| If you've been learning dance to become a | | | | if you wish to become a dancer in music videos. You |
| professional dancer you may have been advised to | | | | will then know how important or not ballet will be to |
| learn ballet or you may even already be attending | | | | your career. |
| ballet classes. So are they important if you want to | | | | If you have the opportunity to learn ballet then it is |
| be a dancer in music videos? | | | | worth taking the opportunity. Knowing ballet and the |
| Ballet is like one of those core skills. Many dancers in | | | | skills you'll develop from it will not harm your career in |
| styles from jazz to contemporary know the benefits | | | | any way! |
| of having ballet in their repertoire. They feel that it's | | | | Think about it for a second, if there are 2 dancers |
| offered them something, a strong foundation which | | | | that are equal in all things including image and dance |
| has helped all their dancing. | | | | ability but one of them has ballet training, then you |
| So going back to our question, ballet can help you to | | | | would put your money on the person who has ballet |
| become a dancer in music videos although it is not | | | | training to get the part. |
| necessarily essential. If your route into music videos | | | | For some people ballet is so different from what |
| is going to be by being an amazing jazz dancer, then | | | | they are used to doing and some people even find it |
| ballet is definitely going to help you a lot. | | | | boring to attend ballet classes. However a lot of |
| But if you're going to appear in Step Up 3 as a | | | | people who do not enjoy it still admit that they felt it |
| breakdancer then ballet obviously will not be essential | | | | was worthwhile if they did it for any length of time. |
| but even then you may feel the benefits from doing | | | | If you're great at other dance styles, and I mean |
| ballet. Ballet works all the muscles which is why it can | | | | great then ballet may not be so important to you. |
| be beneficial to other styles of dance. If you go to | | | | Some auditions will have a ballet session though, |
| dance school it will probably be an essential part of | | | | including auditions for entry into dance colleges. |
| the curriculum. | | | | It's best to cover your bases and do the ballet whilst |
| As you make your way through the ranks to | | | | doing other classes as well which you may enjoy |
| professional dancer and through the dance industry it | | | | more. If you enjoy ballet then any discussion isn't |
| will become obvious to you the path you must take | | | | important - just do it! |