Ballet Professionals or experienced Plz answer!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Ok i wanna try ballet. AGAIN. i'm in the 10-15 age range. let's say I had a previous bad experience as a kid in ballet. the teacher was a bad person who compared me to all the "advanced" girls, and said I was a stupid girl who didn't know the art of ballet. Okay. I didn't have ANY experience. so, I wanna try ballet again but i can't find a studio in my in my area with a beginners class for my age. I found a couple of videos that teaches the VERY basic till advanced. But should I choose the "Bar holding" ballet first, and then to the other basic videos? Or wat should I look for in a ballet video to learn? People with experience, do u think this is a good idea to learn by myself? I AM willing to work 1 hr per day. What should I do if theres NO studios around my city? THX!

Okay HEre's the vids

BAR HOLDING:http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Finis-Jhung-Ballet-Technique-Barrework-Level-1/e/874482006832/?itm=1

BASICS: http://www.amazon.com/Ballet-101-Beginners-Class-DVD/dp/B0002XQKOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219459506&sr=8-1

THX

Answer 1

~If you really want to learn ballet, you will need a ballet instructor.  Check with the studios in your area (or the surrounding area) and see when they will offer a beginner's class.  Every studio I've ever heard of has at least one beginner's class.

Videos may be fun to watch but you won't get the feedback you need from an instructor.  And if you really want to learn, plan on practicing more than one hour a day.

Answer 2

Alright. I've been dancing ballet for nearly nine years, and here's my tip- don't try to learn on your own. You need a teacher with you at least one day a week if you can get it, to help you. adjust your stance, situate your feet properly, fix your mistakes. An online video isn't going to do any of those. Now, I'm fairly sure you could find some place to dance, even if it is a community rec center. It's a start until you can find something more suitable, and until you see whether or not you like it.

Answer 3

You can certainly learn some ballet steps on your own. But if you're doing them incorrectly, you're not going to have an instructor that is there to tell you that. I would recommend looking around your area and the surrounding area like the other person said and ask about beginners classes.  Most studios have them.

Start with the basics.

Answer 4

I highly discourage anyone from teaching themselves ballet if they're serious about it mainly because it is extremely easy to teach yourself a wrong/bad posture without you even knowing it. You need a full length mirror large enough so that you can see every part of your body moving and a teacher right there to watch you and make sure that your shoulders are dropped and that your toes are right below the knee and behind. In other words, you need a living, breathing, talking ballet teacher right with you so that you don't teach yourself the wrong postures. Even a simple plie can go bad.

I really encourage you to find a dance school anywhere near. If they don't offer beginner ballet, see if they have ballet for little kids and if they do, join that no matter how silly you might feel. If they have an intermediate or advance ballet class, ask if you can see the class once just to see if you can catch up to their pace. If you feel you can, go ahead and join and be prepared to put in a lot of hard work. If none of the choices above are available, try joining another type of dance class such as jazz, lyrical, or modern. After a year, go back to the intermediate or advance class and you'll feel less overwhelmed with what you have to catch up with.

Good luck!