Hey Guys (literally!),
So after 7 years without wearing my tights, I've decided to make the jump and restart ballet classes! I'm based in Wales, UK.
I went to my local dance shop to get a recommendation on a good school that would accept a beginner/intermediate males at my age and I spoke to the owner of the dance school this afternoon.
She sounded really happy to have a boy asking to join her school, however she said that the best class for me would be grade 5-6 with a dozen 14-15 year old girls.....I keep having visions of it being like "Billy Elliott" where I walk into a studio with girls in tutu's all sneering at me!
Understandably I feel very intimidated right now, but I want to start classes again so badly and there aren't many dance academies in this part of the world!
I know this must seem like a very generic thread to see, but I'd love to hear some of your anecdotes about your first classes and how you coped with the nerves. I've got an awful feeling that I'm going to make an idiot of myself in my first class as I tried doing some of my old positions and really struggled!
What would you suggest wearing to my first class? Most of my old dancewear still fits, I've got too much choice and the school owner was very vague on the phone.
Over to you...and thanks very much!
Al