Hello everyone! Sorry for the short hiatus since my last post. I’ve been feeling pretty down and mopey, so I haven’t been going to class or doing much at all. Now I’ve finally started to snap out of it and I’m getting back to reality. When it comes to these things, it’s so easy to…
Tag: adult ballet
An Adult Beginner’s Guide to Ballet: Part Three- Things to Know Before you Start
So, quite some time ago I began a series of posts called “An Adult Beginner’s Guide to Ballet”. I work a lot with adult beginners and wanted to answer some of the most common questions people have when beginning ballet for the first time as an adult, or taking it up again after a long…
An Adult Beginner’s Guide to Ballet: Part Two- Choosing a Studio
I’ll be continuing my series on advice for adult beginners with how to choose your studio. If you missed the last post, about whether ballet is right for you, you can read that here. So, choosing your studio: with any luck, you’ll have a wealth of choice available to you- these days, ballet classes for…
An Adult Beginner’s Guide To Ballet: Part One- Is Ballet Right for You?
This is the first of a new series of posts I have decided to write, aimed specifically at those who are thinking of, or have already, taken up ballet as an adult, either for the first time or after many years. I took up ballet later than most, in my mid-teens, meaning that after a few years…
The Ultimate Guide to Studio Etiquette
This post may have some use for everyone, but I wrote it with adult beginners in mind. Coming in to a ballet class is like entering another world; one with different rules and practices to those observed outside the studio. No one really explains those rules, you just have to pick them up- but sometimes…