Starting on Pointe

ive been dancing since i was three and ive just turned 11. Im just going onto pointe but i dont know where to start. should i start with positions? I love the ballet bible, got the whole thing for my birthday!

liz

November 18, 2006 | In Questions |

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  1. As with anything, start with the basics. For a while only work in your shoes in class, because if you try to wear them around your house or anywhere where you’re not watched by a teacher you could injure yourself. However, to prepare yourself for them, it’s releve, releve, releve. Also, if you have a theraband, you can just pointe and flex against it to work on your point. Have fun! I remember my first shoes…

    Comment by Audrey Elise — November 19, 2006 #

  2. You are going on pointe but don’t know where to start, that’s normal, but your teacher should know, unless you are buying shoes and have decided to start preparing by yourself!!! Once again — preparation for pointe starts from your first ballet class, not a few months before you buy your first pair of shoes. Correct technique, strong muscles that include your back and stomach, not just your legs, are what will prepare you for pointe, and allow you to releve that extra bit off demi pointe. Hopefully you have been working on a high a demi pointe as you possibly can during your previous training. If you have been dancing since you were three it should not be a problem! Standing in positions is not really any advantage, just go to your first class and dive in. Good luck!

    Comment by Zoe — November 19, 2006 #

  3. hi im 13 and i really want to start pointe, but im afraid that my ballet teacher hates me because a: she called me a liar, b: i stopped her studio a few years ago and now im back and she still hates me!!! At this rate im afraid ill never get my pointe shoes what should i do? should i just buy them and train myself???

    Comment by chloe — December 21, 2006 #

  4. Start with positions and all the basics, don’t try anything though until you’ve done it in class. As for Chloe, don’t train yourself!!! Find another school, any teacher who acts like that can’t exactly be a very good teacher, don’t pay her to be a b***h to you!!!

    Comment by Ashley — January 17, 2007 #

  5. Chloe, DON’T put yourself on pointe. if you are having problems with your teacher, find another teacher. sometimes poeple just can’t get along, and when this happens with a teacher and their student, both they and the rest of the class can have problems. you will be much more successful if you find a teacher with whom you can get along, even though it can be scarry to start at a new studio. I found myself in a simalar situation a few years ago, and I was much happier and got more out of going to class once I switched.
    good luck

    Comment by Marissa — January 17, 2007 #

  6. i am not a dancer im an actor currently takin my national diploma in performin arts which also includes lessons of contemporary dance in which we hav been taught the basics of ballet, i have always thort ballet on pointe is beautiful and now i have been given the option of an acting role for a new play in which i play a ballerina the role requires basics on pointe, the audition isnt for another 3 months of so, do you think i could learn the basics with my dance teacher (who is trained in ballet) in that time?

    Comment by nicci — January 21, 2007 #

  7. Nicci,
    Yes, I think you could learn the basics on Pointe. But pointe is very hard and if i were you i would take a one week or two week dance class. try private lessons becasue if you are have any trouble the teacher can help you with that. And more lessons you take the better chance of getting in.
    I really hope i helped

    Nancy,

    Comment by Nancy — February 1, 2007 #

  8. I agree with Ashley like start with the basic stuff like first, second, third, forth and fifth.
    But for chloe DO NOT PUT YOURSELF ON POINTE. you could ruin you chance of even dancing. try finding another school were the training is good and nice teacher.
    Nancy

    Comment by Nancy — February 1, 2007 #

  9. maybe you should change places chloe

    Comment by geane — April 6, 2007 #

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