70. Five important questions to ask yourself before beginning your pointe journey!
I'd like to thank Sarah Kiely from the Living Well Studio who conducts the majority of my students pre-pointe assessments. Sarah is a constant source of inspiration and wealth of knowledge and I have pulled information from her teachings for this episode.
Sarah was actually one of my early guests on the #BalancedBallerinas podcast and if you haven't listened to episode #22 I recommend diving back into the archives.
In this episode I also recommend listening to episode #40 with the amazing Josephine Lee from @thepointeshop who is an expert pointe shoe fitter. Fitting pointe shoes is a fine art and students should never just buy pointe shoes online without a professional fitting.
THE FIVE QUESTIONS WE EXPLORE IN THIS EPISODE...
Am I being realistic with my dreams to study pointe work?
Am I willing to have a professional pre-pointe assessment and pointe shoe fitting?
Am I going to be okay if I don’t get the green light for pointe shoes?
Am I willing to run my own race and listen to my teacher?
Am I ready to dedicate a huge amount of energy and effort to this endeavour?
You can find the accompanying BLOG POST to this episode here:
https://www.balancedballerinas.com/2021/08/20/the-five-most-important-questions-to-answer-if-you-want-to-start-pointe-work/
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