Elevate Your Barre
Building on the foundations established in the first module, this advanced module takes your teaching and practice to the next level. Over three intensive days, you will explore complex combinations, advanced sequencing, and musicality, gaining the tools to create dynamic and engaging barre classes that flow seamlessly.
What You'll Learn
In this module, you will broaden your exercise repertoire by exploring creative and dynamic combinations that challenge both you and your students, while maintaining precise alignment and ensuring safety. You will also deepen your understanding of advanced sequencing, learning how to structure classes with intentional progression, flow, and engagement. By integrating these elements, you will be able to design classes that are not only physically effective but also inspiring, cohesive, and enjoyable for students of varying levels.
This module introduces the use of props, including balls, weights, and resistance bands, to expand your class design and create inventive variations. You will learn how to incorporate props strategically to enhance conditioning, refine alignment, and add playful or targeted challenges to your classes. The focus is on using props thoughtfully to support students’ development while maintaining class flow and safety.
You will explore the role of rhythm, tempo, and phrasing in barre classes, learning how to use music to enhance movement quality, engagement, and energy. This section emphasizes timing, fluidity, and expressive movement, giving you the skills to guide students through sequences that feel dynamic, motivating, and harmonious.
Who You'll
Learn From
Willemieke will guide you in deepening your understanding of anatomy, alignment, and embodied movement within the context of barre. She emphasizes how anatomy and biomechanics underpin every exercise, ensuring that movement is both effective and safe. By weaving together breath, core engagement, and precise alignment, Willemieke helps you experience the intelligent foundation behind barre practice. Her ability to explain and demonstrate the interplay between posture, breath, and movement patterns will empower you to teach with clarity, while enabling clients to move with greater ease, grace, strength, and awareness.
Jennifer
"What I truly appreciate is how inspiring it is to watch you demonstrate the exercises. You bring them with the elegance of a ballerina and a touch of humor, which makes me feel both challenged and at ease. Your classes are always refreshing and creative – I often find myself wondering: how do you come up with this? Even during the restrictions of corona you found playful solutions, like when ‘our block became our new friend.’
Your energy is contagious and lifts the whole group to a higher level. What may seem simple at first often turns out to be a clever challenge, where one small detail makes all the difference and pushes us to go to our limits – and makes us want to. With your warmth, knowledge, and wisdom, every class becomes a valuable experience. You are an inspiring teacher who leaves a lasting impression through humor, strength, and grace."
Esther
The Barre Teacher Training was such a transformative experience for me. I came in thinking I would ‘just’ learn some exercises, but I left with a deep understanding of how to truly guide others and create my own barre exercises. The combination of technique, class room management and teaching practice gave me exactly what I needed to feel ready to lead my own classes.
Who It's For
A previous Barre Teacher Training or Foundation Module is required to join the training.
Dates
Sat. 27 Dec. | 9:00–16:00
Sun. 28 Dec. | 9:00–16:00
Mon. 29 Dec. | 9:00–16:00
Location
Tribes Studios, Leiden
Doezastraat 2A or Floris Versterlaan 61
Just a 15-minute walk from Leiden Central Station.
Free Parking available.
For your meals: there are plenty of restaurants and shops near the station, or you’re welcome to bring your own, a fridge is available on site.
Price
€525
(no VAT charged)
🐥 Early Bird: €50 off with code BARREBIRD1 until Oct. 27th
⏰ Limited spots available.
Certificate
You will be awarded a certificate upon successful completion when meeting the following criteria: Attendance of all 6 days & successful completion of the practical exam.