Adult ballet

The dance community is broadening with more and more adults starting ballet for the first time. Are you one of them? Here are some tips for your first time.

Sure, you can start ballet at any age, but if you want to progress in ballet as an adult, you have to face the problem of flexibility and tackle it head on. This is an article about how I became more flexible learning ballet as an adult - or rather, how I had to become more flexible in order to

From an open-class shy newbie to an open-class debonair Sophisticate, the journey is sure tricky, but not impossible. Before you start feeling that things aren't what they used to be, remember, your teacher knows that! Whether you have prior formal training, or you have never stepped into a ballet class, remember that it always takes time to get used to anything new.

Three books about the unique experience of learning ballet as an adult.

Sure, you can start ballet at any age, but if you want to progress in ballet as an adult, you have to face the problem of flexibility and tackle it head on. This is an article about how I became more flexible learning ballet as an adult - or rather, how I had to become more flexible in order to

Thanks to the rigorous and challenging nature of ballet, rest assured, you will get a worthwhile workout.

There are six basic arms positions in ballet. These are simply called first, second, third, fourth, fifth and bras bas. Below I will explain in detail how each position should feel when you are dancing so that you can execute them correctly. BRAS BAS: The term bras bas means low arm in French. Therefore the arms are down in front of the body making an oval shape. The arms should be slightly away from the body and not touching the tops of the thighs. A flat upper back should also be…

Welcome to ballet and the obsession with feet! Here are some of the most common errors I see with ballet students and their feet. First I have to start off by introducing the concept of sickling. …