| You cannot learn ballet at home without a ballet | | | | ask your parents if you can find a way to change |
| teacher. Experience with gymnastics, Pilates, or | | | | their budget, as in, what they spend on you. Would |
| martial arts, will not help you learn ballet by yourself. | | | | you be willing to wear cheaper clothes, or do you |
| It WILL help you learn ballet, in a ballet class, and help | | | | have to have the finest fashions? Would you be |
| avoid dance injuries. | | | | willing to get a job? Do some local babysitting? Even |
| Body awareness, physical strength, balance, flexibility, | | | | if you are under age to work, in most places your |
| all contribute to learning ballet. But not without a ballet | | | | parents can get you a work permit. Is it astonishing |
| teacher. Don't get depressed about this, every | | | | that I would suggest this? |
| problem has a solution. | | | | Would you be willing to learn to make pizzas for your |
| If you love ballet, and if you love yourself, take ballet | | | | family instead of ordering in? Or anything else like |
| with a teacher. Don't waste time with instructional | | | | that? These ideas may sound silly to some, but if |
| ballet videos or dance manuals if you don't have a | | | | you're really serious about ballet classes and you |
| ballet class. | | | | show a mature approach ("I am willing to give in |
| Ballet teachers also buy teaching manuals to learn the | | | | order to get") to your parents, they will probably |
| finer details from. Does this mean anyone with no | | | | respond more enthusiastically. |
| dance background can buy one and start ballet | | | | So, I have not given any instant solution here, but |
| teaching? Of course not. Same for ballet training. You | | | | you will find one. Don't waste time feeling depressed |
| need someone to be watching your ballet positions, | | | | if you think you cannot get into a ballet class and |
| ballet movements, and ballet technique, and correct | | | | have to accept that you cannot learn ballet yourself |
| you. | | | | at home. Just get a strong focused intention started |
| If you have gained discipline and strength from some | | | | toward getting what you want. Once you are in a |
| other training, that is wonderful. Look back on that | | | | class, gradually build a library of instructional ballet |
| former training and ask yourself, could you have | | | | videos, and expert ballet manuals that will help you |
| learned all that by yourself at home from a DVD? | | | | progress faster and avoid dance injuries. |
| If your problem is lack of money for dance classes, | | | | |