Adult Ballet: From Beginners to Intermediate

by Seira Tanaya

Thinking of taking up ballet for the first time as an adult? Or perhaps you're wondering if you're too old to go back to ballet? Coming back to ballet as an adult has been a rather surprising, interesting and rewarding journey for me. The author shares her journey of learning to dance ballet as an adult, which she found was different and challenging in ways very different from when she had been a child. She had to overcome challenges in flexibility and coordination, amongst other things. In this book, she gently introduces ballet to the adult how to choose the right class, what to wear and what to expect. She also shows you how to progress effectively in ballet, such as eventually going en pointe, developing artistry, taking ballet examinations and much more.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2014

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a lot of great insight for the adult ballet student. It was well organized and the flow was nice, but keep in mind it's a lot of Information being thrown at you. I can tell in the writing that English is not the author's first language so there were some grammatical errors and words that didn't quite make sense, but it wasn't anything to deter you from understanding the big picture and it wasn't so much as to be annoying.

Overall, I learned a lot from this book. The author is open about the fact that she did ballet classes when she was younger and then just quit and picked it back up during her college and post graduation years. But, I appreciated that she also gave hope for the adult ballet student that never attended a ballet class previously. She breaks it down how best to progress and to assess your individual goals and how to better achieve them.

Overall, I'm glad I read this one. It is currently on Kindle Unlimited, but it has so much great info and I highlighted a lot of it that a part of me would like to buy it so I can always reference back to it.

[Hols · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book

I found the book really useful. I'm 51 and did a little ballet when I was younger and I really want to give ballet a chance. It's a great way to read someone else experience and what to expect as an adult ballet dancer.

[Paula Phelan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Really good nd interesting i enjoyed it a lot when behind behind hand bench hand hand hand hand hand. hand

[Yasmin Llevada · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stuff

Good stuff to understand and implement. She shared her story And her journey to become a better dancer. Both artistically n technically.

[Katrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was encouraging and enjoyable. The writing isn't the most engaging, but if you are already a dancer the book has enough of value to keep you with it.