You have been taking ballet classes for several years, then you started pointe
work for several more years and now you are ready to take your first ballet
audition for a professional company.

By now you must be about 16, 17 years of age and are now a fantastic ballet
dancer ready to dazzle your peers with your ballet point work. You’ve been
through a lot and you deserve a rest, a pointe shoe holiday?

So what are you going to do? Have you thought about a career in dance or are
you going to college? If you are as good as you feel being a ballet
dancer, then you take the audition. After that you go on holiday for a while
and put your ballet pointe shoes to rest. They need it too!

The biggest dilemma for a future career as a ballet dancer is “do I go to
college or do I take the audition and hope I get into the company?”
Answer! Finish High School and go for the career in dance. Take a correspondence
course to get your college degree. If you decide to audition after college
you will be about 20, 21, or 23 years old. Your technique may be weaker than
when you were at your peak at 16 or 17, also you will be up against your younger
peers when you go for that audition.

Think very seriously about what you are going to do, then take a holiday, but not
for too long. You still have to keep in shape by taking ballet classes and pointe
classes.

After all you spent a good 9-11 years preparing your technique in ballet and pointe
work for that one moment, that first ballet audition. Now is the time to go for it!

Your parents also were involved, they may have even asked the question “what should
every parent know about ballet and pointe shoes but were afraid to ask”.
They may have even found some of the answers in www.ballet-feetfirst.com

Do you remember the times they took you to ballet classes either by car, bus,
train? The hours they had to wait while you took your lessons and the money
spent on ballet lessons, ballet shoes, pointe shoes, leotards and even on costumes
for those yearly dance recitals. You owe them. Now is the time to go for it!

No doubt growing up you had to watch your weight by eating proper foods, and/or
reading up on nutrition. Hopefully your parents guided your good eating habits.
Dancers are the best athletes compared to other forms of physical activity.
(More on that subject in www.ballet-feetfirst.com/Pointeshoe-Nutrition.html)

Why? Because they are ALWAYS IN TRAINING from the day they begin their ballet
classes until they decide to hang up their pointe shoes. That may be anywhere
from 20 to 30 years. How many other athletes work out EVERY DAY for 20 to 30
years? You answer that question. Dancers have to have good eating habits,
a healthy life style to be in tip-top physical condition to compete against
the many future ballerinas taking their first ballet audition.

So have you chosen the path of a career in dance? You’ve worked hard, kept up
good eating habits. You have a good ballet and pointe work technique. You are
ready for your first audition. Which company have you chosen? Do you know the
style of the company, working conditions, pay scale, does the company tour, how
many weeks during the year does the company perform, etc. So much to find out
BEFORE taking your first audition.

When the curtain opens, look for more information on what is needed to be done
BEFORE joining a ballet company.

Meanwhile, take your Pointe Shoes on Holiday at www.worldtrips4you.150m.com
You deserve it!

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