Ms Bronneberg is now drawing on her experience in the world of classical ballet to start a new business instructing others how to attain the ballet body - think flat stomach, toned arms and tight thighs.

Ms Bronneberg said her workouts, aimed for adults and teenagers, combined fitness with the grace of ballet, incorporating targeted exercises and stretches that lift the derriere and define the arms.

She is running the business, titled The Ballet Body, from a fully equipped studio within the North Wollongong's PCYC club.

"Ballet Body offers a variety of classes that sculpt, lift and tone the entire body, while aligning the body's posture,"she said.

"These ballet inspired workouts are a great form of exercise that integrates the mind and body."

Ms Bronneberg said her program was not ballet classes but ballet-inspired workouts, meaning anyone with any level of fitness could participate, and experience in ballet was not necessary.

She said the workout trend was popular with Victoria's Secret models as well as Madonna, who had tried a program of ballet barre sculpting with Pilates and yoga.

Ms Bronneberg was a ballet student for more than 10 years, culminating in full-time studies at The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne.

"When I was in Melbourne, studying classical ballet full-time, I was mentored by some of the most elite classical ballet teachers in Australia and the world," she said.

"I was exposed to an array of exercises which strengthened and toned my body.

"When I stopped dancing, I was inspired and I thought that I should be teaching people how to tone and sculpt their bodies in a different way, not at the gym.

"This is a different way of working the body."

It's the repetition of each movement which can make you feel the burn in places you may not experience from a gym workout, said Ms Bronneberg.

"The derriere, arms and legs are the areas that traditionally get toned in ballet, especially the derriere. You will notice a dramatic change in the strength of your arms with these workouts.

"I am using weights when I do these workouts. They are only 1kg but it's what you do with those weights. You are not just pumping 10kg weights. It's more about repetition. It's the classical moves but using weights as well."

Ms Bronneberg suggests people do two to three classes a week to see a benefit.

A typical Ballet Body workout starts with a warmup and then participants go to the barre, and use the weights in exercises targeted at the biceps and triceps.

Pilates balls are used for toning the inner thighs, followed by core strengthening work on the mat and a cool-down and stretch at the end.

"A massive part of ballet is stretching, to elongate the muscles, and this is an important part of the Ballet Body workout," she said.

In Ms Bronneberg's studio, you can expect to hear the beautiful classical scores of Tchaikovsky as well as the contemporary sounds of Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown and Jennifer Lopez.

Ms Bronneberg owns and runs the studio, as well as studying nutrition and teaching ballet at several dance schools in the Illawarra.