Can I start Ballet in my teens?

Question

I've been dancing since the age of 2 doing Jazz, Hip-Hop and Tap almost all my life, but never ballet. Now I'm in my teens, is it too late for me to start ballet? I would like to because I really want to study dancing in a performing arts school and I feel I may need to know some ballet.

Answer 1

Its not too late!!!

Answer 2

No, you're definitely not too old, especially if you have done other dance

Answer 3

Defiantly not! Especially since you have been doing Jazz and Tap for a long time! That means you have worked up good leg muscle. Plus Jazz is like a laid-back form of ballet. I suggest you take up ballet. Take your studios Beginner Teen Ballet class or whatever they have r whatever your teacher suggests. Sometimes they wil put you in a higher class if they think you can handle it. I have been doing ballet for a long time and wanted to start jazz. But instead of going to Begginer Jazz I  went straight to Jazz 4 because of my ballet training! The highest jazz level for my studio is 5!

Go for it!

Answer 4

you are not too old to start ballet. the fact that you have been dancing since you were 2 helps a lot. you have a great history in dance so i think it would be pretty easy to take ballet classes. ballet will definetely help you in the arts school.