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Moondust99

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  1. That's true! I've never been good at any sport, I have little coordination and balance (which has been apparent in ballet too!) and no confidence, so I've steered clear of anything other than walking since I was about 12 or 13, so most of my muscles haven't been worked for a long time! I imagine it's a question of getting used to it, and as I'm enjoying it and not feeling overly judged or uncomfortable hopefully I should progress! But it'll be a lot of hard work!
  2. Thank you everyone! The class has been going since at least September; aside from me and a couple of other people everyone else is really good (well from my perspective anyway XD), I'm talking 180 degree turnout, one guy can even do pirouettes! So I think I'll stick to 3rd (the teacher even said that 3rd was good if we weren't quite ready for 5th) and just work on my turnout and strength in general. The last thing I want is an injury. I guess I'm just really weak
  3. Ok so I had my second lesson today (with the normal teacher- she wasn't there last week) and it was much slower and I got more hands-on corrections (mainly with my feet) and some things I'm getting quite good at! But I'm REALLY struggling with 5th position. Like as in I don't even know if what I'm doing even vaguely resembles 3rd. I can do 1st pretty well and 2nd ok, but 5th is just awful and any work in 5th I'm stumbling all over the place. The other problem I have is with fondus and chasses; when I have one leg bent it tends to shake and messes up what I'm doing does anyone know of anything I can do to help solve these problems? Thank you! Apart from that I am enjoying it a lot, I just have a few things I know I need to work on.
  4. Thank you! Yeah I knew it would be hard and weirdly enough I like the challenge a lot! I found keeping turned out was really hard especially, but with work that'll come with time! I hope so! Any opportunities I can get I'll take! I'm annoyed at myself that it's taken me 3 years to take the plunge but I've done it now and that's the first step!
  5. AN UPDATE: I went to my first class today I absolutely loved it! It was a LOT harder than I thought it would be, a lot of them had been in the class since September and were very good. It hurt the legs a bit, but I got the hang of it and really enjoyed it!
  6. Thank you so much that's really reassuring! I know I shouldn't expect to find it easy at first and other people will be in the same situation, so hopefully with time and effort I'll get better! I hope that goes well for you! it's good to hear that other adults are doing the slightly lower grades too! Thank you that's helped me a lot
  7. Thank you everyone! I know it's going to be hard, but I'm hoping I'll enjoy it and I won't be too awful at it but I'm looking forward to it a lot more than I'm nervous. And good luck Cara, I hope your class goes well too!
  8. Ah thank you both that makes a lot of sense! I can start next Monday and I'm looking forward to it! Hopefully it goes well thank you everyone!
  9. My mum's quite similar! So I think she's happier knowing I can just go it alone! Thank you for that advice yeah I guess it depends on the teacher rather than the syllabus, especially at the early stage. It's reassuring to know exams are still an option even though I'm older than the intended age! Thank you, I have heard good things too it's just nice to have more reassurance Yeah I agree! I do unfortunately have a tendency to overthink everything and imagine the big picture rather than the individual steps (maybe literally having to focus on individual steps will help ). Thank you I will do! London is accessible by train and my boyfriend is originally from Essex and very close to East London so it's definitely a possibility! Thank you again Thank you it's good to know it's also a reputable syllabus! Oh I understand, yeah hopefully I can see some soon! Yes I've seen that, it's such a good idea and I'm glad it's not childish, I often worry about feeling a bit humiliated but it seems it'll be equally good regardless of my age, thank you Thank you, hopefully they'll be more widespread soon! Another question sorry, I've seen on the grade 4 syllabus that there is Demi-pointe work, and I'm slightly confused as to exactly what it is because I've heard conflicting things? Does it involve wearing different shoes? I know Demi-pointe shoes exist but that's about the extend of my knowledge. Thank you again and thank you everyone for replying
  10. Hi! So I've been lurking on this forum for a while, reading posts and trying to find out as much as I can without having to actually bother anyone but I'm at the point now where I think it's best to get some advice I've REALLY wanted to dance, particularly ballet, since early 2015. My aunt used to be an outstanding ballet dancer and has done some teaching, and her daughter is also very good, and she took me to see a ballet performance of Aladdin nearby. Now, I'm not saying I'm aiming to be professional or even do much performing, I just enjoy the art, but it really made me want to try ballet out. So from then, I started researching places to dance, thinking about the styles I wanted to do, and it was hard. I live in quite a remote part of Gloucestershire where there isn't much in the way of dance, but I was happy to get to Gloucester or Cheltenham if required as I assumed they would have somewhere good to dance. Unfortunately, nothing ever materialised due to a number of reasons, most notably time, money, and my mum not really wanting to drive. So the search continued, despite the fact I was losing hope in ever starting, and I was finding it increasingly hard to decide where to dance. I got really stuck choosing between a pretty typical 'competition school' (where I did a commercial masterclass, which I enjoyed, but I was put off by the fact I couldn't find any teaching qualifications possessed by the teachers and that on their various social media accounts, they posted plenty of videos of contemporary, lyrical and commercial, but none about ballet for anyone older than 8, and they had no tap class for my age and the hip hop teacher that drew me towards it left, but that's another story) and a much better looking school (I don't know if I'm allowed to name names here!) where they have a really comprehensive (at least compared to pretty much everywhere else I've seen!) adult ballet program, didn't have a cut off point of 18, and offered a variety of styles and performance opportunities while not sacrificing quality ballet training. All the teachers are qualified with the BBO and a huge number of students have got into vocational schools, colleges and associate schemes. Eventually, after a long time deciding what was really important and what was beneficial, I decided to email them and ask about their basic adult ballet class, however it is only now that I've actually been able to start. Enough of the background (sorry for the essay!), I now have a few questions that I've been thinking about for a while: -I'm interested in doing exams, I like the thought of the attainable goal and the way of knowing how well you're doing with the grade, but is there much difference between various syllabi? This school does BBO, but I'm finding it hard to find videos of the syllabus. Is it good for all the disciplines? Or would ISTD be preferable, or RAD for ballet? These are the three options for schools I've been considering, and I want to choose the best syllabus. -Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to syllabus classes about any schools that I should also seriously look into? Ballet is my priority, but I'm also very interested in street and tap, and if possible modern, though I know these aren't the focus of the forum -I don't have any medically diagnosed issues (as of yet anyway) but I have quite bad coordination problems and balance and find I pick things up physically slower than most people, will this improve with practise and effort or will I always struggle? -Is it generally accepted for adults to do exams, whether in a group class or private lessons, or is 18 too old to start? Thank you so much for reading and I'm really sorry it's so long! I've just waited a very long time for this and I want to make sure I'm in the best position and don't make any major mistakes thank you again!
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