I studied ballet professionally when I was a young girl and was very good, but I didn't have the right body. This caused me so much frustration and emotional pain that at some point I took the heart-breaking decision to quit. Which led to more pain and hurt. This experience has torn and scarred me for life, sadly. I've tried taking up dance classes "for fun, just for myself", but I simply can't: it's like having broken up with the love of your life and simply not being capable of having a friendship instead of a love relationship.
Yes, I can definitely relate to this concept that adult ballet class is "just for fun" or "just for exercise" - which, for the teacher, translates into doing no teaching whatsoever. Or worse, the first half of the class is just exercises having nothing to do with ballet. Given that ballet class costs twice as much as exercise classes, you'd think they'd know what you're there for, lol.
@@esstown My dance teacher is NOTHING like that & gives a very good and full hour right to the last minute. There’s also a 15 mins beforehand for tea/coffee/chat if wanted too 💜
12:20 All the YES! I started ballet at 20YO and I was obsessed. It gave my young adult life meaning and purpose and passion! Now at 66YO, I'm a total lump on the couch, BUT I can still tell that ballet has helped me tremendously. I was on fire for ballet for over 30 years and it was worth every class, every dollar, all the things. IT IS WORTH IT.
I quit because I got a boyfriend. I really regret that. I didn't realize my own potential as I was picked on in class and felt to intimidated. I went back to ballet as an adult and love it. But it made me realize I'd missed a big opportunity to dance professionally ❤
I was pulled out of ballet at age 5-6 because the teacher told my grandparents that she’d “taken me as far as I would go”. I restarted 4 years ago at age 32 and have been en pointe for 18 months. I recently found a VHS of a performance from that time and all of us tiny kids are just as terrible as each other, I was just a full head taller than the other girls. I was never going to go pro because I admittedly don’t have natural talent, but I don’t see the harm in letting kids do what they find fun. I was yanked out of a hobby I enjoyed because this teacher decided I was bad at it and was wasting her time. It also took me 5 years longer to return to ballet than it should have because my grandfather made fun of me and told me I had two left feet. It took the pandemic and zoom classes to finally do it. No regrets.
Also late 1950s here & have done 2 half hour sessions of Isabella’s Very Beginners’ Barre in my v small bathroom, using heated towel rail (heating off!) as a barre! I must look ridiculous but no-one has to see, I’m working on losing a few kilos, and looking forward to becoming a tad less unsupple & unfit. I feel I can be v sensible on my own at home to know when & where to stop as an unfit, unsupple, overweightish beginner (with sciatica). Already finding Isabella such a good & thorough teacher ❤
@@Beanbean-ii3xd It took me a little while also to find what I needed on the website (but I am using a tiny iPhone!) I would say when you log in, ensure that you click on the stay logged in box, then log in. Check each time you are on the website that you are logged in (you will know because there will be a logout option). Click on the 2 dashes top right & then select Studio. I then select Classes (I will have to go up a tier for Courses but have plenty to be going on with at present!). And then you can apply filters which for me is Ballet & Beginner and click on apply filters. Then you will see different videos to watch (Beginners is blue) & some which apply to all levels are included. I haven’t yet found how I can save my class but I’m sure there is a way. I notice that you can change the speed of the video which might be helpful. Good luck, it’s well worth it once you find the video you need with plenty, plenty of follow-ups in store for later! 🍀🩰💜🩰🍀 ps there are about 8 videos for me under the filter for beginner/ballet with beginners pointe or improving pirouettes obvs being out of the question. I’m on Very Beginners Barre atm & prob for quite a while ;)
This is the course but I think you are referring to a beginner class. All of which is under the studio tab. balletwithisabella.com/plan/absolute-beginner-course/
I am amazed how many people practice ballet as adults. I really admire their passion! I myself as a child was ball-room trained and then switched to folk-dancing (all that in St-Petersburg, Russia) in my early 20s. Folk dancing in russian tradition is also taught with classic basics. And once a week we had a pure ballet class with Vaganova Graduate Valeriya Chernysh. Boy, was she gorgeous! Then i had to stop because of the work and a child, and then i moved to Germany and started ballet here, from 1 hour per week to 2-3 hours... I am 41 now and i even started a point shoes class! Wow, that hurts😅 But what i'm trying to say, is that ballet keeps my mind sane whatever happens in my life, at my work, etc. And whatever bad happens in the world (unfortunately it's a lot now!), i know that 3 times a week i have my ballet class, where i put my hand on the bar - and get myself together and controlled... Magical feeling that keeps me going for more than 20 years already!
I am overweight. I really feel it, since I see all the jumps on TV. It’s something that positively incentives me to lose weight. To be actually lighter on my feet-something that I never thought about. Also, I am confused about gaining flexibility. I am about 2 inches from touching my toes. I lived my life accidentally with No dance classes. No stretching. AND starting as a true beginner at dance at 64. Also, I thought I would be ignored, but I am constantly being corrected, which is stressful for me as a shy overweight older person. I live in NYC. HOWEVER, I am one month in ❤taking dance and I still love it!!!😊
I’m also overweight, at the top end of the recognised UK ‘healthy’ but teetering on the brink. I received sand for my garden the other day, 4kg heavy bag & also put together (as an alternative wake up call) 2 x 1.5kg bags of flour = 3kg to remind myself of how much excess weight I am likely carrying. Hmmm, sobering! About the weight of an average newborn 😳 I would like to lose this weight & keep working with Isabella’s online lessons before trying a local ballet class for 50+. I want to be sure of stuff before coming under a teacher who is probably lovely but will almost certainly be teaching from a different training. Onwards & upwards lovelies! 💜🥰💜
Receiving constant corrections is a GOOD thing. It means the teacher is paying attention to you. It’s being ignored that is bad. Do you think that even Isabella herself could take a dance class without receiving correction? And that she wouldn’t be grateful for it? There is no such thing as perfection. You start from zero, and work your way up, but you can’t do it without help.
@@Julia29853 I think any of Isabella’s classes would be good. I’ve started Silver Swans for 55+ in my own village & am absolutely loving it. Have I lost some weight, not really (stressful home life part of the week) or practised with TH-cam inbetween classes? No, not yet. But it’s the highlight of my week & the 10-12 or so of us love it. There is a steady flow of instruction (no picking on any one person in a bully type way) & you do as much or as little as you feel capable of. I love the level which is perfect for me) 💜
I was just too young and clueless when my mom let me try out ballet when I was little so never got into it. Started learning ballet in my 30s and a good teacher really makes a huge difference! Unfortunately where I live it is mostly RAD and the one Vaganova teacher I found was totally inappropriate and would flirt with students and spout his alt right conspiracies in class so I'm back to RAD... will sign up for your classes soon once I find some time 😬 You've touched on this especially in your interview with Joy Womack, that there's a lot of privilege involved in the arts and sports. Not everyone can afford to take dance classes at all, let alone the intensive training and extra coaching to reach professional levels. Many people just don't have the opportunity to do this when they're children and when they're adults and making their own money is the only chance they've got.
I never thought about the way my childhood ballet life ended but actually a teacher did once say something to me which at the time seemed insignificant but actually has stuck in my head and along with other negative comments etc has probably had more of an effect than I realised. However I came back to dance ballet and tap on and off related to pregnancies, house moves and other inconveniences, since my mid twenties, and now a few decades later I am still dancing, ballet only now and love it, for the fun, exercise and friendships it has given me xx
I started again at my 30s but I always wanted to do ballet. Somehow I ended up doing something else with my life. I regret I didn’t realize before and didn’t fight to have a professional career because I feel I am talented. Now I want to dance like a professional ballerina even though not going to become Marianela, who I love and admire.
this video definitely resonating with me so perfectly as a new adult learner. Coming from a classical music training background I've been looking for the same type of rigor. I've been going through this journey of trying pilates, physical therapy, weight training and have been absolutely in the best condition I have been as mid-age person. But I have not been able to find a ballet class or teacher that can provide the same amount of rigor I would want for myself despite going to all the ballet classes regularly. I've definitely hit a road block and feeling a bit hopeless. So thank you for really addressing these issues and providing a space for us.
I did RAD as a child, I loved it. I absolutely loved ballet. I do to this day ❤ But i couldn’t pass my classes and had to leave 😢 it broke my heart and I didn’t dance for 15 years. I always wanted to get back into ballet, but to this day I can’t find a teacher that will actually help me improve. No turnout, not strong, just lots of heart and artistry 😂
I quit at 5 because I was bullied for being visually impaired. It took me 30 years to put on a pair of ballet shoes again. I started back in January this year and my teacher is incredible. She pushes me, she corrects, she praises, she pushes me harder. I love her and I’m so glad I finally did something for myself. Now my son and I do barre together at home with our portable barre. He’s taking his grade 3 soon and it’s lovely to have that mutual interest.
Love your videos! I was lucky enough to start my adult ballet journey (at 25) in a studio that works us just as hard as the teenagers, and takes us seriously, and has performance opportunities in full-length ballets. I think in addition to good training, getting to perform helps you grow so much. The more time you spend dancing with people with lots of experience and technique, the more you learn.
Thank you for speaking right to my heart and soul about the trauma of needing to choose between Pointe and Figure Skating. I wanted to continue both. It's a long complicated story. Just wanted to say I appreciate you acknowledging that part of my story.💝
Hi! I was lucky when I was young to be able to do ballet. I took it up again doing RAD with exams ( the only one I really liked was grade 8) the vocational are ok but I never really liked RAD ! It’s very square, it has nothing to do with the beautiful Russian or Cuban or French. So now I’m at a breaking point because of my age and my knees 😂( better laugh then cry) I’m 68 years old. So I really agree with Isabella , you should never accept that a teacher ignores you. Evan my daughter was in a rad school, one day she told that the teacher only corrected one girl so I went to class with her and it was true. Anyway so the teacher said if you wanted to do the exam you had to have a lesson with a teacher paying 75€. My daughter changed school. So to conclude, I love watching Isabella I don’t do ballet, I do a class ones in a while just for fun ( I do other sports like Bodybalance and swimming). If a I was younger I would certainly take class with Isabella.
I'm of mixed Carribbean ethnicity. Back in the 70s, my immigrant parents just couldn't understand why I'd want to do ballet. It was seen as both foreign and a waste of resources, education was everything and just apply yourself to school work. I still didn't do anything exceptional or amazing academically regardless, but it hurts to think about the opportunities not given in relation to my ethnically indigenous peers at the time. Really want to persue it as an adult, love the grace and art of it, although not expecting to do great things, I'd just be grateful to take part! Thanks for the encouragement!
Just to add that sometimes young people stop ballet simply because other interests arise. That was my case and I see it happen to children and adults alike in the schools I went/go to. I kept taking breaks but now I'm super serious, doing my 3 year teaching training and practising every day for my intermediate exam next year! And absolutely loving this journey, as I'm developping discipline and improving myself not only as a dancer but as a person ❤
Another category of adult dancer. Those people (I include myself) who engage with and react to the world in a preferred way but with time they sense something is missing, something is not expressed... and dance with all its sensations and feelings is a foreign yet beguiling world full of possibility. But it is also strange.. even dark... but it has a gravity and pulls and pulls and pulls. A dance could be a completion? A necessity.
Born 1966 (male). I started 10 years ago, in the beginning twice a week plus training at home (with DVD, TH-cam, Barré). Listen to your teacher. Search for a good one. My advice for older people: Train your muscles around your feet, knees and hips. Become soft (be nice to yourself) and build your power from within through training the muscles. Take your time, follow long-term aims through simple everyday training. Do Yoga, especially Yin Yoga. I had to start Contemporary and Yoga to get softer. The most diffucult thing was to relearn to be the happy-go-lucky child, otherwise you stay stiff or inhibited. We start to dance naturally as a child. That's the long-term aim, to become this child again :) Your sex, age or gender doesn't matter so much. It is your bones, muscles, joints and the feeling! If you enjoy ballet, do it! You will never do no mistake in ballet, because dance is a process in time, not a perfect point in time. Thank you, Isabella, I love your podcast, it supports my journey very much.
@@Julia29853 Ballet training can give you a lot of tension or you go over your bounderies the wrong way (eg many technically wrong turns). Be easy, have fun, breathe. Muscles needs tension, but joints need relief.
What is RED ballet? Or was that RAD? I’m American so not quite sure about your accent - an E or an A in the RED/RAD? Please don’t assume we know acronyms. TY.
Your body is going to fall apart regardless of what you do, so take ballet! Go for it. Especially if you are an adult. Ballet helps everything: balance, strength, flexibility, etc.
@@lindaharrison3240 some people have a natural facility for ballet and they will take to it, others will not and there is a good chance they will develop problems from the training. the bones are fully ossified in adults, which limits how far flexibility can be pushed. if you want to ever have enough technique to really dance and not just faff around and you start as an adult there is a good chance you will develop some sort of bodily issue. that's just how it is.
@@bobloblaw9679 I don't know what "faff around" means, but obviously starting as late as I did, a professional career was out of reach. But it is still excellent exercise and movement feels good. I had knee issues almost from the start, but I continued. I'm glad I did. Our bodies are going to wear out anyway. Might as well try to create beauty while doing it.
I studied ballet professionally when I was a young girl and was very good, but I didn't have the right body. This caused me so much frustration and emotional pain that at some point I took the heart-breaking decision to quit. Which led to more pain and hurt. This experience has torn and scarred me for life, sadly. I've tried taking up dance classes "for fun, just for myself", but I simply can't: it's like having broken up with the love of your life and simply not being capable of having a friendship instead of a love relationship.
Yes, I can definitely relate to this concept that adult ballet class is "just for fun" or "just for exercise" - which, for the teacher, translates into doing no teaching whatsoever. Or worse, the first half of the class is just exercises having nothing to do with ballet. Given that ballet class costs twice as much as exercise classes, you'd think they'd know what you're there for, lol.
@@esstown My dance teacher is NOTHING like that & gives a very good and full hour right to the last minute. There’s also a 15 mins beforehand for tea/coffee/chat if wanted too 💜
12:20 All the YES! I started ballet at 20YO and I was obsessed. It gave my young adult life meaning and purpose and passion! Now at 66YO, I'm a total lump on the couch, BUT I can still tell that ballet has helped me tremendously. I was on fire for ballet for over 30 years and it was worth every class, every dollar, all the things. IT IS WORTH IT.
I quit because I got a boyfriend. I really regret that. I didn't realize my own potential as I was picked on in class and felt to intimidated. I went back to ballet as an adult and love it. But it made me realize I'd missed a big opportunity to dance professionally ❤
I was pulled out of ballet at age 5-6 because the teacher told my grandparents that she’d “taken me as far as I would go”. I restarted 4 years ago at age 32 and have been en pointe for 18 months. I recently found a VHS of a performance from that time and all of us tiny kids are just as terrible as each other, I was just a full head taller than the other girls. I was never going to go pro because I admittedly don’t have natural talent, but I don’t see the harm in letting kids do what they find fun. I was yanked out of a hobby I enjoyed because this teacher decided I was bad at it and was wasting her time.
It also took me 5 years longer to return to ballet than it should have because my grandfather made fun of me and told me I had two left feet. It took the pandemic and zoom classes to finally do it. No regrets.
@@rosyface_ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
1960s here. I started again a year ago after a foot fracture to strengthen my bones and muscles and not fall into deep depression.❤
Thank You Isabella
Also late 1950s here & have done 2 half hour sessions of Isabella’s Very Beginners’ Barre in my v small bathroom, using heated towel rail (heating off!) as a barre! I must look ridiculous but no-one has to see, I’m working on losing a few kilos, and looking forward to becoming a tad less unsupple & unfit. I feel I can be v sensible on my own at home to know when & where to stop as an unfit, unsupple, overweightish beginner (with sciatica). Already finding Isabella such a good & thorough teacher ❤
which course is it on isabelle's website? i had trouble finding it! could you share? thank you!
@@Beanbean-ii3xd It took me a little while also to find what I needed on the website (but I am using a tiny iPhone!) I would say when you log in, ensure that you click on the stay logged in box, then log in. Check each time you are on the website that you are logged in (you will know because there will be a logout option). Click on the 2 dashes top right & then select Studio. I then select Classes (I will have to go up a tier for Courses but have plenty to be going on with at present!). And then you can apply filters which for me is Ballet & Beginner and click on apply filters. Then you will see different videos to watch (Beginners is blue) & some which apply to all levels are included. I haven’t yet found how I can save my class but I’m sure there is a way. I notice that you can change the speed of the video which might be helpful. Good luck, it’s well worth it once you find the video you need with plenty, plenty of follow-ups in store for later!
🍀🩰💜🩰🍀 ps there are about 8 videos for me under the filter for beginner/ballet with beginners pointe or improving pirouettes obvs being out of the question. I’m on Very Beginners Barre atm & prob for quite a while ;)
This is the course but I think you are referring to a beginner class. All of which is under the studio tab.
balletwithisabella.com/plan/absolute-beginner-course/
@@tiffcat1100 wow thank you so much for the detailed explanation!
@@Beanbean-ii3xd 🍀🍀🍀
43 here. I just restarted with ballet and boy, do I enjoy it!
@@oldfurniture5865 💜
I am amazed how many people practice ballet as adults. I really admire their passion!
I myself as a child was ball-room trained and then switched to folk-dancing (all that in St-Petersburg, Russia) in my early 20s. Folk dancing in russian tradition is also taught with classic basics. And once a week we had a pure ballet class with Vaganova Graduate Valeriya Chernysh. Boy, was she gorgeous!
Then i had to stop because of the work and a child, and then i moved to Germany and started ballet here, from 1 hour per week to 2-3 hours... I am 41 now and i even started a point shoes class! Wow, that hurts😅
But what i'm trying to say, is that ballet keeps my mind sane whatever happens in my life, at my work, etc. And whatever bad happens in the world (unfortunately it's a lot now!), i know that 3 times a week i have my ballet class, where i put my hand on the bar - and get myself together and controlled... Magical feeling that keeps me going for more than 20 years already!
I am overweight. I really feel it, since I see all the jumps on TV. It’s something that positively incentives me to lose weight. To be actually lighter on my feet-something that I never thought about.
Also, I am confused about gaining flexibility. I am about 2 inches from touching my toes. I lived my life accidentally with No dance classes. No stretching.
AND starting as a true beginner at dance at 64. Also, I thought I would be ignored, but I am constantly being corrected, which is stressful for me as a shy overweight older person. I live in NYC. HOWEVER, I am one month in ❤taking dance and I still love it!!!😊
I’m also overweight, at the top end of the recognised UK ‘healthy’ but teetering on the brink. I received sand for my garden the other day, 4kg heavy bag & also put together (as an alternative wake up call) 2 x 1.5kg bags of flour = 3kg to remind myself of how much excess weight I am likely carrying. Hmmm, sobering! About the weight of an average newborn 😳 I would like to lose this weight & keep working with Isabella’s online lessons before trying a local ballet class for 50+. I want to be sure of stuff before coming under a teacher who is probably lovely but will almost certainly be teaching from a different training. Onwards & upwards lovelies! 💜🥰💜
Ps watching sweet & v funny EvaNys (photographer) here on YT is encouraging. She’s improving by the day (MBA, Arizona) 💜
Receiving constant corrections is a GOOD thing. It means the teacher is paying attention to you. It’s being ignored that is bad. Do you think that even Isabella herself could take a dance class without receiving correction? And that she wouldn’t be grateful for it? There is no such thing as perfection. You start from zero, and work your way up, but you can’t do it without help.
@@tiffcat1100which classes are you taking? Im considering hers , but not sure which to take.
@@Julia29853 I think any of Isabella’s classes would be good. I’ve started Silver Swans for 55+ in my own village & am absolutely loving it. Have I lost some weight, not really (stressful home life part of the week) or practised with TH-cam inbetween classes? No, not yet. But it’s the highlight of my week & the 10-12 or so of us love it. There is a steady flow of instruction (no picking on any one person in a bully type way) & you do as much or as little as you feel capable of. I love the level which is perfect for me) 💜
I was just too young and clueless when my mom let me try out ballet when I was little so never got into it. Started learning ballet in my 30s and a good teacher really makes a huge difference! Unfortunately where I live it is mostly RAD and the one Vaganova teacher I found was totally inappropriate and would flirt with students and spout his alt right conspiracies in class so I'm back to RAD... will sign up for your classes soon once I find some time 😬 You've touched on this especially in your interview with Joy Womack, that there's a lot of privilege involved in the arts and sports. Not everyone can afford to take dance classes at all, let alone the intensive training and extra coaching to reach professional levels. Many people just don't have the opportunity to do this when they're children and when they're adults and making their own money is the only chance they've got.
I never thought about the way my childhood ballet life ended but actually a teacher did once say something to me which at the time seemed insignificant but actually has stuck in my head and along with other negative comments etc has probably had more of an effect than I realised.
However I came back to dance ballet and tap on and off related to pregnancies, house moves and other inconveniences, since my mid twenties, and now a few decades later I am still dancing, ballet only now and love it, for the fun, exercise and friendships it has given me xx
I started again at my 30s but I always wanted to do ballet. Somehow I ended up doing something else with my life. I regret I didn’t realize before and didn’t fight to have a professional career because I feel I am talented. Now I want to dance like a professional ballerina even though not going to become Marianela, who I love and admire.
this video definitely resonating with me so perfectly as a new adult learner. Coming from a classical music training background I've been looking for the same type of rigor. I've been going through this journey of trying pilates, physical therapy, weight training and have been absolutely in the best condition I have been as mid-age person. But I have not been able to find a ballet class or teacher that can provide the same amount of rigor I would want for myself despite going to all the ballet classes regularly. I've definitely hit a road block and feeling a bit hopeless. So thank you for really addressing these issues and providing a space for us.
I did RAD as a child, I loved it. I absolutely loved ballet. I do to this day ❤ But i couldn’t pass my classes and had to leave 😢 it broke my heart and I didn’t dance for 15 years. I always wanted to get back into ballet, but to this day I can’t find a teacher that will actually help me improve. No turnout, not strong, just lots of heart and artistry 😂
I quit at 5 because I was bullied for being visually impaired. It took me 30 years to put on a pair of ballet shoes again. I started back in January this year and my teacher is incredible. She pushes me, she corrects, she praises, she pushes me harder. I love her and I’m so glad I finally did something for myself. Now my son and I do barre together at home with our portable barre. He’s taking his grade 3 soon and it’s lovely to have that mutual interest.
@@Raych- How superb! 🥰
Love your videos! I was lucky enough to start my adult ballet journey (at 25) in a studio that works us just as hard as the teenagers, and takes us seriously, and has performance opportunities in full-length ballets.
I think in addition to good training, getting to perform helps you grow so much. The more time you spend dancing with people with lots of experience and technique, the more you learn.
Thank you for speaking right to my heart and soul about the trauma of needing to choose between Pointe and Figure Skating. I wanted to continue both. It's a long complicated story. Just wanted to say I appreciate you acknowledging that part of my story.💝
Hi! I was lucky when I was young to be able to do ballet. I took it up again doing RAD with exams ( the only one I really liked was grade 8) the vocational are ok but I never really liked RAD ! It’s very square, it has nothing to do with the beautiful Russian or Cuban or French. So now I’m at a breaking point because of my age and my knees 😂( better laugh then cry) I’m 68 years old. So I really agree with Isabella , you should never accept that a teacher ignores you. Evan my daughter was in a rad school, one day she told that the teacher only corrected one girl so I went to class with her and it was true. Anyway so the teacher said if you wanted to do the exam you had to have a lesson with a teacher paying 75€. My daughter changed school. So to conclude, I love watching Isabella I don’t do ballet, I do a class ones in a while just for fun ( I do other sports like Bodybalance and swimming). If a I was younger I would certainly take class with Isabella.
I'm of mixed Carribbean ethnicity. Back in the 70s, my immigrant parents just couldn't understand why I'd want to do ballet. It was seen as both foreign and a waste of resources, education was everything and just apply yourself to school work. I still didn't do anything exceptional or amazing academically regardless, but it hurts to think about the opportunities not given in relation to my ethnically indigenous peers at the time. Really want to persue it as an adult, love the grace and art of it, although not expecting to do great things, I'd just be grateful to take part! Thanks for the encouragement!
Just to add that sometimes young people stop ballet simply because other interests arise. That was my case and I see it happen to children and adults alike in the schools I went/go to. I kept taking breaks but now I'm super serious, doing my 3 year teaching training and practising every day for my intermediate exam next year! And absolutely loving this journey, as I'm developping discipline and improving myself not only as a dancer but as a person ❤
Thank you for your encouragement!!! You really understand.
Another category of adult dancer. Those people (I include myself) who engage with and react to the world in a preferred way but with time they sense something is missing, something is not expressed... and dance with all its sensations and feelings is a foreign yet beguiling world full of possibility. But it is also strange.. even dark... but it has a gravity and pulls and pulls and pulls. A dance could be a completion? A necessity.
Born 1966 (male). I started 10 years ago, in the beginning twice a week plus training at home (with DVD, TH-cam, Barré). Listen to your teacher. Search for a good one.
My advice for older people: Train your muscles around your feet, knees and hips. Become soft (be nice to yourself) and build your power from within through training the muscles. Take your time, follow long-term aims through simple everyday training. Do Yoga, especially Yin Yoga. I had to start Contemporary and Yoga to get softer.
The most diffucult thing was to relearn to be the happy-go-lucky child, otherwise you stay stiff or inhibited. We start to dance naturally as a child. That's the long-term aim, to become this child again :)
Your sex, age or gender doesn't matter so much. It is your bones, muscles, joints and the feeling! If you enjoy ballet, do it!
You will never do no mistake in ballet, because dance is a process in time, not a perfect point in time.
Thank you, Isabella, I love your podcast, it supports my journey very much.
What do you mean by “soft” ?
@@Julia29853 Ballet training can give you a lot of tension or you go over your bounderies the wrong way (eg many technically wrong turns). Be easy, have fun, breathe. Muscles needs tension, but joints need relief.
Thanks you!!
Спасибо большое, Изабелла!!!)))
What is RED ballet? Or was that RAD? I’m American so not quite sure about your accent - an E or an A in the RED/RAD? Please don’t assume we know acronyms. TY.
@@BkkParichat Royal Academy of Dance (Association) 💜
could you link the absolute beginner 8 weeks course? i had trouble finding it! thank you isabella!
balletwithisabella.com/plan/absolute-beginner-course/
@@balletwithisabella thank you! loving all your youtube content and podcast, excited to try out your classes finally!
🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏💯
don't do it lol. as soon as you start to get good your body starts falling apart.
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@@lionsmaine1238 yes I agree with you, Ballet is very good for the body!
Your body is going to fall apart regardless of what you do, so take ballet! Go for it. Especially if you are an adult. Ballet helps everything: balance, strength, flexibility, etc.
@@lindaharrison3240 some people have a natural facility for ballet and they will take to it, others will not and there is a good chance they will develop problems from the training. the bones are fully ossified in adults, which limits how far flexibility can be pushed.
if you want to ever have enough technique to really dance and not just faff around and you start as an adult there is a good chance you will develop some sort of bodily issue.
that's just how it is.
@@bobloblaw9679 I don't know what "faff around" means, but obviously starting as late as I did, a professional career was out of reach. But it is still excellent exercise and movement feels good. I had knee issues almost from the start, but I continued. I'm glad I did. Our bodies are going to wear out anyway. Might as well try to create beauty while doing it.