how long till I can get toe shoes?

I did ballet for two years and then stopped for a year.

I just started back up and i still remember most of it.

October 31, 2006 | In Questions |

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  1. Well, it depends on a lot of things. For instance, your age, how strong your ankles and feet are, and what your teacher says. Beginning pointe isn’t so much about remembering steps as it is about being stong enough to handle the shoes- because if you aren’t, you could fall and seriously hurt yourself. My best advice is to ask your teacher.

    Comment by Audrey Elise — November 2, 2006 #

  2. Start off doing as much as any beginner would, timewise, you’ll just be better. Probably could increase it less gradually than a beginner would.

    Comment by Tyciol — November 2, 2006 #

  3. This isn’t a question anyone except your teacher can answer. You usually need to have done more than two years of ballet though, and there are many other things to consider, your age, most studios don’t put girl on pointe untill about 11 or 12, as before then the bones in your feet are too soft, and you can damamge them, also the strength of your feet and legs, you can’t go on pointe if your not strong enough for the work, so do lots of releves, rises and eleves every day to make them stronger. But even after all this you may still not be ready, so please don’t get pointe shoes or try to dance en pointe untill you have been told you are ready by a qualified teacher.

    Abbie

    Comment by Abbie Etheridge — November 2, 2006 #

  4. I depends on your body strenght and capability, if you just started again it will probably be a while yet! Talk to your teacher and see if she has any helpful advice on what you can do to get there sooner

    Comment by Ashley — January 19, 2007 #

  5. If you still remember most of what you learned then that’s great but remembering is not the key to get on pointe. You have to have strong ankles and a nice sense of balnce and many other things to. But since you stopped for a year then you might get on pointe in two years or less ‘MAYBE” or ask your teacher he/she should know.
    Hope I helped :P

    Comment by Nancy — April 9, 2007 #

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