LEOTARD COLOR MEANING

[@hearts4dazaiii]

I always wanted to do ballet, but me being me, I was too shy to ask my parents. I thought they'd think it's stupid. Just a forgotten dream, maybe in another lifetime. It still makes me sad, yet I think heals a part of my inner child to see ballerinas online. Well, it's too late now.

[@megazp7003]

It's never to late, you should be able to find basic curses for adults (It depends on your countrie, but it's considered cultural activities so you should find them somewhere). Even if you are not professional in this lifetime you can enjoy it just as much as you want, pls don't give up!

[@jamiebumbaugh]

not too late!!!! i did ballet as a child and definitely wanted to progress more, but didn't know how to ask and my area doesn't really have a professional school or company in that sense, so it was a forgotten dream of mine. now im hoping to start lessons with an actual company soon as a 25 year old. 🫶🏻 just have to look around and ask companies in your area!

[@치추이]

me too then i started hearing about all of the physical pain they go through, nvm.🤣 i don’t want bruised feet

[@Catalina-Winemixer]

You should look into beginner classes in your area or over Zoom. It’s never too late to dance! Temper your expectations of what you expect to get out of it, but just moving your body is such an important thing, honestly. The best time to plant a tree was thirty years ago. The second best is today.

[@gggggg-hs2tk]

Never too late! Plenty of people start out as adults, there are even classes for beginner adults, also there are international recognised professionals that started as teenagers! Please follow this dream, ballet is amazing and you won't regret it🤩

[@RunnyBunnie]

My school does Light blue, turquoise, Navy blue, Aubergine, Burgundy, Black, and then company. Company (me!!) is all high schoolers who can wear whatever they want lol. There is 3 levels to Company though. Apprentice, Understudy, and Company member. I’m a company member and it is super chill lolll

[@LaelWetta-ch7tk]

My ballet school does this 2-3 wear light pink. 4-7 where light blue. Everyone above where black. My studio has a ‘company’ where you have to audition to get in and we choose a custom leotard every year

[@gggggg-hs2tk]

My school has the exact same colours😂

[@FalseSwift_13]

*wear

[@Bit12120]

Our is Light pink Light blue Burgundy Forest green Black (or patterned for variations and stuff)

[@치추이]

pretty

[@llama.llover]

my studio does a kind of weird order it is light pink, black, gray, lilac, royal blue, burgundy, and if your on the highest level you can wear any color

[@Life.of.lori.]

Very interesting!!

[@damisdarling]

I wish I did ballet 😢😢

[@MushroomIsHere]

My ballet school is this, Youngest kids were light pink until they’re 6 with skirts Ballet 1: Lavender/Light lavender Ballet 2: Light blue Ballet 3: Royal blue Ballet 4: Burgundy(My level) Ballet 5: Dark Navy blue Ballet 6: Black

[@Ballet_Swiftie0512]

White, Light pink, light blue, navy, burgundy, emerald, black, pick whatever you want

[@KhloeMS]

My ballet school goes by levels and you have evaluations in the beginning of the summer to move up. Pre ballet is light pink, and the children’s levels are light blue, and a belt depending on your level. Same with the academy levels, you wear black and get a different belt for a different level

[@Nico_DiAngelo]

At my school, it goes white, lavender, baby blue, hot pink, royal blue, navy blue, black

[@alexkate1327]

My school does: Primary - Light Pink Grade 1 - Light Pink Grade 2 - Lavender Grade 3 - Navy Blue Grade 4 - Navy Blue Grade 5 - Burgundy Intermediate (me!!) - Black Anything above - whatever you want

[@clarissaherz7429]

This is so nostalgic. 😊 In my school we used to wear black everyone, and the bun net and bun accessorie had different colors for different levels. 😊❤

[@ina6503]

mine is young kids: light pink preparatory: purple level 1-3: royal blue level 4-6: burgundy level 7+: green

[@ballet_lizax]

My school does pre primary-primary is light pink and white, grade 1-3 is light purple, grades 4-5 is navy and grade 6-advanced 2 is black

[@preciousp22]

ours is just black until you get on the “apprentice” level and then you can start to wear any purple on saturdays, then when you’re in the “company” you can wear any color on saturdays. whenever it’s someone’s birthday in our company, apprentice, and trainee groups then the birthday person picks a color and we are aloud to dress up in said color

[@zuhazed]

My school had the lower grades wear orange until all the parents protested against it💀

[@ayabarjoseph]

my school: 2-5: white 6-8: red those are both technically not in the ballet school program, and the levels start when you are 8-9. level I: light pink level II: light blue level III: lilac level IV: sky blue level V: purple/dark purple level VI: dark blue/celestial blue level VII: forest green level VIII: navy PD: black company: whatever the hell they want ❤

[@Hyunjinnie1440]

2-4 light pink 5-8 light purple 9-10 forest green 11-13 Dark blue 13-15 Dark red 16+ black and any leotard really

[@artisaline]

You look truly beautiful in this video. You always dress so well. I know that when people dance they need to really think about what they wear because they have to layer because they need to be able to change depending upon what they're doing. But you always take the time to pick outfits that are incredibly stylish. Wonderful video and very informative. Thank you

[@Life.of.lori.]

This is such a nice comment. Thank you so much!!! ♥️♥️

[@doglover4734]

My studio is not a school per say, we normally wear black for classes, most rehearsals we can wear any color, but when it’s closer to the show we have to wear black

[@Camilas_official_YT]

Mine ballet goes white,light pink,black,then royal blue I’m not sure on the rest

[@Mostlymel-n6u]

Our colours are light pink (introduction to ballet aka baby ballet), dark pink dress (pre primary and primary), purple leotard (grade one and grade two), navy leotard (grade three and grade four), and black is either grade five or grade six and adult classes.

[@katattacksweetheart]

ours was so complicated lol...white, pink, light blue, navy, lavender, dark green, burgundy, then black...and god it was a relief to reach black and actually be able to find nicely designed leotards

[@albrechtvdb6016]

She has beautiful hands too …

[@Life.of.lori.]

Thank you🤍

[@lynx2179]

mine is lilac burgundy black and then at a certain level you’re allowed to wear whatever colour you want to class

[@StarSlush21]

I remember mine being light pink, lilac, purple, burgundy and then black… my daughters is light pink, light blue, royal blue, navy and black… she’s just started at almost 4 and loving every minute of it 🥰

[@Francesdev12]

Also some schools do colors in tiers like for example elementary age kids all wear shades of blue and then middle schoolers or the next classification wears shades of pink and red and the high school or pre pro kids just wear dark colors for each level like burgundy navy and then the highest level wearing black (usually always)

[@beahyatt1]

ours is white/light pink red light blue burgundy green navy blue then black for class and rehearsal and white for variations

[@amandastevens1117]

I went to a recreational dance center and for a few years, we had a director who had been a professional ballet dancer and she renamed the dance classes based on color (ex: what was once ballet 1 or jazz 1 became sky blue ballet or sky blue jazz, indigo was the highest level). It's neat to now understand what the impetus was for the color system, but at the time all the parents were hella confused They're back to a 1, 2 , 3, intermediate, advanced, etc system btw

[@Momo_tte]

For our school, we did light purple for the smaller kids (this used to be light pink), and then progress into this light blue, then into mulberry, then into black, and finally into purple.

[@danaidavou6162]

We had that both at my school and at my ballet school. At kindergarten I took ballet classes at school and we had that colour system. But the colours of the leotards were yellow, blue and pink. Yellow was for the children that were around 3 - 4 and blue or pink for the children that were around 5 - 6. The pink actually came because lots of children came from a different building of the same school and the leotards there were pink so they already had them. For my ballet school now we had one colour, the colour was purple, but we had different designs for each grade. That happened till puberty where everyone started to wear whatever they liked and mostly black for obvious reasons, if we consider that there was no male inside the classroom.

[@khelisiesalvatore8173]

Interesting but I didn't realize how hardcore places are with colors. When I was investigating just ballet schools (not dance studios- but ballet academies. There was 1 exception with a ballet academy within the dance studio offering a structured program leading to pre-professional & professional. ) back in Western Massachusetts where I grew up the "dress code" was no layers except for leg warmers and a sheer skirt (optional) outside of kinder-dance it was black leotard, pink tights and pink ballet flats unless you were En Pointe.

[@Maria-ff8jx]

mine was dark purple and then burgundy for high school

[@shenenigans2037]

My school reversed that order aside from the advanced in black! The idea was that we don't need to see the lines as clearly in the youngest kiddos, but the older and more advanced they get the more important it is to clearly see their bodies. And by the time they're advanced they should have good enough technique that we would not need the precision offered by light leotards -- though until recently advanced students were required white and black leotards. We went navy blue, light blue, light pink, black (and sometimes white).

[@flowerbit4137]

At my school, it was pink/baby pink for several years, then dark blue, then burgundy, then black for the advanced students

[@luke.bledsoe]

in my company, rather than leotard, there’s different company levels, like chrysalis, which is pre-company, single corps, which most people spend 7th-8th grade in, double corps, which can range anywhere from 8th-10th depending on when you joined/ level, and finally triple corps, which most people join in their sophomore or junior year, and stay in during their time in company.✨it’s all super chill tho

[@ponypals123]

my ballet school does this 2-4 were pink level 1were light blue. level 2 were lavender, level 3 were navy blue, level 4 were hot pink, conservatory and company were anything.

[@tillydavis8249]

I remember being in my little purple Leo with flats losing my absolute mind if I talked to one of the teenagers on point wearing black😂

[@miarabea401]

In our studio we have to wear black from a young age on but as we get older it becomes less strickt and we can wear leotards from former shows.

[@avocadoesarenice4206]

My school did white for the babies, light pink from around age 7 up to around 14, then lilac for teens, deep purple for older teens and black for adults.

[@LaraOlina]

its like belt colors but for ballet haha i remember when we got our black leotards, I felt so grown 😅 stopped ballet a little bit later at 13, but started again last year and now everyone can wear what they want more or less 😊 i still mainly choose black haha

[@nazreenhassan3469]

We wore black or the colour associated with whichever Cecchetti grade we were working towards. I do remember being sent home for having the wrong colour hair band on for a syl class in 1976. Glad things have changed a bit since then and yes, I did become a professional dancer, lol.

[@EricM-s8f]

What about pay? How does pay work and how much do you make for a production?

[@evieschuessler8222]

My ballet school isn't that big, and we don't have specific assigned colors. Youngest year light pink, everyone else wears black. Except for a few classes, some of the modern or jazz or whatever classes you can wear colored leos. Depends on what the teacher says. I'm in company, and one of the classes we take, you can wear colored leos. My school is fairly small, and we only have two boys in company, one is like 8/9, the other is 12, so it's not so surprising we just stick with black leos.

[@CatwomanMeowz]

My school was red leos until you turn 5, then once you get out of the kiddie stage, pale blue, dark blue, black. The audition- only company wore whatever leo they wanted. And everyone wore pale pink tights. They wouldn’t let any of us match our skin tones- pink for everyone regardless.

[@charlottehpreston4908]

Our top was navy blue , still have all of mine haha!

[@AvaHillier-r9i]

My studio goes light pink, light blue and then black but the full time seniors wear navy blue

[@BlastFromThePastTheGoodOldDays]

I wanted to do Ballet as a child, but I have always been very tall and dyspraxic. I was told with my height I would only be able to do boy parts in a dance, I was a little girl that didn't want boy roles

[@carolineandmoe]

My school does Light pink with a matching pink skirt (pre-ballet and ballet 1) (Black skirt for everyone higher) Purple (ballet 2) Navy Blue (ballet 3) Burgundy/ Black (ballet 4,4/5,and 5)

[@Anna-Maria..]

In my school, we wore different colors for different years, but we (the class) and the teacher collectively decided what color and design should they be. A seamstress came who took our measurements and made them herself. Usually, we did this twice every year. The colors were indeed lighter in the beginning, but it really didn't matter that much as long as we were all wearing the same ones.

[@yoonseol7757]

Some sort of, but my school technically don’t have a dress code for the advance class, which I’m currently in so actually I wear whatever I like to class, which is kind of chill😂😂😂😂

[@annajohnson4233]

At my ballet studio it goes; light pink, yellow, mint, light blue, dark blue, then whatever you want

[@XxSaskiaDancesxX]

My school does Baby ballet- Reception age (Kindergarten in US): Light pink Pre Primary- Grade 1: Light Blue Skirted Leotard Grade 2- Grade 4 (me!): Light Blue Leotard Grade 5+ (Up to Advanced 2): Black Leotard with wrapped skirt I do ISTD ballet so their may be other ballet societies in your country 😊

[@queenstrawberry10]

my studio does like 2-5 year olds light pink then 6-7 year olds light blue then 7-10 year olds lihht purple and then 11-14 which is mine we were all black except we wefe burgundy skirts for some reason 💀 and then level 6 is mostly seniors they can wear any color they want

[@Talz.bunny10]

At my ballet school the 2-6 yr olds wear light pink than 7-11 wear navy after that we just wear what we want tbh just no skirts unless we are in pirouette class, the colour for the full time students is royal blue

[@neldormiveglia1312]

Makes sense. Kinda like swimming caps.

[@Dancegirly2027]

We just started a new Pre-Professional program that is for students who are more serious about ballet (my studio isn’t all ballet and I don’t just do ballet but I’m in the program) there are levels 1-6 (I’m level 6!) level 1 wears light pink everything and level 6 wears black leotard black skirt/shorts and pink tights. I think level 4 is bright purple and level 5 is navy blue. Level 3 wears light blue and then level 2 wears light purple. Level 6 is mostly based off of general talent so not rlly a specific age but there are only 6 of us in my level (6 in level 6 easy to remember lol) I’m a high schooler and so are 3 other girls the other 2 are in 8th grade. Level 1 is pre-ballet so they are all like 2-3 years old and levels 2 and 3 are preschool. The rest are elementary-middle school for the most part until level 6. Sry this is rlly long 😅😅 ❤❤❤

[@lilly_ballerina100]

At my new school I’m not sure what level 1 wears but level 2 wears light blue, level 3 wears a slightly darker blue, level 4 wears a little bit darker than level 3, and conservatory/level 5 wears a bright royal blue. And we have to wear a matching skirt with it. But at my old dance school there was a dress code but the teachers didn’t care tbh

[@jakxxsi]

When i used to do ballet in primary school we would where light blue, that was over five years ago i wish I could go back to doing ballet but now i feel it's too late for me

[@rachelliz4786]

At one of my ballet schools they let the 2 3 and 4 year olds wear black because the littles always managed to stain their leotards and it was "against the rules" (meaning we would get a verbal warning/correction) to have any stains on our leotards and the littles would tell on each other for having stains (i assisted in the littles classes for a few years and the first year i assisted they still had to wear light pink and they would tell me multiple times when someone had a stain and i would have to tell the kid with the stain that they needed to make sure not to have the stain next class)

[@Dancer_bensonsversion]

Ours was: Light pink Light blue Light purple Royal blue Maroon Black But people who were beginners but teens wear turquoise. And us who are advanced and wear black, we wear black on Tuesday and any solid color on Thursday.

[@jennymaus6749]

This are exact our colours in my School in Germany 😂

[@Rosalie1996]

By the time I was in the top levels at one school the rule was black leo pink tights but it could be any style. Another school had assigned and in colors which I did not like.

[@rosemarie3185]

My school does light pink (kinderballet), light purple (all primary levels), light blue(all intermediate levels), black (advanced 1&2), and then then the two highest levels wear whatever color they want (advanced 3&4).

[@kaisla_onerva]

Our schools teachers can pick the leos for each class so every class (even same level) might have different leos. But we also usually go with the light to dark thing. I started with light pink, then burgundy, then purple and now wine red. Next up we'll get black i think. Other classes have gone from light blue/turqoise to electric blue to dark green etc. ❤️

[@anthonyaguilar3949]

My school is: Pre ballet-Light pink Primary-White Lvl 1-light purple 2-darker pink 3-red 3.5-bright blue 4-dark purple 5-dark greenish blue 6-black I’m pretty sure that level 6 can wear any brand but there can’t be weird cuts or anything. 1-5 are all the same brand and there are a couple different styles they can choose from. Im a guy and we wear black tights with white shirts, socks and shoes up until level 4 where we have the option to wear black shirts and shoes. The idea of lighter cloths is that it is easier to see your body. I still choose to wear white socks and shoes so that I can see the shape that my feet are making. The boys in pre & primary ballet wear black bike shorts and white leotards.

[@persona.p.]

My school does Primary: Light Pink, Ballet 1: Royal Blue, Ballet 2: Red, Ballet 3: Navy Blue, and Ballet 4: Black

[@charlottedrew9714]

Mine was: Starlights (youngest)- light pink Junior- light blue Pre-teen- purple Teen- dark pink/ raspberry Pre-senior- dark blue Seniors- black

[@JordynBrown-uf2ok]

We had 8 levels in our school nothing was based off age after 4 years old. (although most kids were in their age groups skill wise anyway) Pink (4+) Turquoise Darker teal Purple (profile pic) Yellow (why? Idk) pointe was required this level and all harder levels White (most people stopped here) Burgundy (advanced dancer) Yoga outfits in neon green of all colors (adult, taking the adult classes, and babies under level 1)

[@Iscttily]

In my school the little kids wear light purple, the 7-10 year old kids wear blue, and the 11-15 wear wine red

[@margaretmorgan9246]

We have alignment belts that are all different colors for each level and they get darker as you go up

[@urfavv.hazibasil_]

We did purple with a mini tutu, purple with skirt, just a purple Leo, blue Leo, burgundy Leo, then black Leo. Advanced classes you could wear ur own Leo and competition classes was white Leo.

[@Dream_ballet1]

2-3 light pink 4-5 light purple 6-7 light blue 8-10 yellow 11-14 red 15+ dark purple And then if your green in my studio you are usually someone who got back from a different sport or a make up (rarely a makeup class)

[@Beth_Anne0505]

in my class specifically they didn't care what color your leotard was as long as you had a beige leotard for performance day

[@Alyssaluvvsuu]

Mine are Level 1 :pink Level 2: light blue Level 3: light purple Level 4: navy blue Level 5: black Level 6: anything Then its like professional ballet school Or if u want u can have ballet as a hobby

[@kariaspaas8536]

for my studio: 3-4yr olds wear light pink 5yr olds wear light blue level 1-6 wear black, and on saturdays 4-6 can wear anything

[@catara.]

In my school grade 1-2 (it starts from age 9) was white, sometimes I saw very light pink. 3-4 burgundy, which was my favourite In 4. grade ribbons on flat shoes becomes mandatory 5 -light blue White or light pink tights was mandatory and skirts was not allowed except for history and character dance classes, and for exams. Because teacher can see better what you are doing. 6-9 was considering high school and it was always black with white tights, in final year skirts. Before that school I was going in studio, and continued going on saturdays. There was no rules in colour, skirt was allowed but not appreciated, no layers was allowed. Youngest age was 6. Toddlers didn't have ballet, they have some dance mix and wear whatever they want

[@Aidios.-g4t]

My school starts at light pink (3-5 years old), then they move up to a darker pink (6-9 years old), then a purply pink (10-12 years old), then lilac (13-16 years old) and finally Black for +16

[@asuhua]

my school never had assigned colors, only a strict dress code of what your leotards could look like

[@PxbiPxndxs]

My ballet school: 3-7/pre primary-primary : pink(with skirts) 7+/test 1+ : black(no skirt unless preforming)

[@Its_Izzle]

My school does Pre primary and primary - light pink with matching pink skirt Grades 1 - 8 purple Vocational grades black or purple leo Istd grades Modern/tap Grades 1-3 purple unitard Grades 4+ - black footless tights and black leotard Contemporary/jazz - black leo and black footless tights

[@stqteofsw1ft]

my studio just does black for all levels. same color, same brand, same everything

[@saoirse_the_thespian]

Last time I danced somewhere that did this the little kids were light pink, then light blue, then forest green, the dark blue, then black

[@miaandlily8227]

In my ballet school the youngest kids from 2 year olds to about 7 years old they can wear what ever color but once your 8 and older you have to wear black for all Point shoe exercise and classes so yeah

[@AlyaSlays]

My ballet school does 2-5 is light pink, purple, pink, navy and advanced wear black.

[@Child_of_the_underworld]

Mine does: White Buttercup Seafoam Light blue Dark blue And black Company gets to wear whatever they want !

[@Brii_36959]

Mine does light pink, light blue, white, burgundy, royal blue, navy blue (me), and black

[@Tinything17]

I think mine was light purple, dark purple, black, and in the highest level was still black but you could wear any solid color you wanted no patterns ofc❤

[@Urbaddiecharcoal]

My school: Pre level- the youngest kids ages 2-3: light pink Preparatory - ages 4-5: lavender/lilac Level 1 - ages 6-8: blue Level 2 - ages 9-10: royal blue Level 3 - ages 11-13: dark purple Level 4 - ages 14-15: navy blue Level 5+ - ages 16+: black Company: whatever

[@youdontknowme2693]

at my school it was light pink, sometimes light blue, lilac, red, navy blue, then black

[@K-Pop_Addiction12]

My class went from light pink that we kept it for 2 years 4 and 5 grade now that we are in 6 grade we have black leotards

[@user-bx5wu2qf2j]

For my ballet studio we start with Light pink Light blue Lilac Ruby, red Royal blue Amethyst Burgundy Navy Black :))

[@mjwildy2359]

At my school, we all wear black, regardless of our level. From two to 18! Once we hit 18/graduate from high school, we've aged out of the enrolled classes.

[@em_skz]

For my dance school the colours go: Light pink - Kinders Light purple - Primary Magenta - Primary Dark purple - Primary - High School Black - High School - Open Age That’s just my general observation of the colours and the ages

[@PanchoLopez-cx7df]

My school does: Baby ballet to pre-ballet 2 pink leotard Ballet 1 to 3 or 4 white And older people just use dark blue

[@bellelewis8144]

Pre ballet 1-2 where light pink Ballet 1-2 where’s light blue Ballet 3 where’s lavender Ballet 4 (5) where’s navy blue (only start wearing navy when you’re on pointe) Ballet 5-6 where’s black All boys where white leotards with Tight black shorts Ballet 6 can where color leotards on Saturday rehearsal if they wish This is my company’s ranking!!❤️❤️

[@mkeladz]

Btw where is when you’re talking about a place, the correct word is wear! (Not trying to be horrible or anything i just thought you’d like to know for next time)

[@bellelewis8144]

I have Dislexia 🤗 so when I spell I get the words and spelling mixed up! sorry for my bad grammer@@mkeladz

[@addy_berry]

We did the blue combo that she said!

[@a1meecarey]

Mine is more of a recreational, amateur ballet company and it goes turquoise, black, wear whatever you want. Although it used to be light lilac, dark pink, dark blue, where whatever

[@anahuang8113]

I only fid ballet until I was 8, but when I started, I used light pink, then I got to a darker pink, does it make sense?

[@apila1070]

I was super sad as a 3-4 years old that my leotards were white or light blue, after that I had different shades of pink. Then at 11 or 12 I got burgandy leotard.