odette92

wish I could like all your posts by the way, but I'm on my phone now and there seems to be no way to do that

thank you for your kind words and thoughts everyone! I think teaching is my best option and I will look into that.

it's just a culmination of personal factors that prompted my post and raised my hopes about dancing... recently a couple of people I know passed away and before that one of them shared that he didn't get to fulfil his dream of becoming a painter because of the need to raise his family. I know I'm only 22 but that certainly triggered something in me.

then I found that wordpress whose author secured a preliminary audition at Central at the age of 20 so I thought there might be a chance for me.

LinMM, you are right, I just want to dance! thank you for being so lovely and honest everybody, I will moderate my expectations and keep going for classes to continue living my dream in whatever small way I can.

wouldn't it be nice if we we're completely in control of how our lives turned out? never thought that my parents being unable to afford the ballet lessons I wanted when I was 6 would make me regret so much.

interestingly enough... google led me to this: http://balletdancerbronwen.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/introducing-myself/

Have a look at Preston College. You need to be about Intermediate standard though, not sure if you're there yet....plus there's other dance styles, not just ballet.

thank you Aurora, will do!

Hello odette92. I don`t know you or how good you are at ballet.But i`m afraid i would have to be straight with you.Your chances of becoming a professional ballet dancer are almost zero. I`m sorry if this sin`t what you wanted to hear.There are hundreds,if not thousands of people who begin training from a very young age and are considered to have a very good technique,coupled with the correct physical proportions and musicality/dramatic ability etc,who will never become professional classical ballet dancers.The sad reality is there are far too few contracts for dancers out there. You say you did`nt begin ballet lessons until you were 19; this is the age most people are graduating from vocational school,often after 10 or more years of intense training,often several times a week , for hours on end. Of course,this doesn`t mean that you cannot continue to enjoy your ballet lessons,and continue to improve.If you enjoy doing something it does`nt matter what level or standard you are at, as long as you continue to gain pleasure from doing it. So my advice would be to continue with your classes and enjoy yourself.

hello thequays,

thank you for being honest! yes, i do know all those facts. however i'm not hoping to be professional (perhaps my original post wasn't exactly clear about that). i recognise that door is now closed!

but i do have some savings that i would love to spend on a full-time course to enrich myself and get up to scratch and be in an environment i love very much full-time for a year or two.

Hi Odette,

 

Have you tried Precision School of Ballet? They do an adult RAD Intermediate class on a Monday evening.

 

www.precisionschoolofballet.com

thank you youngatheart, this looks very promising!

hi everyone, i've realised recently that i don't want to do anything professionally but dance. however with some sadness i do realise that this option is pretty much closed for me (only started ballet at 19, pointe work now at barre only, some basic centre work).

i'm just curious to know if there are any schools who might be willing to take me (fairly flexible/proficient i.e. < 90 degree arabesques, grand battements a la second are far above my arm, can do double pirouettes regularly). obviously i wouldn't mind training with people younger than me. 

i am really just hoping to do this full-time on a course, with the knowledge that i most probably won't get into a company/be employed as a ballet dancer. 

will be grateful if anyone has got any leads! thanks all x

thank you very much LinMM, appreciate the help!

Franziska Rosenzweig teaches pointe work on Sundays and also Thursdays I think at Danceworks.

 

Also check out the Urdang Academy.....I seem to remember a teacher on that site saying you have to attend a previous class to attend the pointe work class....so must offer this there.

Thank you LinMM!

I have been to the Danceworks class before, but have not tried Urdang! 

There are four ballet classes listed on Monday—to which are you referring to? None of them seem to mention a pointe component  

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping you'll be able to help me out! I'm an extremely keen and dedicated adult learner (at ballet 5 out of 7 days a week) looking to do the RAD Intermediate exams. Unfortunately I've been waitlisted at the RAD itself for their Intermediate exam class so I'm hoping to find alternatives. I've tried Central Ballet with Kate Webster on Sundays—does anyone have recommendations for other classes located in central London?

Am also hoping to improve my pointe technique—have done pointe classes on and off for about 1.5 years but have always been put off by pain and my constant tendency to fall over and slip... turned out it wasn't so much abysmally poor technique (although I do acknowledge I need significantly more work!) but HORRIBLY fitting pointe shoes (lost a big toenail to Gaynor Mindens which is still in the process of growing back out...)! Have recently been fitted wonderfully with the proverbial Cinderella shoe and I'm eager to get going again! Any recommendations for intensive pointe coaching would also be appreciated. 

Thanks all! x