how many hours do you take a week?

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  • August 2, 2014 at 9:23 pm #6837

    marywilliams
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    hi. im 14 and my dream is to become a professional ballet dancer.

    right now im taking a ballet class mondays through fridays and pointe class twice a week. it all adds up to about 10 hours a week, plus rehearsals on the weekend. is this how much everyone else who wants to become pro is taking? there arent other good schools in my town, so this is as much as i can take for now.

    August 5, 2014 at 7:55 pm #6838

    harrisonj
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    Thats a good amount of time for ballet classes. I take about the same but am in my senior year and about to turn 18. I dont know if ill make it to be a pro but thats okay because i really want to go to college to study to become a marine biologist! :)

    But I go to a “pre-professional” school that is very disciplined and has great teachers and thats as much that is offered. We dont have any guys, so theres no pas de deux class. If you want to get more serious, theres boarding schools like Harid or SAB that have year-round programs that have great training and will also have lots of classes. My friend left our school and is at SAB now and she loves it :)

    August 7, 2014 at 11:01 pm #6841

    notenufballet
    Participant

    yes thats a lot. my school only offers ballet classes on monday, tuesday and friday. but a couple teachers just moved so we’re short teachers!

    August 9, 2014 at 1:01 pm #6843

    marywilliams
    Participant

    i like my teachers so i dont know if id want to leave, but a doing ballet all day seems great!! :)

    August 9, 2014 at 11:33 pm #6845

    harrisonj
    Participant

    Well remember just because there are boarding schools for ballet doesnt mean they dance all day. you still have to go to high school and some offer home schooling.

    August 11, 2014 at 10:17 pm #6847

    georginaballet14
    Participant

    If you’re in the most advanced class, try asking if you can also take an intermediate class (if it isn’t at the same time of course). You can still learn a lot by taking classes below your current level. A lot of getting better in ballet is based on repeating a step correctly to get it in your body.

    September 19, 2015 at 7:19 pm #7387

    ABTgirl05
    Participant

    That’s a very reasonable amount of hours. Keep up the great work! :)

    May 17, 2016 at 9:18 pm #38027

    AnnabelleBallet11
    Participant

    I am 11 and i also want to be a professional dancer. i take 12 hours a week, and can land a double pirouette on pointe. i went on pointe 5 months ago. i am now taking my first partnering class in which we are learning shoulder sits, whip turns, and double pirouettes holding passe at the end. you may know that NYCB (new york city ballet) came to washinton DC performing a piece called the most incredible thing and i was in one of the kid roles. is this a good emount? am i a good dancer?

    July 20, 2016 at 11:52 am #38339

    TrumpetsGo
    Participant

    I’m a beginner :)

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