I want to start ballet, I'm 16.?

Question:I am somewhat flexible, but I really would like to start! I don't want to do competition and stuff, just for the flexible body and such. I am very skinny, 5'4 and 100 pounds. Can I?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am somewhat flexible, but I really would like to start! I don't want to do competition and stuff, just for the flexible body and such. I am very skinny, 5'4 and 100 pounds. Can I?

Ballet will be very good for you and give you lovely muscles to go with your slim form. It is NOT too late. One thing good about doing Ballet at your age, while you are still growing is something called "the set point." It is something stored in your muscle mass, and means that after you study Ballet, your muscles will remember that build as your "set point." You will be able to maintain those muscles with minimal effort, once formed. This will be the way your body thinks of itself as "normal," and the way your body will try to maintain itself. Starting a training program later in life does not reap such wonderful results.
You should do well in Ballet, get stronger and more flexible, and acquire a level of training to allow great joy in the dance!
Cheers!

Of course you can! Find a good studio with a beginner ballet class, and go for it! Dance is so much fun!

If you want to, go ahead! It will be good for you.

Why not, head down to your nearest dance studio and sign up.

hey, go for it. I just warn you that when my sis started gymnastics, they stuck her in a class full of six year olds. So there's a pretty good chance that in one of your beginner shows, you'll end up being a tree 'cause your tall. But hey, a dreams a dream, so stick to it. :]

Of corse you can!!!
Just find a ballet school that you think will give you the most of what you want!!!
You don't have to compete! You can do it for fun, like I do.

hey!
i think that's a great idea!
it doesn't matter how skinny you are! don't focus on that. if you were 3 times your size , you can still do it!
flexibility is good but its not everything.
when starting off you wont be doing what that other 16 year olds are doing mainly because they might have been doing it for years!!!!
you will prob start off doing grade 4.
i no that you would rather be with the other girls because i no i did to as i started late!
but i brought alto of my friends to class and we learnt so much quicker and now i am up with the others.
i think that its great that you are going to start!
its a really good art and i wish you all the best!!
hope I've helped
xoxox

of course you can
ballet is the most fun type of dance (for me)
sign up for a high school beginners class, they probably wont put you with six year olds, but the again it depends on your studio
learing is pretty painful though, so be prepared to ork