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Ballet Query

Hi,

I am from australia and I have been dancing since I was 3 and 1/2yrs old. I am now 14 so thats like 10.5 yrs. I haven’t done ballet the entire time, maybe about 4yrs and im in grade 6. I do ballet 2 times a week and a contemporary class. All the girls in my ballet class are on pointe and have been for about 1 year. I am not on pointe yet but I am better and stronger than some of the ones on pointe. But my teacher hasn’t asked me to be on pointe yet. Please help me because I do not know why and I really want to be on pointe. Also I am not very flexible. any tips? thanks

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Improve my Technique

HI!
My name is Naomi and I live in Japan.
Girls here go on pointe at age 9 or 10. I didn’t even go on pointe till I was 13! I was shocked! I really want to continue dancing and maybe go to ABT. How can I improve my technique here. Japanese ballet studios are not very good here (I’ve gone to 3 studios already). So I don’t really want to go to another studio. Is there anything I can do by myself?