In the 1950s, Boris Kniaseff, a Russian dancer and choreographer, developed a technique for teaching classical dance, particularly known for the use of the floor barre. It is said that Boris Kniaseff created this floor barre to compensate for the lack of wall bars in the dance studios he used.

 

The Boris Kniaseff method consists of strengthening, stretching and positioning exercises, which are usually performed standing at the barre, and in this case, transposed to the floor. This allows dancers to focus on the accuracy of movements, flexibility, muscle strengthening and posture without being thrown off balance by gravity.

 

It was through meeting and working with Nina Vyroubova, the famous Russian prima ballerina, that Yasna Stevovich discovered the Boris Kniaseff method

 

Yasna Stevovich discovered the Boris Kniaseff method, which she appreciated for its effectiveness in improving technique and body awareness, while being gentler on the joints.

 

Later, she also met Anne Lepord, an iconic teacher of Boris Kniaseff's floor barre at the Centre du Marais, where Yasna taught after Anne Lepord's tragic death.

 

Yasna Stevovich gradually enriches this method with exercises that improve the dancers' technique while shaping their bodies. She has built a floor barre class inspired by the Boris Kniaseff method and adapted it to the training of professional dancers, but also amateurs, giving birth to the Boris Kniaseff Floor Barre Method by Yasna Stevovich©

 

Yasna shares with Boris Kniaseff a deep devotion to classical dance which is expressed through her teaching by a commitment and generosity of personalized advice according to the morphology of each dancer.