| Adults who want to be ballet beginners may have | | | | does not feel good, or it is the picture of yourself in the |
| yearned to get their feet into ballet dance shoes since | | | | usual dance wear - tights, leotard, the ascetic look. |
| childhood. If this is you, or if you did take dance classes | | | | Many dance academies are somewhat forgiving with |
| early in life but had to stop for some reason, take | | | | adult beginners - and will allow sweat pants, baggy T |
| heart. Feeling that you are too old, too fat, too stiff, too | | | | shirts, dance skirts, or variations on the kind of |
| - whatever! - are all conditions that classical dance | | | | cover-ups that leave students feeling less exposed. |
| study improves. It is a good bet that others in your | | | | But bear in mind that the better the teacher can see |
| ballet class - or future ballet class - feel as | | | | your posture and core area, the faster you will start |
| self-conscious as you might. | | | | feeling long and lean. You need corrections for your |
| "I am too old to take ballet". Can you still get up and go | | | | basic ballet positions. |
| to work or take a walk or water your yard or swim a | | | | "I am too stiff to do ballet". The warm up of a ballet |
| couple of laps? No medical condition that you don't | | | | barre/class allows you to benefit greatly from good |
| understand and are treating properly? Do not be | | | | stretching exercises. You will learn how to stretch |
| intimidated. Get on the computer and check your local | | | | properly from time to time in class. |
| dance studios for adult beginner (or teen, they are | | | | You can also learn a safe at-home stretching routine |
| often combined) classes. | | | | that will improve your full body range of motion well |
| "I am too fat and flabby". Maybe that is something that | | | | into your old age. And improve your ballet technique. |
