Can you still learn ballet at 21 years old?

Hello dear people!

I always wanted to be a ballerina, even as a child. But unfortunately, I can't attend classes. I'm 21 now, and I don't have much flexibility.

Can I learn ballet at home using YouTube?

How can I do it?

Is it possible?

Isn't it too late?

I also started learning ice skating a year ago. I want to become a professional figure skater.

Please help!

Thank you very much

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TamraElara
1 year ago

Even if it’s hard.

You won’t be a professional dancer anymore. I’m afraid the train’s gone. The girls who have embarked on this path have begun their training at a state level of 11 at the latest (5-6x a week training a 3 – 4.5 hours + theory, such as choreography, anatomy, dance history, make up and co) and are fully trained with 17/18.

The competition is extremely high. Even many well-trained ballerinas with perfect conditions depend on citizens’ money to keep themselves over water and have to retrain and take another career.

You would have real chances if, if you did good enough, you would also have a training as a ballet teacher, trainer or dance teacher and work as such. Dance doctors are also in demand. Here, however, the training must also vote (study in the corresponding medical field)

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As a hobby, there are no limits either regarding age, figure or flexibility or fitness. We have courses for beginners in the 50+ and 60+ range. My oldest beginner started with over 70 and still dances with far over 80.

One of our best advanced lay classes is today over 60.

If you want to do ballet because it is fun and you like it, then look for a good school or watch at university or club sports or in folk colleges, whether courses are offered, do a sample training and have fun.

Please don’t start to try youtube alone at home. Ballet clean is a great thing for the body (maintenance training, strengthening, mobility etc. Especially in the commonly used Knick-Senk-Spreizfuß, it is a super thing because the foot muscle is rebuilt.

Without the correct corrections and with incorrect execution, this can also quickly lead to sustainable damage as regards feet, knees, hips and backs. Just as a single example: an unobtrusive turnout stresses and damages the ankles, usually the knee inner straps (the same outside), the minisques, the hip joints and the lower back.

Finger away from ballet schools that want to put you to the top after 1-2 years or less. Minimum requirements are 3-4 years at 2-3x regular training over 90min + adequate technology, force and flexibility) As long as the connective tissue needs to be rebuilt in order to be able to withstand the load.

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btw: I’m afraid it’s too late for skating. Definitely for the competition area. There are almost the same rules as ballet. The criteria are sometimes even more severe. At the latest with 10 you should get up to 4 hours daily. The bone and body construction must be correct. Without 180Grad Turnout, you can’t run some techniques at the icebox. At 30, most of the time.

You’d have more chances with the shots. This can also be done if you are older, but here too the competition is very high. Many of the older show dancers benefit from their acquaintance and name. As a 25-year-old or even older newcomer, if you’re good and lucky you’ll be able to perform more at smaller events in the show. But also here dancers from associations are often ready, who are looking forward to a performance and just for fun or to support the club.

Have fun with your hobbies. Eiskunstlauf and ballet are beautiful sports with which you can enjoy a lot.

Aylamanolo
1 year ago

To learn how to dance professionally, you are too old. In addition, schools that train professional dancers seek their students thoroughly. Everything must be right: musicality, mobility, health, a lot of talent and willingness to align life after it.

But learning to dance as a hobby is naturally possible.

Sunglassgirl
1 year ago

Hi dear Setareh:-)

Yeah, you can start ballet with 21 years. What would you say about it? You may not be a professional dancer in a state ballet, but to have fun dancing and moving, it’s never too late. There are even ballet courses extra for adults who are far older than you. So you don’t have to worry about your age at all;-)

On the contrary, dancing will not only make you more moveable and fit your body (as long as it is not exaggerated), you will certainly gain more self-confidence. And ballet is certainly also useful for other dance styles if you should change later. Whether for jazz dance or for standard and Latin American dances. I’m sure the ballet class would bring you a lot.

From then on, start ballet dancing and have fun with 🙂

Love

Aylamanolo
1 year ago
Reply to  Sunglassgirl

So you don’t have to worry about your age at all;-)

But to make the inaccessible goal professional,

Sunglassgirl
1 year ago
Reply to  Aylamanolo

She didn’t write that she wanted to do it professionally. And to have fun, it’s never too late to start.

ntechde
1 year ago

To become a professional ballerina, you should have started with about 5-6 years. And by far not every ballet mate becomes Ballerina (with one married)

But why not start the ballet? But always be careful: this can be murderous on the bones!

MooncatSoLf623
1 year ago

With 21 years you can do a ballet, even if you don’t have good flexibility, you can take part in the courses when you do. If you practice a lot and there are good YT videos then it is actually possible to learn it on YT, but a course goes much faster to be able to professional ballet

Aylamanolo
1 year ago
Reply to  MooncatSoLf623

professional ballet

Nonsense. As a hobby yes, professional no, please don’t put the girl in the head,

MooncatSoLf623
1 year ago
Reply to  Aylamanolo

If she wants to do this as a hobby, she can make a course

TamraElara
1 year ago
Reply to  MooncatSoLf623

please do not learn ballet with Youtube in the local Kämmerlein. There is no one who can correct. In the best case, faulty motion patterns are suitable and occur at some point because of them.

More frequently, however, permanent faulty techniques lead to partial overloads and thus to damage in the joints.

MooncatSoLf623
1 year ago
Reply to  TamraElara

Yes, that’s why I agreed that a course would be better.

Hummingbird666
1 year ago

To become a professional, I think it’s too late, but just for fun of course.