Ask A Ballerina: Too Old/Finding a School?

[@clanaaa]

DO IT! I never took ballet, but I just started 3 months ago at age 22...and I am overweight..which kept me from ballet at first. Ballet IS useful. it improves your posture, coordination, strengthens your body...not to mention it's beautiful and fun!!

[@kaitibobaitiii]

I've only been dancing for 2 years and I've been to a really good summer intensive called Kirov and I'm in the top level at my studio. You're NEVER too late to start !

[@VanillaChai1020]

I always thought I was too old, and I just really started ballet last year and Im in my early twenties and I love it! Finances are an issue, but fortunately a lot of dance school and studios have work exchange programs! Anahiem, you really do bring ballet to the masses in a tasteful, dynamic, and exciting way! THANKS SO MUC FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO SHARING THE GIFT OF AN ART THAT WILL CONTINUALLY STAND THE TEST OF TIME!!! BALLET IS INDESCRIBABLE!

[@sallys.garden]

thanks-i only started last year when i was 15 and i think people should know it's never to late to start something you will enjoy so much.

[@Goudvisjee]

I started ballet when I was 17 and now I'm 18 and I've learned alot!:)

[@XManRCJ]

Nope! It's never too late. Heck I started at 19 and it was great, I finally got in shape. Time is just a matter of planning your day, money's another planning thing, and energy is part endurance build-up and again, planning your day knowing you got class. It's all about how much you want to do it, and what you do to do it.

[@alexipie]

Vanessa, you're lovely and a complete inspiration!! Thanks Anaheim!

[@stefidoo]

im 18 and im starting ballet in a couple of weeks. its never too late to start. thanks. great vid. xx

[@AdirondackRuby]

Great Episode! Can't wait to see more.

[@bibitibi]

oh i'm sooooo hapyy to hear that, i'm 15 & I was on ballet when i was 4, but i left it when i turned 6, right now i totally regret of leaving ballet and i really like it alot, and actually I thought i I was too old to start, but now you answered my question :D thanks A LOT

[@JulietteandRomeo]

oh yay i really want to start! im 16 and have been dancing most of my life, but iv never done ballet so i thought i would be too old, but this clip showed me im not! thank you!

[@latinaballerina]

the reply was really encouraging :) thanks for the great vid!

[@smileywoman]

Great video! Clever, informative, charming. Bravo!

[@sarahisavampire]

As always, marvelous video!

[@Irenerz]

i did ballet when i was 6 and my dad made me quit when i was around 8. I was sooooo sad. i loved ballet. i haven't done it in years! im 17 now. I'd love to start ballet again:(

[@hbanana7]

I started ballet after my twenties and never looked back! I love my ballet buzz~

[@lalamouse77]

I reealy wanna do ballet but I'm 14 and everyone in my class would be like 7. ANd I would be way to embarrassed to wear a leotard and show my body at all...

[@pinkafide]

hehe, well im glad to here that a well known ballerina started at 17, cuz im 16 and just got intencely interested in ballet and am enjoying ballet ALOT

[@pamelakopoha5424]

"Everytime you subscribe, a ballerina gets a puppy" hahahaha I started ballet at 10,then I quit at 13, now Im 16 and I started again!

[@LifeResort]

good vid! If you start late, will you be able to perform in an elegant theatre as a principal dancer?

[@ktaballet]

who are the dancers that is she talk about??? who is the dancer that star at 17? i didnt understand her

[@Godwill3]

How long would it take to learn the basics, like that turning on your feet thing

[@bluemonkey124]

Yes it's always been a dream of mine to dance but we could not afford it when I was growing up. I'am 34 now would it be to late for me to learn. Ballerina move with such grace. I see myself dancing in my dreams. Is it late to learn?

[@latinaballerina]

who was the first dancer who started at 13? I know Nuruyev was the dancer who started at 17 (yet I think that is is more possible for men to start later and succeed professionally...)

[@helenlovescello]

Great video!!!

[@TheRaineDrop]

i'm 22 and want to dance So bad.i have never danced before,my mother refused to pay for classes,so i always thought it's "too late""lost cause" for me,but i was determined to find a studio that would take an adult beginner.i went to the Royal Academy,2 miles from my house,got inside,saw all the dances, chickened out,and fled the studio.I was taller than everyone(though Im only 5'7)and there seemed to be already a firmly established family there.I wasnt sure I would be accepted into it. :(

[@Ninjarsweet]

where is Anaheim Ballet? is it a school for people who have been doing ballet for a while or is it a school for 3yr olds to start at? do they let anybody in? i'm short)5ft 1/4inch), i have thighs, i have jut out hips, and a small poochy belly, but would i love to dance as a career! i've been dancing for 9 or 10 yrs now,and my mom hasn't been able to pay for it these past 2 months, i'll go back on Nov 1st, but i realized how hard it is to live w/o it.

[@latinaballerina]

who is the dancer who started at 13? I know Nuruyev was the one who started at 17 (although I think men are able to start later and still succeed in the professional world)

[@PrizAmezcua]

Im 17 and I just got started in Ballet...but everyone kept telling me that I was too old....but after this video all my hopes are at a 100%

[@makingpeoplelaugh]

OMG haha i love the end!!

[@hoiikhebgeenzininjou]

Hahaha, lol. Can't wait to see more 2, just like StoliDassah.

[@ashlaree]

"every time you subscribe, a ballerina gets a puppy!" hahahahaha. that's awesome

[@ABTBluebird]

hahaha wow...the puppy part. that's great.

[@sarahbrighteyes]

"And remember every time you subscribe a ballerina gets a puppy" lol so funny!

[@XManRCJ]

That was great.

[@victoriasarantaki]

hello everyone I'm 20 and this is my second year doing ballet.Its hard but I;m doing pretty good(maybe because i was already fit) Anyway,I was wondering if its possible to go on pointe someday.If anybody knows please!!!!! tell me.I really need to know.

[@anaheimballet]

Natalia Makarova! (A woman) ;-)

[@dechagny]

omg, the yorkie is adorable :) 10x for the info, but I'm 20 yo and like... 85 kilos :) no ballet for me, but I still love watching it :)

[@cutypie12]

i love ballet, i would never do anything else!

[@dancer2bff7]

hii um i am a dancer and i started at the age 3 and i am 11 now and every one says i am a goood dancer and i would like to see how you dance ....\ and is it true u get a puppy

[@Simonomon2]

She is adoorablee haha! I love when the girl hit the door.. hahaha omgg. haha

[@dancr278]

i love the part with the door...i take class from teachers like that. haha

[@m.h2247]

+Catalina V look the video "meet up with the dancer who turned down Harvard"

[@chunkypencil]

well, i do want ballerinas to have puppies i suppose... honestly, finaces probably are my biggest issue, but hopefully that'll change in the next couple months. Ballet is just so kick ass, I cant stop thinking about. subscribe i shall

[@DeMiRoxmysox02]

this vid wuz gr8!! if i could beg my mom to let me start i mite get into it. It would rele help with my flexibility.

[@bettinaorevil5056]

Ask a ballerina: can I learn how to dance ballet with a ballet instructional book?

[@hellochiewy]

i'm 15 this year i started when i was 6. watching this i realise i've ben dancing for almost a year. xD

[@petshop112i]

Too old to start??... it depends on what you're wanting to do, don't you think? Maybe if you want to be a professional dancer, I'm agree, but if you want to improve your flexibility, for recreation... whatever, the age doesn't really matter, I think.

[@bucksandbrass]

1:12 hahahahah

[@undercoveragent832]

Ahaha A ballerina gets a puppy!!! Haha!

[@jahlove111]

thanks for the video! you're really cute =)!

[@aneriosm]

i'm a bellerina i whant a puppy...!!!