By Katherine Cortez And Maria Chaul

What is Ballet Beautiful?• Ballet Beautiful is ballet-inspired fitness training for every

woman, based on targeted exercises and stretches to sculpt and tone sleek ballet muscles.• Ballet Beautiful provides techniques to build and maintain the

beauty, strength, and grace of a ballerina.

Mary Helen Bowers

• Professional Ballerina and founder of Ballet Beautiful• Born in 1979 in Charlotte, North Carolina• Began studying as a full scholarship student

at the School of American Ballet in Manhattan at age 15• Invited to join New York City Ballet at age 16• Danced for 10 years with the New York City

Ballet at Lincoln Center and on stages all over the world• Graduated from Columbia University with a

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature• Bowers helped train actress, Natalie

Portman for the Oscar winning performance in the 2010 movie, Black Swan.

How To Take Classes• Ballet Beautiful classes are accessible worldwide.• There are Group Classes online and also Private Classes located at their

flagship Soho studio in Manhattan and worldwide via Ballet Beautiful Live.

• You can purchase a DVD Workout Video either on the Ballet Beautiful website or where ever they are sold.

There are also customized workouts that are designed to fit into your daily life, with a flexible schedule created just for you.

The Ballet Beautiful Store• The Ballet Beautiful store has

varieties of their workout segments, dance wear, and even DVDs and books.

Videos

Ballet Beautiful Trailer

Ballet Beautiful: Quick Tip - Foam Roller

Ballet Beautiful: Quick Tip - The Allegra Workout

Black Swan Training

Sign Up• To sign up all you need is to register on the Ballet Beautiful

website

Why We Chose Ballet Beautiful• It is a great way to help ballerinas and non-ballerinas to get where

they want in their abilities of being or becoming a ballerina.• It’s a great way to make sure every muscle in your body gets a work

out and help maintain them.

Questions• Who is the founder of Ballet Beautiful?

Mary Helen Bowers• At what age was the founder invited to join New York City Ballet?

16• What movie did the founder help actress, Natalie Portman, prepare

for her role as a ballerina?Black Swan