bbeck

16 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

Hello bbeck and welcome to the Forum!

 

I've moved your post to the Doing Dance forum where all things to do with doing dance are discussed.

 

I've never been a dancer but reading this forum it is possible to start ballet at any age and get a huge amount of pleasure from it.  Although you are not yet an adult I have added the adult tags to the thread as there is loads of information about people taking up ballet at an older age for recreational purposes.

 

No-one ever believes me but I am really shy and suffered when I was young with social anxiety.  I was lucky that one of my bosses put me forward as a member of a working group of people from diverse companies.  It is no word of a lie to say I was terrified but I forced myself to do it and, after a few meetings, I realised that a number of members felt the same.  By then I was the secretary because I could hide behind minute taking but I went out of my way to say hello to people when they arrived.  I found it hard but got used to it and that helped me gain confidence in all sorts of situations.

 

Now I am a dog walker and I say hello to everyone!  Dog walkers tend to be very sociable, even if it is only commenting on the weather, and that helps too.

 

Probably not much use to you but this has been my experience over the years.

 

 

Thank you! 

I've always wanted to do ballet ever since I was young but im really shy and struggle with social anxiety and overall just have low confidence in myself , I rather blend in with the crowd. I'm 15 around 5'3 and I'm 43kg (not the healthiest weight) I work out at home but really don't have any muscle or anything it's just to tone my body I guess. I was wondering would i be able to start ballet , also some words of encouragement from people who also suffer from social anxiety and low confidence on how they managed to start maybe?  Thank you!