Hypothetical question (for a dance/ballet story?)?

First of all: TEAM PEETA! YAY! Hahaha sorry, had to do that :) Firstly first of all, I feel your pain.

I moved around at times and each time when I moved to a new place I almost always ended up at a horrible school the first time around. In general I don't like schools that work towards recitals as its a waste of time and money. In all the time that you plan a recital piece you could just as easily prepared for an entire grade exam!

Second of all, no it is not normal. But let's get this straight. I'm assuming you are... what, between 13 and 15?

I started ballet when I was two and a half. Like most girls who start at a young age... by no means would we have started pointe after just three years... at a young age you're body isn't developed enough for you to start doing pointe work correctly or safely. Third of all, if you are at such a good school, you should have total faith in your intstructures.

THey have probably lead a thousand girls to success en pointe. If they can see that you are ready, by all means you must be ready. Crappier schools will start all girls en poitne at the same time when just a couple are ready, or when they think they should be ready, rather than take the time to work with each girl more individually.

WHen I started pointe my teacher had us all buy shoes with her in groups of five each weekend. Then we would start learning the exercises as a class, and as each girl was ready she was filtered into her pointe shoes... It nmight seem cruel but normally, once others start to see what is required to be en pointe, and feel left out, it incenses them to get there. So within a month we were all en pointe.

Now lets just take a look at what you should be like when you start pointe: 1) Most importantly you must have a turn out. You must know how to turn out your legs from the top of your theigh and not just by moving your foot. Because en pointe your feet will just turn in as pointe shoes are extremely slippery (you'll see when you start doing pirrouettes- I can do four pirrouettes en pointe with the same force as one en flat).

And it is not safe at all to be en pointe with turned in feet as you will have to push your hips forward and arch your back to ballance and not fall forward. 2) You must be old enough to have your bones developed. This is much the same as with scuba diving.

You do not want to start before the girl's body is developed enough that it will not be damaged by the extreme pressures of being en pointe. Its also a lot of stress on your knees, your back and your ankles and toes. If your joints aren't set yet, you can end up with awfully painful deformities that could stop you from dancing by the time you are 20.

If you are above the age of 13 you should be ok. Some teachers are able to tell by working with a girl, some might ask for them to have an mri or talk with a doctor if they are really woried about this. 3) and possibly most importanly as well- You must be mature enough and intelligent enough to go en pointe.

It takes a lot of work and patience from the teacher. They need to be able to work with girls who are not going to try doing pirrouettes or centre work on the first day. You have to have an extremely good coordination with your body so that you can feel, remotely, what you are doing, and mimic whatever your instructer is telling you with out them having to forecefully move you.

I bet you are ready. If you are more mature of a dancer, and are intelligent the rest is for your teachers to see. You already knew how to 'dance' so they just needed to correct your technique which takes a lot less time if you are a mature and developed dancer than if you are trying to teach everything technically and dancewise.

Just trust them and GOOD LUCK! Both with pointe and the Bluebird!

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