here on yahoo! answers some one said that if you want to do ballet at 16 you would have to quit school and all that??? what??? is this rediculous or true? i really really want to do ballet and my confidence is really low. i am almost 16 and to have someone say you have to quit school if u want to do ballet is just bizzar! any answers?
2006-10-09 01:52:24 · 17 answers · asked by honey 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
One should definitely not quit school to pursue ballet. Yes, if you want to pursue ballet, do it! -- but don't undermine your education. What would happen if a dancer broke her ankle, or if she didn't get accepted into a ballet company? or if she decided that ballet wasn't what she wanted to do with her life? It would be vital for her to have an education to fall back on, else she would likely end up being a burger-flipper at McDonalds.
Best of luck to you in pursuit of your ballet career, dear... but don't heed those who say you have to quit school!
2006-10-09 02:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by willow oak 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be a professional, then at 16 you should be auditioning for companies in a year or two. That means that unless you are exceptionally gifted, you should be training really intensively right now, 3 or 4 hours a day.
That's why so many people enrol in performing art schools or ballet schools rather than regular school, because it requires a lot of dedication to fit in a full day's extra schooling plus that amount of training.
Of course, another way of dealing with this is to leave school now to concentrate on your dancing, with the intention that you'll go back to school if you don't get into a company. That may be where the suggestion to leave school came from.
It is very important to have a fallback plan, in case you don't make it in ballet. It is a very competitive business and only the very best will make a career of it.
2006-10-09 14:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by Kylie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to quit school. It actually is not a good idea because you are still kind of young and need a lot of training and discipline (no offense to anyone).If ballet is your dream to do as a career, then you should probably enroll in a performing arts school or something like that, keep up the hard work, and with some luck you'll make it as a professional dancer. But you most definitely need an education to back on, because even if it's unlikely the worst may happen, and besides a good education is a great thing to have. You will not regret staying in-and doing well in- school.
2006-10-09 12:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by *luz* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dance 6 days a week for 4 hours at a time. I did not quit school and I have an A average. And if all you are doing is ballet then you definitely do not need to quit schoo.l Good Luck!
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2006-10-09 05:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by Tiny Dancer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be a professional ballet dancer and know that this is what you want for a living then you could quit school and enter a specific ballet school "by choice".
Personally I wouldn't want to quit my education since I need to be smart as its very helpful in the future.
I suggest to balance between school studies and dancing lessons even though it might seem like a very hard task.
If you are very passionate about ballet then do well in both fields. That way you will be successful in both and you could use your education as your weapon when you retire, if ever, from dancing. In order to succeed in ballet you need a confidence boost as the competition can be very high later on. Don't be affected by what others say, instead do your research on full-time ballet and see if that fits your personal decision and lifestyle.
Hope I helped,cheers.
2006-10-09 04:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You certainly don't have to quit school! I take ballet five days a week and I am in the top five percent of my high school class while being in the advanced classes at my studio. However, I do know a lot of other girls who wish to dance professionally choose to homeschooling. On the other hand, one girl I know chose to go to Interlochen to concentrate on ballet while completing high school. By the way, be confident! My dance teacher didn't start till he was 18 and went on to be a principle dancer. You will never regret sticking to school OR ballet.
2006-10-09 09:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jordan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't quit school...whoever said that is dumb. School comes before anything else and with dedication its not hard to do ballet at age sixteen and school at the same time....besides, whats so special about the age 16? (besides sweet 16)
2006-10-09 09:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you don't have to quit school. there are high schools that work in correlation with ballet programs so it is easier for ballet dancers. plus, you might want another career after ballet, so you should always get an education.
2006-10-09 12:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by post-it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you shouldn't have to quit school. Although if you are in serious study of ballet & spending many hours per day on it, you might decide to take tutors instead of attending a facility somewhere.
2006-10-09 02:01:02 · answer #9 · answered by Shadow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best answer is to go to ballet school. That way, your studies ARE ballet, and ballet doesn't become something that you are using as a fallback to your studies, or vice versa. Of course, if you try to get into ballet school and you can't, then by all means still go to regular school please!
2006-10-09 02:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by moore850 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋