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Position:Home>Dancing> I want to start ballet at 17?Question: I want to start ballet at 17!? I know this is a very late age to start!. Will i be able to be any good!? I have done dance before for 3 years and i am pretty flexible and my turnout is pretty good as well!.
Do i have any hope of making it into a career or will i only be able to do it as a hobby!? and yes i know most ballerinas start early and they have lots of experience!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i started in July, i just turned 17 this month =] i've already excelled to be just as good as the girls in my advanced class, and have been ready to go up on pointe for about a month now (just havent had time or money for shoes!)!. i'm only taking about 2 hours a week!. i'm not sure about a career (but i wouldn't really know), but you can definitely get back in and do very well!.!.!. if i can start out without ever having danced before, i'm sure you who has some experience will be okay! good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com it depends on how much you really want it, and how much you are willing to work!. yes, you will have to work ten times harder than the girls who've been ''twinkle toes'' since they were expelled from their mother's uteruses!. But that does not mean that they will always be so mcuh better, all you have to do is put as much work as they've put in their whole lives into the next one or two or maybe even three years!. bottom line, you can basically do anything if you try!. (:Www@QuestionHome@Com well im fourteen and i started dance at 3!.!.!.ballet is probably the easiest bc it is the basis of all dance!.!.!. it is what you progress from!.!.!. i am into more modern and contemporary and lyrical, but everyone tells me that ballet is my strong point!.!.!. well it used to be!. lol!. i say go for it!. it teaches discipline, gives you strenghth, a nice figure, and in my opinion just makes you a better person!. i never would be the dancer i am today w/o ballet!. and who knows, you could decide that you want to do something in that type of career division!. i know i never would have thought about that!. and if you become really good and decide to stick with it, try out/audition for the Joffery Ballet Company!. good luck!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com as long as you work hard and put your mind to it, you can become a great ballerina!. just keep in mind that the girls who have done ballet all their lives have started before in maturing happened to their bodies,so if it seems you can't do something right away,don't get discouraged,keep working at it you'll do great:]Www@QuestionHome@Com HI, I'm in the same situation as you- except I'm 13!. It's hard for me because i did ballet from when i was 4-7 but quit because i thought it was boring!. Now that I've got older i really want to start again!. My Mum was a Ballet teacher for many years and tells me that i can never be professional because I'm too old, which hurts because that's exactly what i want to be!. But i think with some hard hard work, blood, sweat and tears i could have what it takes!. And i think you could to!. But normally people would say you would have to start by at least the age of 6 or 7 because you can't just start in to a full-on routine that ur not used to: per week approx: 2-3 hour point class 3 hour basic class etc!. Hope this helps :)Www@QuestionHome@Com You can never start anything late if you really want to do it!.If you try really hard and work on it really you can do it and try to became a great dancer!.!.!.!. and you can make it a career if you work really hard or you can make it a hobby if you would rather!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |