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Broadway Dance Fitness: It's a Hard-Knock Life

Broadway Dance Fitness: It's a Hard-Knock Life — video by Joseph Corella Play · 37:19

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Learn a playful Annie routine step by step from Broadway performer Joseph Corella, using a small towel as a prop, then dance it through to the music and cool down to Tomorrow. The routine has jumps and hops, and he says to leave the jumps out if you need to.

  • 37 min
  • All levels
  • High impact (jumping)
  • towel
  • Jazz

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Step by step 12

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  1. Opening: step out and hold, then a two-count jump; repeat it reversed to the other side, adding the arms. 1:32
  2. Grab and pull on the counts, walk forward and kick down, hitting the accents with the music. 3:20
  3. Section 2: turn and run, look front, jump out into a deep plié with three hits, bending the knees to land. 6:18
  4. Dance sections 1 and 2 through with the music. 10:27
  5. Towel section: chassé with the arms out, jump optional, then throw the towel down, wipe the floor and reach up. 12:18
  6. Ballet section: reach up, step and reach again, reach forward Swan Lake style and pivot round. 17:11
  7. Arabesque hop-steps: four in a circle, back leg low enough to spare your back, knees bent as you land. 18:47
  8. Mark the routine from the top without going full out, then dance it with the music. 20:32
  9. Final section: repeat the opening moves, then a talk-through of the whole routine with performance pointers. 24:50
  10. Rehearsal run to the music, marking the moves rather than going full out. 29:28
  11. Performance: dance the full routine twice in a row, leaving out the jumps if you need to. 31:17
  12. Cool-down to Tomorrow: reach up, draw the shoulders back, shake out and stretch over to each side. 34:30

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Hit the accents with the music, then add the jumps if they suit you
  • Bend the knees to land softly when you jump out

What it works Whole body

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Joints it uses 3 takes load

  • Hips takes loadplie jump-outs, wide squats, arabesque, pivots
  • Knees takes loadjumps, hops, plie landings, pivots
  • Ankles & feet takes loadjumps, step-hops, arabesque hops
  • Shoulders movesbig arm reaches, grab-and-pull, towel moves
  • Lower back movesbending down to wipe the floor, arabesque
  • Jumping or hopping. Impact goes through the ankles, knees and hips.

Easier option from the coach: He says to take the jumps out, and do fewer hops if it is too much

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Joseph Corella; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety