Live Well Road Test: Spinning out at the barre  New Zealand Herald

Can exercising like a ballet dancer give you a lean physique? Siena Yates takes a spin in a barre class. It’s not always easy to get the movements right but once …

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Leicester Mercury

From ballet to pilates: “I feel like I've come full circle.” Leicester Mercury When a career-threatening condition put Jane Fletcher's future as a ballet dancer on the line, she turned to pilates – a decision which changed her body, and her life. Sarah Staples hears her story. Jane Fletcher is a near perfect interviewee. There is …

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From ballet to pilates: "I feel like I’ve come full circle." – Leicester Mercury

If you've ever walked past a ballet dancer in the street, the first thing you'll notice is their perfect posture and elongated, lean limbs. As the signature results gained from practising the regimented dance style, we couldn't help but notice the exact same body form when we sat down with Aussie-in-LA, Tahyna Tozzi. The actress is currently based in the States, and fell hard for hybrid ballet …

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Ballet + Pilates: Tahyna Tozzi Talks Xtend Barre

Former dancer Emily VanCamp has been sharing how she keeps that killer bod for hit series Revenge. Having learnt fitness discipline from being a ballet dancer, the actress is no stranger to pushing her body. Speaking in the latest issue of Canada's Fashion magazine, she said, 'The amount of rigour [ballet] required was exhausting but rewarding. I still have that competitiveness from being so …

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Revenge star Emily VanCamp speaks about her ab-flattening Pilates workout

Globe and Mail

En garde for the new fitness hybrid – SwordFit Globe and Mail Like an action-oriented Pilates class, the Western martial art of swordplay requires the grace of a ballet dancer with the strength of a warrior. It's not about building muscle mass, as in weight-lifting, but about building plyometric – that is, … and more »

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En garde for the new fitness hybrid – SwordFit – Globe and Mail

Emily Blunt, who plays a ballet dancer in her latest film, not only had to contend with the difficult task of learning how to pirouette (for her upcoming role in The Adjustment Bureau, alongside Matt Damon) she also had to cope with burger envy too. Wearing a sultry lace outfit on the cover of […]

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No Cleanses or Airbrushing for Emily Blunt