Ballet Dancers?

[Sheild Maiden]

Another request, lol, seems like I never come here unless I have a dance assignment. Sorry about this everyone, but year 12 appears to have taken over my life :shock:
Anyways, the point of this thread is to ask if there are any ballet dancers (especially males) who would be willing to answer some questions? and possibly send a photo of their feet?
I'm sure this seems odd, but my partner and I chose to do an assignment on ballet dancers and the pain that they endure. We're not trying to show ballet in a bad light or anything, we just want to show the reasons that ballet dancers continue to dance despite the pain.

Thanks all, and for putting up with me :oops: but I promise that in the holidays when I'm home, and after school's out (not long now!) I'll be here as often as I can be!

luv Chrissie

[LauraB]

I was a ballet dancer (although not male :lol: ), so ask any questions you want. The reason I finally quit was because of chronic injuries. I had bad knees from the age of 10, but kept dancing through the pain for another eleven years, until the pain grew so intense that I couldn't sleep, couldn't walk up or down stairs, and my knees sounded like gravel everytime I moved. (Well, they still sound like that.) My feet look a lot better than they used to, although I've got some pretty weird toenails from pointe. TMI? :lol:

[Sheild Maiden]

whoa! that's so bad! I'm going to post the interview questions here tomorrow, for anyone else who wants to answer them too. umm, Laura, Would you be able to post a pic of your feet? It's not fully important, so don't worry if you can't. We've already got pictures of our friends feet, they are quite scary!

[J.Risa]

Hello!

I wouldn't mind helping with your project. :)

I've been doing ballet since I was 4.

Not male though. :|

[SDsalsaguy]

Nice sentiment J.Risa, but Shield Maiden's posts are more than 4 years out of date now. ;)

[J.Risa]

Oh shoot. Whooops. Haha. I was happily thread hopping. :oops:

[Spitfire]

While we're on this subject I was wondering, how do the rates charged by the schools teaching ballet, tap and jazz compare with those of a ballroom studio?

[LatinDancer006]

While we're on this subject I was wondering, how do the rates charged by the schools teaching ballet, tap and jazz compare with those of a ballroom studio?

The rates for the local studio I go to are comparable to those of ballroom studios. Only difference is it's considered as tuition; you're responsible for the entire semester, but you can pay monthly. As for privates, it's also comparable, but taken in 30 minute interval instead of the customary 50min - 1hr ballroom privates.

[SDsalsaguy]

Oh shoot. Whooops. Haha. I was happily thread hopping. :oops:
No worries, just didn't want you to be waiting around, trying to help, and confused why your offer was being ignored. ;)

[jennikins]

From my experiance the rates are about the same. I had to pay 45 a month for twice a week jazz and had to pay 40 a month for once a week salsa. The rate went up $5 for every extra class per week at my jazz studio.

[J.Risa]

Haha. Thanks. :D

Um. Well where I come from my ballet fees are $180 each semester (every 3 months) and ballroom's $120 for 8 weeks. So it's $15 per lesson for both. Does that mean anything?