I like how different ballet schools and companies post videos intended for adult beginners. I also like how animated he teaches.

Amazing class and hilarious instructor!

so encouraging! love that precise pointed toe !

This is REALLY good. It's real ballet, not the watered down version that's often sold to an adult class. I also love how he has not omitted any elements, out of the misguided fear we often see, that adults are fragile and might break.

I have never done ballet before in my life (but quarantine made me decide 'why not?') I may look like a fumbling duck, but this class was super fun!! And the guy was very charismatic and engaging will definitely be returning twice a week, and may his grace rub off on me

I'm 19, I gonna try this.

Ian Parsons is outstanding. This class is taught with great detail and instruction. I feel very fortunate to have this class available on-line. Canada's National Ballet School is top notch. Thank you for the class Ian.

This was the BEST CLASSES EVER!! Thank you for this. I know I'm like 7 months late, but I'm definitely adding this one to my ongoing best ever class list because of COVID-19. It was such a unique, text-book perfect, beautiful, humorous class!! 😄❤️🩰

I was lucky enough to take an in-person class with Ian about two years ago. (Tall lady named Shirley. Age 60. Came with a friend named Beth, about the same age.) Great teacher. Thrilled to find this online.

Very nice video and class, bravo good work

🙏🏽 for exciting class.

I love this class, doing it with my daughter

Your classes are simply the best!! Thank you so much!! Please keep doing them.

After three months of binge wachting youtube ballet stuff, I just joined in for this class (after a glass of vino). It was wonderful and your explanations were very empathetic and helpful. Thank you for sweetening my evening!

Lovely class!

I love jazz piano! :)

hello ian-- thank you so much for this. i have been "scarred" by dance before. i used to dance before, but i stopped because i took something personal from my teacher (basically), and i lost interest. my mother was a professional dancer and she still dances and it's also bringing us together. i'm at class 4 and i really love your classes. thank you so much. you will never understand how life-changing this is for me. thank you! -- ps: i do (sometimes!) swear at my screen (never you!) cause you really... you really "go in" sometimes and yup! it's a workout! but thank you! but push-ups in the adage? sure. 😅 and i love it. thank you so much again. thank you for allowing me to ease into dance again after all those years (i'm 30 -- i need to chill). THANK YOU! anyone reading this comment, please give it a try and commit to the class, and to yourself. this is amazing. thank you ian! -- maroussia, de montréal :) 🇨🇦

Professor ,please continue the ballet class for begginers adults. Im not ballerina body .But with your classes we can dream that IS possíble dance with 39 years that we could at least try ❤️❤️❤️❤️

thanks for the class!

The best ballet classes for this adult beginning-again dancer! I look forward to the new class every week. Ian, you are so informative, charming and funny. Thank you from my ballet barre at the Oregon coast. ❤️

he's so cool!!! yay Canada !

Shalom/peace. Ballet is such a wonderful way to express. I adore to dance, one of the things I like to think about when I dance, is dancing for Jesus. Gives me the inspiration, to perfect all my techniques. Giving a wonderful form of worship to King Jesus amen 🙏🏽

Thank you so much for helping me rediscover my love of ballet. Lots of turnout work needed!

Amazing class ❤️ I'm starting ballet again after 8 years and I truly needed exercises at home. Thank you

Hi from ireland:). So glad I stumbled across these. Haven't taken a ballet class in over 30 years so this was (painfully) fun. What better way to spend lockdown part deux?!

Haven't done ballet since I was 4 (about to turn 25), and I stumbled through most of these forms but this was super fun!! I love Ian's charisma and energy!! Will definitely be back for more classes!!

Beautiful class and great personality! I was laughing at your sassy quips throughout :)

Ian Parsons, you are adorable! Thanks for this barre routine.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video! You remind me so much of the teachers i adored - the ones who always had a smile and a fun comment through classes 😊 It was a joy and an honor to take your class!

That was lovely, thank you a lot

I’ve done a few different ones on KZfaq but this is by far my favourite! Thank you for such a great class!

this is exactly what i'm looking for!

Love this!

This was absolutely delightful, thank you for sharing this.

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

thank you for this!!! I appreciate it so much!

thank you so much for doing this!

Loved this class! I started ballet as an adult this fall (twice a week out in the suburbs) and I’ve been missing class. This class was a great pace for me. I look forward to doing the next one.

That was awesome 💪🏾

Thank you so so much for this! Fantastic class, fantastic teacher.

by far one of the best ballet classes here on youtube!! this is so amazing ian thank you so much for this♥️🥺♥️🥺

My goodness I can't help but smile through this class. Love it 💖💖💖💖💖😁keep it coming .

Thank you so much for this video!!! I miss having adult ballet classes, so finding this made my day. And it was such a fun class! You’re a great teacher. Thanks again :D

thank you . just what i needed!

really like Ian Parsons descriptions and metaphors, mental images really help in terms of how the body has to move in ballet, bravi!

Amazing video, thank you so much!

loved this lesson...loved you!

Fantastic! Thank you

Really loved this - bravo!!!!!!

thank you so much for this super fun class! i didnt feel time pass at all :)

You are fantastic! I really enjoy the class! ❤️

thank you for this class!! :) so helpful!

Great class, Thank you so much😊

like ur class so much！ thank you！

Wonderful - thank you so much for this class.

This was so fun!

I love your teaching!

Wooooow! Loved it! Thank you! Just subscribed 😉♥️

great basics practice, from Australia :)

Just returned to this class in my saved balled classes- I hope Ian posts a few more classes!!

Thank you so much for this ballet class. I have always wanted to do ballet but did not have the opportunity to do so. This was a wonderful first class and I hope I can master this one and go on to the next.

excellent class and teacher! thank you so much ian!

Amazing! thank you! clap! aplause! bravo!

Wonderful dancing and teaching!

Just finished my second day of doing this class and my body is definitely rusty, but it was SO needed after not having taken a ballet class in a very long time. Pre-Covid, I would definitely be in the studio in between performance contracts, so this was a lifesaver. I look forward to continuing my dance journey through this class and gain some strength to be ready to come back to the stage when everything is open! :)

He is a Bee Charmer🐝😍

Gracias, viéndolos desde Chile, me gustó mucho su clase!

How wonderful! I never did ballett before and somehow at 2 am I decided I needed to do this - no regrets at all! I really enjoyed this lesson, thank you so much. Of course I did not manage to get anywhere close to doing most things as nicely as you did, but I had a lot of fun.

Que Bueno, Excelente la Clase, me encanto, muchas Gracias!!!!!!

brb gonna take all the classes with Ian

please make your own youtube so I can follow you its beautiful class ever please love you

Sou brasileira , quero voltar a ter classes ! Estou parada a 30 anos 😅

This is so hard.. he’s punk rock

Watching, and - forgive me - at 19:10 I thought you said shark toes! 😂

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Does anyone in Berlin want to give me dance Lessons ?

Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus. If you have any questions let me know x

Do you think 40 is to old to start learning ballet

this is not a beginners class.....this is way too advance assuming a person even knows the names of the moves...