10 things beginners should know when starting ballet | Start Ballet with Isabella

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• KA

  @kathieloueldridge2974 · 1 year ago

  These are the best explanations I have ever heard. I am a senior (78) taking up ballet again after a fifty year hiatus from dance. I love how it makes me feel. When you are old like me you have patience. I've explained to people that when they see professional dancers ,  that's ten to fourteen years of hard work and discipline. The daily struggles and challenges bring me joy.

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• BR

  @brigittastone-johnson7683 · 2 years ago (edited)

  What is frustrating is that, it is nearly impossible, to find anything between beginner and advanced. So the general feeling is, as an adult, the assumption is that you must just be a big inner forever,

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• NU

  @nuriatolsa · 2 years ago

  Adult beginner for 16 years... I still find this very helpful!:)

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• VI

  @violab2856 · 2 years ago

  I started ballet at 14, I'm now 21 and I'm preparing for my RAD Advanced 2 exam but I also take technique classes with a Vaganova teacher, I trust her so much. I'm not going to be a professional but absolutely love to work everyday to improve as much as I can because I'm doing this for myself. You're helping me so much with your videos! Love from Italy🇮🇹

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• SH

  @Shiva289-t23 · 2 years ago

  This is high quality teaching

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• BA

  @BarbaraT. · 2 years ago

  On your first point (take your time), omg yes!! That is of the uttermost importance. Good, solid, accurate and precise foundations are everything. ❤

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• IR

  @irenesamaniego3966 · 2 years ago

  I have been teaching ballet for almost 5 years and recently I have been looking up for this amazing tips that can change my teaching skills; I feel veery proud because a lot of the things you said are necessary for teachers to have I do prioritize them and make everithing I can to do. I thank you for all your dedication to us, teachers and students, who are in loved with ballet.

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• LO

  @Losangelesharvey · 1 year ago

  great point about framing the supporting leg as the working leg and the other "fancy" leg as the free leg. Actually, maybe not use the term "working leg" at all, but supporting leg and free leg, because both are working, just differently.

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• ZO

  @zombieinfection1999 · 1 year ago

  I’m about to start ballet at 25 with minimal experience and this has been so so helpful. I’ll be looking into your course!

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• LI

  @lindaharrison3240 · 2 years ago (edited)

  What an excellent video. I theraband my feet, but I've always had weak ankles and that has never changed. Also I second your opinions about floor barre. So important. I started ballet at 21YO in the late 1970s, the beginning of the adult ballet movement. One thing I never learned was the positions of the body in space. We did the "box" thing, but rarely did we do drills for learning those positions to make them second nature. That was always a gap in my training.

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• PE

  @PetitCygne-pt1xr · 2 years ago

  Your advice is very helpful! I wish this video was available when I started ballet. Luckily I found great teachers who care about adult students. Thanks to them I improved a lot, but I still struggle with some of the basics you talked about. I hope to participate in your intensive one day! ❤

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• JA

  @JanaMoorman-n2c · 3 weeks ago

  P.s. I am 76 years into my life journey