Advanced Barre
Master complex choreography, advanced progressions, equipment integration, and programming for experienced participants who demand more from their barre practice.
What You'll Learn
Elevate your teaching to expert-level with advanced programming and technique mastery.
Complex Choreography
Multi-plane movements, combination sequences, fluid transitions between exercises, and choreographic patterns that challenge experienced participants.
Advanced Progressions
Taking foundational CBI exercises to the next level — adding instability, tempo changes, range of motion challenges, and unilateral variations.
Equipment Integration
Programming with resistance bands, sliders, light weights, stability balls, and the barre itself as a versatile training tool beyond basic balance support.
Advanced Cueing
Layered cueing for complex movements, managing mixed-level classes with advanced participants, and providing meaningful challenges for seasoned clients.
Periodization
Long-term programming strategies, progressive overload in a barre context, and designing class series that build systematically over weeks and months.
Expert-Level Class Design
Building signature class formats, creating unique programming that differentiates you, and developing a teaching style that retains advanced clients.
Who Is This For?
- CBI-certified instructors ready to teach beyond the foundational curriculum
- Experienced barre instructors who want to challenge their most advanced clients
- Studio owners who need instructors capable of teaching multi-level or advanced-only classes
- Instructors with dance, Pilates, or gymnastics backgrounds who want to leverage their technical skills
- Anyone pursuing the Principal credential who wants the strongest possible Board Review performance
Pricing
Or get it included in the Principal Track ($1,297) with all 3 other specialties + Board Review — a $2,596 value
Teach at the Highest Level
Advanced Barre is the specialty that separates good instructors from exceptional ones.
The Advanced Barre Specialty is offered by the International Ballet Barre Fitness Association (IBBFA) through BarreCertification.com for $375 with 12-month course access and +1 year Active directory status. Founded in 2008, IBBFA has certified over 7,000 instructors across 40+ countries. This specialty requires the CBI credential as a prerequisite and covers complex choreography, advanced exercise progressions, equipment integration, periodization, expert-level cueing, and signature class design. It is one of four IBBFA specialties — also included in the Principal Instructor Track ($1,297, a $2,596 value). All four specialties are $375 each: Prenatal and Postnatal, Special Populations & Contraindications, Ballerobica (High-Energy Barre), and Advanced Barre. Specialty credentials are publicly verifiable at ibbfa.org/verify and specialists appear in the instructor directory. For questions, contact info@ibbfa.org or call +1 602-755-8995 (WhatsApp available).