girls kill it with sheer determination while reminding themselves, "Keep your shoulders down. Point your toes. Look pleasant. Breathe. Stay with the music. Don't stop. You got this."

Imagine how amazing you'd feel to be able to get through these songs like these dancers are doing. Seem impossible? It's not.

You can get yourself in outstanding shape taking our classes. One of the greatest things about our online classes is that you can do them any time of the day or night! Get up early, stay up late, squeeze it into your lunch break, or just make a standing date with yourself and discover the joy these classes will bring you. Start with our 14-day SILVER sampler.

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover!

Each one-hour class of The Dancer's Workout® peaks with the final dance cardio song!

We call the final song in the dance cardio segment of each masterclass the "pull-together song" because this is when the choreography taught during the first 40 minutes of class gets "pulled together" into an exciting mini-performance!

It's a total rush to be pushed to the limit after 5 consecutive cardio songs and then expected to perform this final number!

Video 7 contains the pull-together song for our "Second Chances" masterclass. 

It is the dance cardio crescendo! The last hurrah! The moment of truth! The final exhibit of dancer grit and determination after five consecutive dance cardio songs that were full of sweeping balancés and waltzes. This is where we pull the whole dance cardio segment together and perform it like champs.

Just imagine if you had danced full-out for the past 40 minutes, while the choreography of each successive song built upon itself... 

It feels... Exhilarating! Powerful! Challenging! Super-fun!

Check it out in Video 7!

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

Imagine you have been in dance class for about 40 minutes and have just completed an exhilarating set of cardio dance songs. You are breathing hard and sweating and feeling like you just hiked to the top of a mountain where the stunning scenery is suddenly cloaked by a glorious burst of cool air.

Throw your arms in the air, girl! Life is amazing and you are on top of the world! 

Let's savor this moment of exhilaration with the cutest little cool down song.

At this point in our one-hour class, our goal is to cool our bodies down and get our heart rates back to normal. After all the split-second mental and physical processing of the choreography learned and executed in the previous six dance cardio songs, we need a cool down song that gives us something fun and familiar which will lower our heart rates and get us ready for the toning portion of this glorious one-hour class. 

Video 8 features one of our favorite little cool-down songs that keeps us super-charged as we transition from dance cardio to the upcoming toning portion of the class. Check it out!

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

All dancers want to have a good... um... "bikini."  What happens to your dancer's spirit when your "bikini" doesn't look so good anymore? :( <sad face>

Alternative: I'll tell you how I eliminated the need to wear long baggy shirts...

"Body. By Jules."

LOL. That's what one of my students called it the other day as she was commenting on her physical transformation. We laughed, but the truth is that the conditioning exercises at the end of each of our masterclasses are designed to create...  

"Awesome Bikini. By You."

Over here at The Dancer's Workout®, we refer to this portion of the class as BIKINI BOOTCAMP. But don't let the name of it scare you!

For context, imagine you've nearly made it through a one-hour class with The Dancer's Workout®.  At this point you've warmed up, stretched out, danced your guts out, and cooled off. 

Now we start into the last 15 minutes of class where we focus on toning exercises before doing our final song at the end of the hour.

In Video 9, we share three bikini bootcamp songs with you, one for your abs, one for your legs, and one for your booty. Trust me, these songs are the best thing you will do for your bikini all day! 

So gurrrl… Get down on the floor with us for 15 minutes. Your bikini will thank you!

See you in class,

Jules

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Hi Dance Lover,

How do you want to feel when you finish a one-hour dance class? 

I ask this question because Video 10 is all about class endings that will ignite your life-long love affair with The Dancer's Workout® classes.

So let me guess how you want to feel when you leave class:

Exhilarated! Exuberant! Joyful! Dying to come back! Proud of yourself for working out in a joyful way that actually makes a difference in your long-term health and fitness.

You promise yourself you will find a babysitter, bargain with your partner for this one precious hour to yourself, leave work in plenty of time, and, in other words, MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH to find time for this tomorrow! You have finally found THE THING that rejuvenates your body, soul, and spirit. 

When you finish one of our masterclasses, dripping with pride and sweat, we hope we've inspired you to notice the gusts of sweet air and the beautiful leaves and grass in the lovely landscape around you! We hope we've injected your spirit with excitement and gratitude! We hope we've inspired you to bless others with your jubilation and positivity!

Our final song contributes to this incredible feeling.

In each TDW masterclass, there's something about the way those final four minutes allow us to bask in our sweaty success.  After "surviving" The Dancer's Workout® class, there's this immense feeling of self-satisfaction that, I'll be honest, is downright addicting.

I always pick a beautiful song for our final song. One that makes our hearts ache with love and glory.  And the simple choreography allows us to finally relax, stretch, and reflect upon what we have done for the past 55 minutes.

When that last note finishes, we erupt into applause!  We are a hot, sweaty, perfect mess!  It is incredible.

Video 10 demonstrates the final song in the one-hour TDW masterclass "Second Chances" - it is a good example of the type of song we enjoy during our final moments together.  

Speaking of not wanting to end our time together...

We have absolutely loved sharing our Treasure Chest with you! We hope you have enjoyed learning about each aspect of a typical TDW masterclass and why our adult ballet, jazz, and contemporary dancers love these classes so much. Thank you for taking this journey with us! 

We want to invite you to dance with us on a regular basis. Please join us by purchasing our 14-day SILVER sampler membership. This online membership provides you with 14 days of unlimited, 24/7 access to 20 of our favorite online TDW classes [includes 5 full (60-minute) TDW masterclasses plus 15 (40-minute) TDW Express classes]. Discount is available! Click HERE! 

By the way, ballerinas, we also have an online TDW Instructor Certification course for exceptional ballerinas like you who want to get certified to teach The Dancer's Workout® in-person classes in your own hometown.  

However you decide to dance with us, we welcome you to the TDW family with love.

See you in class,

Jules

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