What to Expect at Your First Adult Ballet Class
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2024
- If fear of the unknown is keeping your from your interest in starting adult ballet, Jana sheds some light on what to expect by discussing what to wear, how class is structured, and some basic class etiquette guidelines.
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I started ballet at 49. (4 years ago) Best thing I've ever done. The classes have given me a chance to do something that I regret not starting 40 years ago. Not only am I gaining confidence in class, but I also find I'm more confident in my day to day life. I thought that I'd get a lot of jokes made at my expense, but generally most people seem quite supportive and surprised that a man of my age (and size😲😟) has started ballet. If anyone out there is thinking about starting an adult class, just go for it. You meet up with some fantastic friends. And any nervousness quickly vanishes.
Just started ballet at 26. I love it, it just makes me sad because I wish I was someone who started when I was 6 or 7 years old. Fortunately I do a lot of yoga so I am good shape going into class. I want to put in an hour per day and see where I can go. Thank you for the video.
Simon Christian similar! I’m 29 and just began basic adult ballet at one of the locations I teach yoga and am grateful I have some flexibility and strength to help with the beginner stuff. We might stand a chance! ;P
I am 17 and i am starting tomorrow. I always wished to be a one who started at 2
I’m 21! And I always wanted to do it! I’m so intimidated to do it because I have NO experience I’m really thinking about it 😣
Update: so I have been doing ballet for a little over a year and a half (27 now closer to 28). I have gotten a lot better but still have a long way to go. Couple things that I have done that helped me out a lot. One is to stretch every day (outside of class). Work on your splits and straddle. Progress is painfully slow loosening up my hips but I am seeing results and this appears to be the only real way to get better (class by itself is not enough for me). Another thing is to learn as much as possible about ballet. I went through and watched a lot of classical ballet performances on TH-cam and have also seen some live performances since my original comment. I study on Quizlet to learn ballet vocab terms. I am surprised how learning about ballet and vocab terms has made me a better dancer. Finally workout. A lot. Really no silver bullet. Class is essential obviously, but to build strength and reinforce technique I think the ballet workouts I do outside of class are more important (class is for getting feedback and learning new things).
Same mate
I was a 4-6 class per week Advanced Pointe dancer from age 13 till age 18 and loved it!! I took a few classes during my 20s, 30s and in my 40s, resumed Ballet Classes again for a few months. Have recently resumed Ballet Classes again at age 50 and Teacher is allowing me en Pointe again, YAY!! I was also invited to Audition for Nutcracker!! Wow, huh? Lol! So here I go, I guess!! The Love of Dance is indeed ageless and timeless, eh? :)
So inspiring!!! Love it!!
Wow that’s amazing. I’m so inspired😁
Inspirational! Thanks for sharing!
ah genial 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽inspiring
Love that! I’m an adult figure skater (adult 3) and soon-to-be adult beginner in ballet 🥰🩰
Things people wear in my ballet class: an occasional leotard, a lot of different t-shirts, or tank tops, sports tights, tights with a skirt, tights with shorts, just shorts. Some people have ballet shoes, some people just wear socks. Basically if your clothes aren't so baggy the teacher can't properly see what your body is doing anymore, you're good.
Thank you so much for this! I want to start adult ballet but am SO intimidated as I haven't danced in 20 years!!
ballet is so much fun. Don't be intimidated, just enjoy it and have a really great time.
I hope you try it--I'm in my 40's, not slim, a mom, and was not terribly fit when I began last year. It's been very rewarding. It's so hard and there are days where my ego gets resized, but I that's why I love it. There was nowhere to go but up in terms of improvement. ;) Hope you'll try it!
Did you ever do it?! I want to also but I’m scared
This is insightful. I started taking adult ballet classes 6 months ago because why not: I went in knowing that it was going to be challenging and I wanted to learn. I remember not really knowing what to expect and feeling the nerves and I wish I had this piece of knowledge. Everything you mentioned in the video has been my experience so far. :) Definitely helps if your studio and teacher create an environment that you're comfortable in.
yes! Other then the dress code, this is also accurate for a student ballet class
OMG is that Pusheen?!!! LOVE Pusheen!
I found this video gave me the courage to take adult ballet classes for the first time after many years of wanting to try, it has been the best thing i have done in years. I now go to 2 classes a week and have made new friends, it is now one of the highlights of my week.
Thanks for the great videos and giving me the courage to start ballet classes.
This is WONDERFUL! Way to go for what you want!! We are so happy for you!!
Hello!! Can you please tell me about your experience? I'm excited!!
This video is extremely helpful! I’m looking into taking a ballet class and had no idea what to expect. Thanks!
THANK YOU for this video - I have been thinking of ballet just in general. I am still unsure if my flat feet will get worse in ballet, or better (due to the strengthening exercises). I trained in ballet for a couple years as a child, and I went to a very prestigious (and expensive) ballet school, with a strict and experienced french ballet teacher. My mother pulled me and my sister out becuase she was a single mom and couldn't afford it anymore. I still have very fond memories of my dance school. Now as an adult, I don't have any regular exercise, and I've been considering different types of dance to help with my posture and my leg and foot strength. - Danielle - Chapel Hill, NC
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video! I have found it very helpful as im about to start my first ever adult ballet class in two weeks time.
I'm so glad this has been helpful! Excited for you to start ballet!!
I am taking ballet for the very first time ever in two weeks. I am so excited to finally do this. Will my yoga background help me? I hope so as I am really nervous about it.
I think your yoga background will definitely help you in ballet class! Balance and flexibility are huge :) I think you'll have a great time!
I’ve watched this several times. So grateful to randomly find your video. Now I’m subscribing thank you 🙂
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for this!! I really want to take up ballet after covid. Life’s too short not to try everything you want to!!
I'm 15 and dance since i was 4 and still i watch this Video just because i love your channel
same. This just seemed like an interesting video.
Love this video, just finding a ballet class to attend. I danced from age 5-7ish. And at 30 it’s time to return. Thank you for making this! Also loved the league of their own quote!
Yay to all of this!!
Thank you for these videos! I’m 29 years old and getting back into ballet after a 12 year break. I start my first class in a few weeks. I’m really looking forward to it and definitely mentally preparing by watching your videos. :)
How is your ballet Journey coming along?
Are you still dancing?
Thanks very helpful!
I love your videos you inspire me a lot
I know, they are so amazing. I am a 14 year old ballet dancer, but I still found this video interseting
This was really helpful, I love it!
I'm so glad! Thank you!
Hi I’m 13 and I’m going on Monday to ballet class for the first time in 7 yrs. and I’m excited but scared at the same time! I hope it goes over well because I love dance so much!!!
I did ballet from 6-9 years old and I think I was in Grade 3,and I’m planning to start again in a few years!
I am 32 and have always thought ballet was beautiful I just found an adult ballet class, how old were you when you started
THANKS FOR THIS KNOW IN READY FOR MY FIRST CLASS IM HAVING!!!!! :3
well I’m starting ballet at 14 but I’m still nervous.
That's y im using YT and strengthening my body and getting familiar with some terminology b4 going lol
Can you do a video where you have been to a ballet class when you were younger and are taking ballet classes after 6 years cause I used to do ballet when I was 4-6 and I haven't went back and now my mom is taking me back (I'm 12 now) and I'm kinda nervous if I'm still gonna have all my moves and if in shows I can memorize all my dances thank you! ♥
Ahahah so much of this is similar to classical music (I’m a professional musician)! Not talking, being early, certain things not being “appropriate”... man, we really are cousins!
So true!!
Finally something good this is what I needed thank you very much 🥴🥴🥴🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😅😅
Thank you so very much for this video! I've always wanted to learn ballet. I was able to take dance in middle and high school. As an adolescent, I'd daydream of Debbie Allen from Fame (the TV series) being my second mom, just so I could learn to be the best! I think I just dated myself! Lol...With that said, what advice do you give those of us over 50 who are entering ballet as beginners? I've been stretching for the past month, just to limber up. Any helpful hints as far as body preparation? Love the channel! 💘
Try not to sit or lean on the bar while others are doing the exercise, even if you are really tired (unless you have to for some reason), it is considered incorrect posture and most teachers (at least the ones I had) really don't like it. :)
Another good tip, thank you!
I see that being there for class is like band. In band being early is on time, on time is late, and what my band director added, "u late...u better be dead, family emergency, or accident" basically have a pretty good excuse why ur late or get a right up
Very much like band and orchestra :) If you're on time, you're late!
Could you do a video on improving flexibility for adults ballet beginners. Have started class once weekly (no $$ to do more) but have problem doing 90° developpes and my turnout sucks. Super disheartening. Tried to do stretches every morning fof 3 months but didnt see much progress in achieving my splits also. Love dance and i want to get better at it. Help!
Thank you for the video request! We will see what we can do!
im 14 (freshman) and i really want to tryout for my high school’s dance team next year (and just start dancing again in general) but i havent danced since i was very young. i was planning on taking ballet as just a base and a jazz funk class because our school’s team is very hip hop/jazz funk based and i was wondering if you think i’d be able to improve enough this year to make it onto the team next year? thank you!!
It depends on your level and the level of the dance team you are trying out for, but I have seen a lot of people around your age train for drill team and do very well. I might recommend trying to add in a leaps and turns class as well for additional technique. A year of consistent classes will do a lot to help you achieve your goal!
Ballerinas By Night thank you so much!!!
alyssa how did it go??
Have you uploaded a try on haul leotard video? if not are you planning on uploading one anytime soon? we would love to see your leotard collection.
I'm 19 and really love musical theatre. I'm considering taking ballet over the summer (my break is 3 months while 6 weeks is the usual in my country) as I feel like I should learn at least some basics as I've never danced before and I'd love to be in amateur musical productions, but I feel like I won't have time during the semester. Do you think this could work and do you have tips for something like this?
I know this is 9 months old but go for it, if you still want to! Musical theatre is amazing and learning how to dance before is definitely going to help you. Ballet is the base of a lot of dances so you are definitely good with it.
Oh please !!!spiking.......
Lol, be 15 minutes early. Yeah, I am definitely racing through traffic and pulling my shoes on at the bar. I’m ready when the music starts, so I’ll count it as a win.
Hi 👋🏻 I am 14 and I want start ballet. My family is slightly hard pressed right now, and I hear it’s very difficult to open up ur joints when u are slightly older. I am very determined and am not scared of a challenging task. Would anyone recommend starting now or should I wait?
Any tips for male attire?
Hey, do you teach ballet online??
I am an adult male and am 35 and there isn’t an adult class in my city so I am talking to a studio to maybe join a beginner teen or recreational teen ballet class. I have no dance experience. How would that work would I have to wear some kind of leotard and pink tights or would they have something else I am allowed to wear or how’s that work? What should I expect not knowing nothing and joining a teen class? I also don’t know French and may take me a few times to understand something and I know the teacher doesn’t pryie have the time to help 2 or 3 times with other students that are a little quicker and are paying for her time too. Hate to be more of a bother than good!! Please Help!!
they'll probably ask you to wear something form fitting also, but not a leotard and pink tights! most of the male dancers I have been in class with have worn either a unitard or a leotard with shorts/leggings. the dance school will probably tell you what they expect to wear. The majority of the time, the dance teacher will say the names of the movements in French, but an understanding of French is not really required. most of the time, a teacher will demonstrate or 'mark through' a combination beforehand anyway (also, you can watch others do the combination). Good luck!
You don't have to worry about pink tights!!!
Most classes require a white t-shirt and black tights, with black shoes.
@@mimiduquette8786 Finally got signed up about 4 months ago and they are happy as long as it’s not baggy in the legs or hangs over your feet so I got a pair of white convertible tights, Black Ballet Shoes a pair of Trash Bag shorts and a t shirt or a t shirt with my dance studios name on it. I go to adult ballet once a week for 45 min and every once in a while do a 45 min private but for the first couple months did privates only as they had just opened the doors and hadn’t added anything adult yet but after many folks asking them if they will ever have adult anything they added it. It is defiantly not easy but I enjoy it!! I know I am about as limber and flexible as a brick or 2x4 : )
@@mimiduquette8786 Finally got signed up about 4 months ago and they are happy as long as it’s not baggy in the legs or hangs over your feet so I got a pair of white convertible tights, Black Ballet Shoes a pair of Trash Bag shorts and a t shirt or a t shirt with my dance studios name on it. I go to adult ballet once a week for 45 min and every once in a while do a 45 min private but for the first couple months did privates only as they had just opened the doors and hadn’t added anything adult yet but after many folks asking them if they will ever have adult anything they added it. It is defiantly not easy but I enjoy it!! I know I am about as limber and flexible as a brick or 2x4 : )
On attire for gentlemen; snugly fitting sweatpants and a clean white t shirt will be a good choice. If you want to wear tights, it's black, not pink. Several companies make seamed men's tights. Why seams? Because they help your instructor more easily see your leg line. Again, a white t shirt tucked into your tights would be appropriate. A leotard may be worn but please wear the tights over your leotard. Wearing a dance belt is reccomended. Be serious and focus on the dancing and you'll be accepted. Sneakers are fine for the first classes. Ballet slippers (NOT Pointe shoes!) will provide the right amount of grip. Once you get into combinations.
What about a teen one?
I have a ballet studio under my building and I would like to try, but it’s weird because the beginner classes are until 12 or 10 i think and I’m 14...and the adult classes are from 18.Do I need to go directly to intermediate or something? or I go with the younger kids (which would be a little bit weird)?
I would inquire with the studio! This can vary from studio to studio whether emphasis for class placement is by age or level or both!
Not sure if you will see this since it’s so late, but I’m 15 years old and have my very first ballet class on August 12th! I’m not sure how it will go, but I’m hoping it won’t be too bad. I did Irish dance for 9 years, will that help? I’m not the most flexible, but my legs are strong. I’m mainly nervous because I don’t have the body of a ballet dancer, and I’m not super excited about wearing something form fitting. I am still excited about the dancing though!
Yes, I believe Irish dancing can help! You will already have a lot of coordination and be used to memorization series of steps. Don't worry one bit about not having a "ballet body" - ballet is for all bodies! I think you will love it and have a lot of fun. ♥️
@@BallerinasByNight do you think a 17 year old is able to do it?
Hellooo. I’m 15 and I’ve never taken a dance class before (I used to be a gymnast but I quit long ago) and I’m dying to start taking some. Should I start with ballet? I don’t know what I want to specialize in. I know I really want to do hip hop but i want to eventually branch out to like contemporary or lyrical and I know I need technique. I’m thinking of starting with ballet, is that a good idea?
I think ballet is never a bad place to start for some basics, but if hip hop is your focus, I would say jump right into that! Switching from ballet to hip hop once you have yourself trained for ballet is very challenging. But if you can do both side-by-side, you'll be set up well to start incorporating contemporary or lyrical when you're ready! - Jana
i’m similar age to you as well and i just started ballet. i used to do different styles of dance i.e hip hop, jazz, lyrical, tap etc. but i never did ballet. going from jazz to ballet was hard because of different turns and turned out feet etc. but i think it really depends on what you want to do
I am 16 years old and i am very passionate towards dance ever since i was a young child. I am very determined and giving. I was however wondering if I could ever be advanced with a lot of practice? How long would it take?
You never know until you try it
I wish they did adult classes here :( I hate my hick nick town!
I want to take ballet classes . But I'm so nervous about it .
We definitely understand! But we think you will love it!
I'm 9 in at cool
I’m starting ballet now and I’m 14. I will only have 1 class per week. And will probably have like 26-30 classes per year. I do t know what to do to get more classes. I feel like it’s too little. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET BETTER 1 CLASS A WEEK?
I understand the feeling that one class a week won't be enough! But you will get a lot out of that one class just being really present and giving 110% for every combo and correction. Could you add in an online class or barre another day a week? Even just strength exercises will help keep things activated in the days between class!
I havent danced at all before, and im 15 (16 in 2 months), is it still okay to do classes?
Poke Soloest Absolutly!
Is it okay for girls wear black ballet slippers? I’m 16 and taking adult classes btw.
Definitely!
I started ballet when I was 4, and I am 12 now.
But my lessons are only once a week
If you want to be a professional then i suggest that you practise everyday, like 5 to 6 times a week
Tommoro tommoro i have my first ballet class
Rachel Teo how’d it go
Is your neck injury all better now :-)
ya I was wondering that. How are you doing?
Thank you guys (and @Anna Ballerina)! I talk about it at the end of the 30 Minute Ballet Barre video we just posted this morning, but I am doing better! I've had a couple massages and have stopped carrying my photography gear on my body - got a rolling cart thing. It takes more time that way, but it has made all the difference in the stiffness. Still have a lot of tension left to get massaged out though!
thats great!!
I'm 27, chubby, and i had my first ever ballet class last week. In our dance school, i had no choice but the 'advanced ballet" class... I am with thin and young ballet dancer that have been dancing all their life. I walked in with a tank top and leggins... while everybody was wearing leotard and pink thights... yikes! still not sure if i will continue or not...
Oh wow, I can't believe they put you in an advanced class with no prior ballet experience! I think your attire is just fine and I would ask them about a lower level class or shop around to different studios, if you have the option! - Jana
Mawizz, I am 70 and started a beginners Silver Swans ballet class a year ago and love the graceful movements and beautiful music. Movement and dance is for everyone to enjoy no matter what age shape or size we are. Keep those toes twinkling
I wanna take an adult ballet class. But I'm fat. Maybe I should wait until I lose some weight.
Im.Not.A.Monster I just took my first adult ballet class and there were 8 people, 2 of them really overweight but nobody cared about that they have to work as hard as we did and in my opinion they looked way better than most of the other people (better turn out and stuff like that) so don't let your weight hold you back just do what you want
I love ballet! I have the body type for it and took it for three years when I was younger. I love how this sport praises skinny people and doesn’t demonize them like other sports!