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Fletcher Barrework Online Course

BARREWORK + FUNDAMENTALS

The Fletcher Pilates Barrework Course is designed for movement and fitness professionals as an in-depth resource to understand the unique Fletcher approach to the Pilates method.

Through this virtual course, you will learn unique Fletcher Pilates concepts and practical teaching applications for the following signature Fletcher Pilates techniques:

Fletcher Percussive Breath™

Fletcher Fundamentals™

Fletcher Barrework


WHAT IS BARREWORK?

The Fletcher Barrework is a low-impact, Pilates and Ballet inspired workout that can have many benefits, including improved flexibility, posture and endurance. Barre can help you build and strengthen musculature. Balance can also be improved, as well as mental focus. Barre classes can help improve your mental clarity and focus because the sustained and challenging poses require your brain to be constantly engaged. The Fletcher Pilates Barrework repertoire offers accessibility to quality Pilates without the need for equipment, creating attainable opportunities for people to experience Pilates all over the world.

"(Pilates) is about learning more about your body, getting in better touch with all its parts and setting up a communication system with it, trusting and loving it as your best friend and then using it correctly all the time"

-Ron Fletcher

What to expect...

Discover the Fletcher Barrework Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Fletcher Barrework™ Introduction

  • 2

    Fletcher Fundamentals: Part 1

    • Fletcher Fundamentals Movement List PDF

    • 1) Standing & Centering Cues

    • Review of Standing & Centering Cues

    • Fletcher Percussive Breathing™ Technique

    • 2) Fletcher Percussive Breath

    • Review of Fletcher Percussive Breath

    • 3) Mechanics of the Breath

    • Review of Mechanics of the Breath

    • 4) Quadrant Breathing

    • Review of Quadrant Breathing

    • 5) Breath Volume & Control

    • Review of Breath Volume & Control

    • 6) Spinal Mechanics - Flexion

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Flexion

    • 7) Spinal Mechanics -Lateral Flexion

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Lateral Flexion

    • 8) Spinal Mechanics - Rotation

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Rotation

    • 9) Spinal Mechanics - Extension

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Extension

    • 10) Spinal Mechanics - Hinging

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Hinging

    • 11) Spinal Mechanics - Spiral

    • Review of Spinal Mechanics - Spiral

    • 12) Intersegmental Motion of the Spine - Supine

    • Review of Intersegmental Motion of the Spine - Supine

    • 13) Intersegmental Motion of the Spine - Kneeling

    • Review of Intersegmental Motion of the Spine - Kneeling

    • 14) Integration of Upper & Lower Hemispheres - Ron's Imprinting

    • Review of Integration of Upper & Lower Hemispheres - Ron's Imprinting

    • 15) Integration of Right & Left Hemispheres

    • Review of Integration of Right & Left Hemispheres

    • 16) Integration of Right & Left Hemispheres - Kneeling

    • Review of Integration of Right & Left Hemispheres - Kneeling

  • 3

    Fletcher Fundamentals: Part 2

    • 1) Introduction to Articulation Fundamentals

    • 2) Organization of the Head and Neck

    • Review of Organization of the Head and Neck

    • 3) Length of the Neck & Throat

    • Review of Length of the Neck & Throat

    • 4) Neck Rotation & Circumvolution

    • Review of Neck Rotation & Circumvolution

    • 5) Nose Circles

    • Review of Nose Circles

    • 6) Use of Focus

    • Review of Use of Focus

    • 7) Scapular Mobilization

    • Review of Scapular Mobilization

    • 8) Upward & Downward Scapular Rotation

    • Review of Upward & Downward Scapular Rotation

    • 9) Sternum to Scapular Relationship

    • Review of Sternum to Scapular Relationship

    • 10) Arm Articulation

    • Review of Arm Articulation

    • 11) Wrist & Hand Articulation

    • Review of Wrist & Hand Articulation

    • 12) Leg Articulation

    • Review of Leg Articulation

    • 13) Leg Articulation - Supine

    • Review of Leg Articulation - Supine

    • 14) Foot Articulation

    • Review of Foot Articulation

    • Fletcher Fundamentals Class with Deborah

    • Ron Fletcher Workshop - Part 1 (1978): Standing Series

  • 4

    Fletcher Fundamentals: Discussions

    • Fletcher Standing & Centering Cues for Postural Assessment

    • Introduction to the Pilates Movement Principles

    • Pilates Movement Principles Presentation

    • Pilates History Presentation

    • Letters from Clara with Ron Fletcher

  • 5

    Fletcher Barrework™

    • Introduction to Fletcher Barrework

    • Fletcher Barrework Movement List PDF

    • Fletcher Barrework Workshop

    • Fletcher Barrework Class #1

    • Fletcher Barre Class #2

    • Fletcher Barre Class #3

    • Fletcher Barre Class #4

  • 6

    Barrework: Encyclopedia

    • B1abc Simple Arms; a. Single arm, b. Double arm, c. Single arm with rotation

    • B1de Simple Arms; d. Fist to open, e. Criss cross arms

    • B2a Plié; a. Foot and Leg Positions (“walking the feet out and in”)

    • B2b Plié; b. Demi plié

    • B2c Plié; c. Grand plié

    • B3ab Relevé; a. Four count /two count relevé, b. Pulses at top with arm lift

    • B3c Relevé; c. High release pattern

    • B3d Relevé; d. High release facing away

    • B4a Foot Articulation and Running Patterns; a. Foot articulation – Toe lifts, Ankle flexion, Roll to ball of foot, Roll to ball of foot in plié, Plié-relevé pattern, and in turnout

    • B4b Foot Articulation and Running Patterns; b. Alternating lifts

    • B4c Foot Articulation and Running Patterns; c. Running in place patterns

    • B5 Footwork (lateral facing); a. To the toe, b. To the prance, c. With plié, d. With relevé

    • B6abc Rond de Jambe (in parallel); a. Quarter circle (front and back), b. Half circle, c. Passing through center

    • B6abc Rond de Jambe (in turnout); a. Quarter circle (front and back), b. Half circle, c. Passing through center

    • B6d Rond de Jambe (in turnout); d. Rond de Jambe with weight transfer

    • B6d-variation Rond de Jambe; d. Rond de Jambe with weight transfer variation

    • B7a Battement; a. Simple battements

    • B7b Battement; b. Battement with weight transfer patterns

    • B7c Battement Posterior Series; c. Foot stretch

    • B7de Battement Posterior Series; d. Simple battement, e. To the lunge pattern

    • B8a Ron’s Barre Stretches; a. Ron’s Contraction to hinge stretch

    • B8bc Cat Series; b. Double plié, c. Cat stretch

    • B8de Cat Series; d. Single leg extension (add plié), e. Oppositional arm & leg reach

    • B8de Cat Series; d. Single leg extension (add plié), e. Oppositional arm & leg reach

    • B9a Lateral Hip Stretch; a. Facing away from barre

    • B9b Lateral Hip Stretch; b. Facing side

    • B9b Lateral Hip Stretch; b. Facing side

    • B10ab Passé Pattern; a. Simple passé, b. With lunge to side

    • B10cd Passé Pattern; c. Passé facing away, d. With lunge to front

    • B10e-h Attitude Pattern; e. Passé to attitude (add pulses), f. To the lunge, g. Upper body rotation, h. Full attitude pattern

    • B11 Figure Eights; a. Leg and hip only, b. Add arm and plié, c. Add contraction and release

    • B12 The Egyptian; a. Simple, b. With plié and relevé pattern, c. With arm and chest rotation

  • 7

    Barrework Course Quiz

    • Fletcher Pilates Intensive Course Quiz

  • 8

    Course Completion Survey

    • Course Completion Survey

Get started today!

Are you ready to take your Pilates knowledge to the next level? Add the Fletcher Barrework to your Pilates experience and benefit both you and your clients!

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The international Pilates revolution owes much of its momentum to Ron Fletcher. A 20-year student and protégé of Joseph and Clara Pilates, Fletcher’s organic, movement-based approach to the Pilates method has inspired generations of Pilates teachers and practitioners. As Fletcher Pilates continues to grow in popularity, so too grows the demand around the globe for Fletcher Pilates Teachers. Our school provides one of the most comprehensive and definitive international Pilates educational program of its kind and is the only program endorsed by Ron Fletcher, a first generation Pilates Master, professional dancer, and choreographer.

"Movement should be approached like life - with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude - for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it."

-Ron Fletcher


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