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Dance and fitness trainer Kaley Hatfield shows us how to do ballet barre at home in Yahoo Life’s fitness series, “Take 5.” If you don’t have a barre, no problem. All you need is a chair for stability.

The focus is on small movements done in high repetitions. There’s stretching and toning, and parallels to Pilates, yoga and ballet. Ballet dancers have perfected their grueling workouts for centuries ...

Barre and Pilates are both popular workouts right now. Fitness experts explain the benefits, differences and which is best ...

No equipment needed for these ballet-inspired moves ...

“Don’t squat! Don’t stick your butt out, this is ballet!” Ten women straightened up, trying to find a proper plie and hold it as trainer Stacey Berube led them through exercises with light weights. It ...

Desperate, as always, to dramatically improve my appearance in one day, and inspired by a friend who claims she “remade” her body with a ballet-bar workout — at press time, her tush was heading for ...

Barre class? Like, the ballet-dancer workout? Nope. No way. Not a chance. If you're a human of the dude persuasion, that's probably what you're thinking. That's what I was thinking. My reluctance had ...

Meghan Prout, right, works her arms during a mixed-level barre class at The Bar Method studio in Moiliili. A ballet barre and mirrors wrap around two sides of the 1,000-square-foot studio. Stacks of ...

Fitness empress Michelle Austin has become a minor international celebrity in recent years. In her television infomercial broadcast on four continents, Ms. Austin promises that her ballet bar workout, ...

Instructor: The Bar Method founder Burr Leonard, 62 of San Francisco, was in town for the grand ppening and taught the class I attended. Class is typically taught by The Bar Method Boulder co-owner ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Fitness sensation The Bar Method, known for its unique full-body exercise program ...