20% OFF: Build Better Turns from the Ground Up
Develop the technique, strength, balance, and body awareness needed for cleaner, consistent turns and greater confidence.
On-demand programs starting at just $67.
Dance Labs programs are trusted by 6,500+ dancers and dance teachers worldwide.
Does This Sound Familiar to You (or Your Dancers)?
✓ You can do the turn… sometimes.
✓ You nail it in class one day and can't seem to find it the next.
✓ You’ve watched countless videos, tried different tips, and practiced the same turn over and over but something still feels off.
✓ You know the turn, but you don’t know what to work on to make it better.
✓ Or maybe you’re a teacher who knows what your dancers need to work on, but you need better exercises, progressions, and ways to break the skill down.
The truth is...
Turns don’t come from luck. They come from proper placement, alignment, and the right technique.
Your body has to work together. Strength, balance, spotting, and body awareness all work together to create better turns.
Consistency can be trained. The right exercises, progressions, and practice help you turn with more control and confidence.
INTRODUCING OUR…
Jazz Turns Program
One system. Four levels.
A clear path from foundational technique to elite-level turning.
• Master the technical foundation with proper placement, alignment, and muscle engagement.
• Understand the mechanics behind your turns so you know not just what to do, but why it works.
• Develop the strength, balance, spotting, and body awareness needed to execute turns with control.
• Progress to more advanced turn skills through a structured four-level system that builds on what you’ve already learned.
• Turn with greater consistency and confidence by applying the technique through targeted exercises and combinations.
WHAT'S INSIDE
✓ Warm-up
✓ Targeted conditioning for strength, control & stability
✓ Four-level progression from foundational to elite
✓ Expert, step-by-step instruction clear demonstrations
✓ Detailed technique breakdowns
✓ Practice exercises & combinations
✓ On-demand training, on your schedule
✓ Unlimited access through the portal & app
✓ Program guide
✓ Customizable training schedule
✓ Equipment guide
Not just another collection of turn tutorials this is a complete system designed to show you what to work on, how to work on it, and what comes next.
20% OFF | Get All 4 Levels of Jazz Turns
The complete system to master better turns with control and confidence
20% OFF - BEST VALUE
Jazz Turns Program Bundle
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$262.40 $328
Full Training System
✓ Level 1: Foundational Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 2: Intermediate Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 3: Advanced Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 4: Elite Jazz Turns Program
23 turn skills • 96 exercises • 4 progressive levels • unlimited access
Or choose your level!
LEVEL 1
Foundational Jazz Turns Program
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$67
Best for Beginners
✓ Warm-up
✓ How to spot
✓ Chaîné turns
✓ Piqué turns
✓ Single pirouettes
✓ Balance exercises
See What Dancers and Teachers Are Saying
"I feel like it gives me as a teacher confidence and helps with structure. I love the drills instead of just teaching the move itself. This helps build dancers' foundation and understanding of the moves and skills required. Overall,the dancers also feel more confident and it just clicks better."
“We have absolutely loved the Elite Jazz Turns course with Joelle! It has really helped my daughter get to the next level! It's so convenient and Joelle is such an amazing instructor! We highly recommend this course!”
"The turns classes I have been able to take online have been such a gamechanger! Joelle is the best at teaching because she explains in detail and shows exactly what to practice. I love having these videos to go back and watch as many times as I need. I also have loved doing these in the privacy of my own home at any time. It's been nice to be working on turns when my schedule allows it. Thank you so much for this program!"
"Dance Labs Turns courses are a concise and effective training tool and for both dancers and instructors. I am always so grateful for fellow teachers who share their insight and knowledge."
"I’m writing to express my gratitude for your amazing courses. Before purchasing Level One Turns Foundations, I had struggled with my turning for so long. I tried YouTube tutorials, group classes, and even private lessons, but never had success. Everything changed when I purchased my first Dance Labs turns course. I really admire how well the courses are organized and structured, especially the building blocks that help you master each step before attempting the full turn. Today, after two years of searching for the right direction, I finally accomplished my first successful pirouette! Thank you so much, and I look forward to Level 2 and Level 3!"
"I bought Joelle's modules for turns on Dance Labs, as a teacher and instructor. Joelle is a turning magician. I have been wanting some new ideas on how I can help my dancers achieve greater success in their turns and that is exactly what I found. I am planning on incorporating some of her exercises into my technique classes and I am so grateful that I have it accessible on video to refer to anytime."
INSIDE THE JAZZ TURNS PROGRAM SERIES
Level 1: Foundational Jazz Turns Program
Learn the fundamentals that make stronger turns possible, including proper placement, alignment, muscle engagement, spotting, balance, and body awareness.
Through step-by-step instruction and targeted exercises, you’ll learn chaîné turns, piqué turns, single pirouettes, and balance exercises, with center and across-the-floor combinations to put your technique into practice.
By the end of Level 1, you’ll have a clear understanding of the mechanics behind each skill and the tools to begin progressing toward more advanced turns.
Level 2: Intermediate Jazz Turns Program
Build on the technique from Level 1 while developing greater strength, balance, coordination, and control.
Through targeted exercises and step-by-step instruction, you’ll work on double pirouettes, inside pirouettes, coupé turns, pencil turns, and introductory fouetté and à la seconde turns.
As the skills become more challenging, you’ll learn how to apply your technique to execute multiple rotations and more complex turning patterns with greater consistency.
LEVEL 2
Intermediate Jazz Turns Program
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$77
Best for Developing Technique
✓ Warm-up
✓ Balance exercises
✓ Double pirouettes
✓ Inside pirouettes
✓ Coupé turns
✓ Pencil turns
✓ Intro to à la seconde turns
✓ Intro to fouetté turns
Level 3: Advanced Jazz Turns Program
Take your turning skills further by developing the strength, coordination, body awareness, and full-body connection needed for more advanced turns.
Build and refine advanced skills including à la seconde, fouetté, attitude, tabletop, and pencil turns, along with around-the-world à la secondes and leg hold turns en dedans and en dehors.
Learn how the different parts of your body work together to create stronger, more controlled turns. Through targeted exercises, detailed breakdowns, and practice combinations, you’ll refine your technique and build the consistency needed to execute advanced skills with confidence.
LEVEL 3
Advanced Jazz Turns Program
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$87
Best for Advanced Turns
✓ Warm-up
✓ À la seconde turns
✓ Fouetté turns
✓ Attitude turns
✓ Tabletop and pencil turns
✓ Around the world à la seconde turns
✓ Leg hold turns en dedans
✓ Leg hold turns en dehors
Level 4: Elite Jazz Turns Program
Bring everything together with the strength, body awareness, control, and consistency needed to execute elite-level turning skills and combinations.
Develop advanced skills including spotters, floats, forced arch pirouettes, reverse around-the-world à la secondes, and coupé into pencil turns. You’ll also work on combining elite pirouettes with jumps and leaps.
Challenge your technique through more complex combinations and detailed progressions designed to help you maintain control, precision, and confidence as the difficulty increases.
LEVEL 4
Elite Jazz Turns Program
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$97
Best for Elite Turns
✓ Warm-up
✓ Reverse around the world à la secondes
✓ Spotters
✓ Floats
✓ Forced arched pirouettes
✓ Coupé into pencil turns
✓ Pencil pirouette switching spots
✓ Elite pirouettes into a jump/leap
20% OFF | JAZZ TURNS PROGRAM BUNDLE
For stronger, more consistent turns at every level
This is your complete Jazz Turns system, designed to take you from foundational technique to elite-level skills with clear, progressive training that builds on itself.
✓ Level 1: Level 1: Builds the technical foundation for proper placement, spotting, balance, and single pirouettes.
✓ Level 2: Develops stronger rotations and introduces double pirouettes, inside turns, pencil turns, fouetté, and à la seconde.
✓ Level 3: Advances your technique with fouetté, à la seconde, attitude, tabletop, leg hold, and around-the-world turns.
✓ Level 4: Challenges you with elite-level skills, complex combinations, spotters, floats, forced arch pirouettes, and turns into jumps and leaps.
Train with purpose, build your technique, and turn with confidence.
20% OFF - BEST VALUE
Jazz Turns Program Bundle
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$262.40 $328
Full Training System
✓ Level 1: Foundational Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 2: Intermediate Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 3: Advanced Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 4: Elite Jazz Turns Program
23 turn skills • 96 exercises • 4 progressive levels • unlimited access
Why Train With Dance Labs?
Not just another turn tutorial.
✓ A progression — Know exactly what to work on next.
✓ The why behind the skill — Understand the mechanics, not just copy the movement.
✓ Targeted exercises — Train the specific components that affect your turns
✓ Expert instruction — Learn from expert dance educators who understand turning technique.
✓ Practice combinations — Take individual skills and apply them through movement.
✓ Train at your own pace — Revisit lessons and practice as often as you need.
This is a system for becoming a better turner not just learning more turns.
Jazz Turns Experts and Program Instructors
Meet Your Instructors
Level 1 Instructor
Kayla Bagshaw
Kayla Bagshaw is a multi-time award-winning dancer, choreographer, coach, and studio owner with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance. Her detailed instruction focuses on the fundamentals that make strong turns possible, from proper placement and alignment to spotting, balance, and muscle engagement. Known for her thorough technique breakdowns and thoughtful combinations, Kayla makes the mechanics of turning easier to understand and apply. Her step-by-step approach gives dancers the tools to build better habits and a stronger foundation from the start.
Level 2 Instructor
Cicily Oldham
With more than 22 years of teaching experience, Cicily Oldham brings a disciplined, detail-oriented approach to developing strong, technically sound dancers. Her teaching emphasizes focus, precision, and purposeful training—helping dancers understand not only what to do, but how to execute each skill correctly.
In Level 2 Jazz Turns, Cicily builds on the fundamentals established in Level 1, helping you develop greater strength, balance, control, and consistency as your turns become more challenging. Through detailed instruction and thoughtful progressions, she'll help you refine your technique and expand your turning vocabulary while continuing to build the foundation you'll need for more advanced skills.
Level 3 & 4
Joelle Banford
Joelle Banford is renowned for her unique approach to turn technique and her ability to help dancers understand how the entire body contributes to a successful turn. Rather than focusing on the turn in isolation, she trains the whole dancer—developing body awareness, coordination, strength, and the mind-body connection needed to execute increasingly complex skills.
In Levels 3 and 4, Joelle takes dancers beyond the fundamentals and into advanced and elite turning. Her detailed instruction breaks down the mechanics behind challenging skills and combinations, helping dancers understand how to generate power, maintain control, and connect one skill to the next.
Her goal is simple: to help dancers become more consistent, confident turners who can rely on their technique—not luck—when the difficulty increases.
THE PROGRAM FORMAT
Here is what you can expect:
DYNAMIC WARM-UP
✔ Start each session with an invigorating 13-minute warm-up tailored to prepare your body for peak performance.
TARGETED TRAINING FOR CLEANER TURNS & GREATER CONTROL
✔ Within all four levels, targeted exercises build the strength, balance, flexibility, and body awareness needed for stronger, more controlled, consistent turns.
MASTER THE DETAILS BEHIND EVERY TURN
✔ Each skill is broken down so you can understand the technique, mechanics, and muscle engagement behind every turn. Learn how to use proper alignment, spotting, balance, and body awareness to create stronger, more controlled rotations. With 23 turn skills across all four levels, you’ll build your technique progressively from foundational turns to advanced and elite skills.
EXPERT INSTRUCTION
✔ Benefit from the knowledge and experience of our expert Jazz Turns instructors to develop proper technique, understand turn mechanics, and build cleaner, more consistent turns with precision.
FROM SKILLS TO PERFORMANCE
✔ Practicing skills in isolation is essential but applying them with other skills builds true mastery. Our practice combos help integrate each skill, so it becomes second nature.
FLEXIBLE AND UNLIMITED ACCESS
✔ Train anytime, anywhere. Go at your own pace and convenience, fitting the program into your schedule seamlessly.
✔ Plus, this program is a one-time purchase and never expires.
BONUS RESOURCES
ENROLL NOW & YOU'LL GET ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING:
BONUS: EQUIPMENT GUIDE
Check out our guide for recommended products, all available on Amazon. Take the guesswork out of finding quality items and get the best gear for your needs.
(Value = $27)
BONUS: RECOMMENDED TRAINING SCHEDULE
Stay motivated and track for your goals with a training schedule. Having a training schedule helps you stay motivated and organized. It ensures proper recovery and gradual intensity increase, leading to safer and more effective conditioning. Plus, a structured plan helps you track progress and stay committed to your goals.
(Value = $27)
BONUS: PROGRAM COMPLETION CERTIFICATE
Upon completion of the program shoot us an email letting us know and we will send you a Program Completion Certificate personalized with your name. You can download it and print it.
(Value = $27)
TRY OUR JAZZ TURNS PROGRAM FOR 30 DAYS
30-DAY GUARANTEE
Give the program a try. If it's not the right fit for you let us know within the 30 days of the date of your purchase, and we'll refund your money!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Have a different question? Send an email to [email protected] and we are happy to help!
20% OFF | Get All 4 Levels of Jazz Turns
The complete system to master better turns with control and confidence
20% OFF - BEST VALUE
Jazz Turns Program Bundle
____________
$262.40 $328
Full Training System
✓ Level 1: Foundational Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 2: Intermediate Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 3: Advanced Jazz Turns Program
✓ Level 4: Elite Jazz Turns Program
23 turn skills • 96 exercises • 4 progressive levels • unlimited access
Or choose your level!
LEVEL 1
Foundational Jazz Turns Program
____________
$67
Best for Beginners
✓ Warm-up
✓ How to spot
✓ Chaîné turns
✓ Piqué turns
✓ Single pirouettes
✓ Balance exercises
