should i do DIY pointe?

Question

i don't have the time or money to get lessons, but i really want to learn how to do it! if anyone has tips they would be greatly appreciated too!!

keywords!!!! NO TIME OR MONEY TO GET LESSONS!!!

Answer 1

Ditto every single word Cerridwen said. And, in fact, I'd do more than call someone a fool for encouraging anyone to try pointe on their own. This should be ranked as "abuse" for this section of Yahoo! Answers; something like "impersonation" for claiming to know something about ballet and pointe training, or "threat of harm," because that is definitely what unsupervised dancing in pointe would lead to.

Think about it. Would you buy a set of uneven parallel bars and attempt to perform flips on them without a coach and spotter? Would you buy scuba gear and jump into the ocean by yourself?

Keywords!!! IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR LESSONS, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS.

Answer 2

Dancing, or attempting to dance, in pointe shoes with no serious ballet training is a recipe for disaster. The last thing you are worried about is the pain from blisters.

I am certain you will sprain your ankle. Worse yet, you could pop your kneecaps out of place. You can only dance in pointe shoes after years of training specific muscle groups.

Honestly, I don't know how you would get the shoes, even if you wanted them. I would think any reputable dance store would refuse to sell you the shoes if you came in and couldn't even stand up in the things.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. If you can't afford lessons, then it's a very bad idea. You could mess up your ankles, feet, and toes for the rest of your life.

'Really wanting to do' it does not mean that you are ready physically or mentally. It's strenous, technical, and can be painful. It should NEVER be done without the supervision of a trained professional who can help you to be a stronger dancer and avoid injury.

It is not just putting on shoes and dancing on air. It's incredibly difficult.

Answer 4

Summer is a fool. Sorry..no offense intended, but you CANNOT teach ballet on-line!!! How would you know if she's doing it properly, Summer? You can't correct her! Your response to this question can cause serious permanent damage.

Do yourself a great favour, and out of all these answers, please listen to those who tell you that you need to take classes IN PERSON with someone WHO KNOWS. Please don't e-mail Summer with your questions on ballet. You can really hurt yourself!!! Jumping jacks, etc., as Summer suggests have crap to do with doing pointe. You can do a million of those warm-ups and it's NEVER going to help you with pointe. There are too many factors to consider; you have to be strong enough to do pointe, you have to have the right turn out, you have to have the right SHOES, for crap's sake!

If you really want to do it that badly, save your money and take ballet classes. Ballerinas study ballet forever before they're even allowed to do pointe. It's not just jumping jacks and up on your toes you go. It's as many here said; you can break your ankles, do damage to your back, knees, etc.

P.S. Summer doesn't even know the ballet terminology! Buckmons? What the bloody hell are those? OH...you mean the kicks straight up? They are called Battement...not Buckmons!

DON'T LISTEN TO SUMMER!!!


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Answer 5

OMG, every one has been completly useless so far, i hate it when eople answer my quiestions like they've answered yours!!!!! It's best to get training but if you can't do this everyday for atleast 2 months, I no it takes a while! Start by warming up, jogging, jumping and stretching for all splits. Next do some bar exercises, spend most of your tie here if you want to get on pointe. Stand in first,(Please email me with quiestions if you don't no wat the these are) and do demi plies. Then tondues and buckmons. Really work on pointing your foot hard and turning out. Now do all of the above in Second, third, fourth and fith.
Now for Soutes(jumps) Jump from first to second, second to third and so on. Work on pointing your toes and landing from toe to heel so that you jump again from your whole foot. Try to land in each position. That's all the bar work.
Now do centre work, classical arms are allways good, start in brabare, go up into first(arms) then second, fourth, fith and first again.
Balances and leaps are next. Balances: Leg out behind you, on tipie toe, or demi pointe.
Leaps: mainly concertrate on Grond Jete (Split Leap) but stag leaps, vertical jumps and double tucks may also come in useull.
Now sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you.circule your foot outwars and then inwards, one foot at a time.
This is how you can do it but it is much easier and safer to go to classes. Hope I have helped you.
P.S A good way to sneak watching a couple of ballet classes is to ring up and enquire about joining, say that you want to watch a class to see what it's like, this will help tremdously, as you will be able to see the correct way to do things.

Oops, I can't spell! I still would advice you to do the above, everyday. But reading everyone elses comments, I think that they might kill me if I don't say this! While the two months of practicing save up all your money for al\tleast one term of lessons, depending how old you are your level will be up to pointe, your teacher will probably make sure that your feet are strong enough for poine work, from the 2 months of training. Also you will be able to buy pointe shoes, as i don't actually ni where else you could buy them.
Oh, and Cerridwen M, the jumping jacks are for warming up! I appreciate your judgment, but all the other stuff that won't work 'C**p for going on pointe is for a basic genrall knowledge, what's the oint of standing on point if you can't dance? Soutes (Which are spelt wrong probably =) ) ARE ballet, and they help strenghen the arch of your foot. However I can't do anything about your judgment. No grudges holded, Summer
lol!!!
Check out
www.artofballet.com
Then go in to exercises, have a look around the exercises, you should find loads of helpful things about positions and exercises.

Answer 6

hun trust me dont go pointe without formal training. have you done ballet before if not i would say dont try pointe frist. pointe is very hard i did it for a year. with the training i got i still killed myself but i had the training to help me correct my moves. if you want to do something by yourself stick with regular ballet. if you dont have time or money then its a really good idea to just watch from the sidelines. you will ruin you feet and ankles by trying to dance by yourself cause you wont have anyone to help you to get the right steps down and no one to help with starting to go on pointe.. so like i said if you want to DIY do regular ballet you wont have to worry about to many problems in the future.

Answer 7

bad idea. u never said u had formal ballet training, and since u included moneys too tight i dont think u have. theres no way u can go on pointe without formal ballet training. try to go to a charter school of performing arts so its free.

Answer 8

the pointe shoes themself cost alot the cheapest 1 i've seen is 30 and the most expensive is 95 i'm not on pointe till september but i don't thinnk it's a good idea to learn pointe that way u culd really hurt yourself if u don't know wut ur doing maybe if u hav a friend that culd teach u that's learned at a studio or something

Answer 9

And honestly it's not that glamorous and hurts like a ....it's not worth it for someone without experience.

I understand that you want to learn, but you'll probably break your ankles or worse.

Answer 10

If you have no time and no money, then what business do you have attempting to do pointe - something you obviously know nothing about.