Pro or experienced ballet dancers, HELP!?

Question

I'm going to a pro studio to take classes for 3 days, and I need advice from pro or very experienced dancers. I'm 14, and I need to know what kind of leotard is best for these classes. If you have any other advice concerning these classes, please let me know. Thank you!

Answer 1

basic black leotards is standard practice almost everywhere. Although if they dont require you wear leotards then any slim fitting pants that show your legs is fine.

Answer 2

I am sorry to tell you this, but only Rose has the right answer and my thumbs up. Most people have no clue what it takes to be a professional ballet dancer. Yes, you must be born in that 2% of the population that has the body, facility and musicality for a dance career. Then you must train in a world class ballet academy that will screen you for being in that 2% or you cannot train there. These are most often feeder schools to major ballet companies. They also wont take female dancers who are untrained over the age of 10 even if they have all the requirements. That being said, there have been a handful of dancers who have had such facility for ballet that they were able to get a top ballet academy to train them at the ripe old age of 12 or 13. This has only happened a handful of times over the past 50-60 years. These dancers got into world class ballet academies almost immediately and had enormous gifts for ballet. Dancers on track for a ballet career dorm at their school if they don't live close and are either home schooled or take their academics as arranged by their academies so they could take 20-30 hours of ballet classes a week year round and graduate high school early to dance in the ballet. Training is supposed to be complete at age 16 when you would be chosen to apprentice with a professional ballet company and then chosen for corps de ballet 6 months later if lucky. Keep in mind that students who have started much younger than you and who have all the required gifts for a ballet career, and have trained at top ballet academies since they were young (like the School of American Ballet,) don't all reach the professional ranks. There are so few jobs. Having the passion and a gut feeling is not enough for a ballet career. You don't know if you have what is physically required or even wish to make the sacrifice required (now that you know what is required of your time) if you do. You have to give up the rest of your childhood with no guarantee that this will happen for you. If you think you have what is required, you cannot waste your time in recreational dance class but must go to a major ballet academy for evaluation, if they will even look at someone your age who is untrained. Recreational teachers don't have the right training to pass on to you for a ballet career. That being said, who says you have to get paid to enjoy dance? Ballet careers don't pay well and are over in a flash and then dancers need to find another career for the bulk of their lives. Dance for the Joy of Dance and dance can always be a part of your life. Recreational dance is for everyone of every age. There is no reason why you cannot learn and eventually go en pointe and perform in local recreational productions.