I want to go in ballet at 17.?

I'm 17 and I want to go in ballet.

Not competetivly, not as a future career, I just want to be a pretty ballerina %26lt;3

It litterally kills me inside.

I can barely listen to classical music because I want to be a ballerina so bad.

So, my question is; What happens to someone who's 17 and joins ballet. What do they go through?

Are they put in a class with small children, or are they put with other beginners like themselves?

How quickly do they transfer to pointe on average?

And basically any other info you can give me would be awesome ^.^

Thanks so much!!

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I think you would be put into a class of a range of ages, but girls who are all starting ballet late. Depending on your flexibility, turn out, and natural ability, you will be moved to different levels of classes as you develop more skills. It will still take at least three years of ballet training before you would be able to attempt pointe, because you need to develop the supporting muscles in your legs and feet. But if you want to dance ballet, even reacreationally, you should enroll in classes, and enjoy everything that you learn!

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Ballet classes are brutal physically and god awful expensive. But if you've got the drive and the will I say go for it.
I dunno what class you would be in but I say do it. You only have one chance to live and ballet is so pretty. Even if you are doing spins with 2 year olds, one day you will be awesome and it will feel great that you took the chance.
There are many studios with beginner classes for adults. You need to work on flexibility, if you aren't flexible already, and you learn basics with other adults. Nothing to be ashamed of.. never too late to start something you love!

Well your feet are already almost fully developed and you are not going to go en pointe for a long time unless you catch on really fast but even then, not likely.

Try out a few classes at different studios and see if you like it as much as you think you would. Good luck :)
I did exactly what you did. I just signed up for an adult class at my local rec center. Sometimes a community college offers adult beginning ballet too. At these places, classes aren't very expensive either. I don't remember how much I paid altogether, but overall each class was about $5. I think that's excellent that you want to do that. Good luck!
well im 13 and iv been in ballet since i was 2 years old. you might have to be with a begginers class. and it takes about 4 years of training until you can get on pointe(i know thats long but for a person your age thats just starting...well...)

in now in juliards dance co. of NY and im on the top 20 list of best adolesent dancers in america. they put you through ALOT! the donnabee person is entirely right!

some advice....just be prepared to stretch and do the splits in every direvtion and do a double even tripple pirouette.
some studios sort by beginner, intermediate, advanced...(these are the best ones) othes sort by age...this isn't as good because then if someone is new they hold others back.

but you sound like you have the drive that you will be good and not one of those girls if that is the case...

if you are placed with smaller girls, thats fine, they will look up to you, and you will most likely progress through the classes at a semi-quick pace so that your with people more your own age.. im the oldest girl in my class, everone else is at least a year younger haha. so i wouldn't worry about it.

it is slightly more difficult to train your body after it's "set". you have to technically retrain it and this can be kind of brutal, it normally involves some pain i have to admit...especially if your teacher wants you to be the best you can be.

to start pointe...if you just start at 17, as soon as you get really good ankle, arch, foot, and leg muscles AND with that good technique, your teacher will begin to consider you for pointe, you have to patient though, don't expect anything to quickly, great ballet takes a lot of practice, pain, and time.

thats why we are so tough and still look like pretty ballerinas and it looks practicaly effortless.

good luck and happy dancing!
You've got mostly good answers so far except that ballet classes are NOT "brutal" and if you are diligent and not overweight, you could be on pointe in a few months - NOT a few years.....
i believe there are studios that have classes meant for adult beginners. since you are joining for leisure. you can look out for free-syllabus adult beginners lessons which normally is held 1hr per week.

free-syllabus means the lesson content does not follow a syllabus.

you are never too late to start. and if you join an adult class, you will be having a class with adults. no worries for that. :)

in the class, you will probably go through some basic exercises and you get to learn about the names of the steps/exercises.

you wont be transfer to pointe if you are taking free-syllabus lessons.
i dont have any background in ballet but i know for sure that they will put u with other beginners like yourself. at my dance stuido u have to be at a certain grade in ballet to move onto pointe.