Confused About Schedule

[skyish]

Hi,

 

I've just been offered a translation job which I will earn money "at home" by translating pages and I'm crazily happy about that =))

 

Now, with the money I will earn, I'm seriously considering taking more ballet classes. Right now I'm taking private classes in a studio where all the teachers are principal-soloist dancers, and those classes (1 hour each) are really expensive. With my calculations, if I take 1 more class a week (makes 3 hours/week) I will be fine but I cannot afford 4 hours/ week in my studio. And, I've found this another studio here who is willing to accept an adult student like me, this studio offers group lessons, 1.5 hour each, twice a week for an amount of money which equals to my 1 hour/week in my current studio.

 

I hope it didn't come out confusing Anyway, what I'm asking is, do you think that I shoul take private lessons in my current studio and do only 3 hours ballet a week, or should I just attend other studio as an extra and do 5 hours (in total) a week? I mean, maybe 1 hour private lesson is better than 3 hours of group lessons, is it? And may there be a confusion for technique if I go to seperate studios? (I'm already confused right now because I was educated in French Ballet for 4 years and Vaganova for 3 years; but I'm positive that that studio doesn't do Cecchetti or RAD anyway=P) Thanks in advance=))

[Victoria Leigh]

Skyish, if the teachers are good at the school with the classes, then I would definitely do that. If they don't have a third class for you, then stay with the one private at the other school. But before you do anything, watch a class or take a class and be sure that you like the teacher and that the level of the class is right for you.

[skyish]

Thanks for the reply=)

 

Tomorrow owner of that studio will examine me a little to see my level. That school is the most famous ballet school of Turkey indeed, I'm 20 and I remember meeting a lot of students in state-ballet that came from there when I was 8 so they are around for at least 14 years; I'm sure they offer a first-class education.

 

Anyway, what I couldn't understand is that "third class" thing, do you mean adult classes by third classes; or any class that is suitable for my level? In fact I guess with my current condition I will be put in a class either between children or (if I beg enough- I want the hardest way to improve faster) between ex-pros who are extremely experienced, but in both cases I don't care, I just want to be good at what I do=)

 

Thanks again

[Victoria Leigh]

Yes, I meant if you could find a third class they will allow you to take, that would be great, and less expensive than the private.

 

PS - It's not necessary to post the quote of the previous post. Just hit the Add Reply button instead of the "Reply.

[skyish]

By the way, yesterday I went there and was pushed into a class with 3 senior students(two of them are 17 years old, one is 19) instead of being examined seperately;they are technically miles ahead of me (they are doing corner-to-corner combinations including turns, chassés, assemblés,arabesques, grand jetés etc. and they will start pointe work again in 2 months or so while I'm doing only barre and a little center work in my current studio for now )so during most of the "corner work" I just sat and watched because it's been a really long time since I last did those steps and I didn't want to embarass myself but they said that I have a very balletic body and that I'm over-flexible so they put me in that class believing that I would catch them in a few weeks

 

So, I'm lucky to find a class which is technically and terminologically ahead of me, because with my current studio I'm improving painfully slow with a lot of corrections and perfectionism; and that makes my technique cleaner and stronger. And if I get the job for sure, in the other studio I will learn more terminology and advanced steps and I will combine these two to improve much faster

 

And the teacher is from Russia, Vaganova Academy, and is very positive; and her class was a real challenge for me; that's what I want for sure I'm now waiting with my fingers crossed for getting the job

[vrsfanatic]

It is great to hear you are encouraged by your new teacher and class. We look forward to hearing about ballet studies in Turkey.

[skyish]

Actually I want to tell you about ballet in Turkey even with photographs and maybe videos from my state-ballet recitals but I don't know where to post them and if you are interested in it or not

[vrsfanatic]

At this time, please refrain from posting any photos or videos. Although your enthusiasm for ballet in Turkey is lovely, I am not sure if that is acceptable for BT4Ds. We will get back to you one this one!

[skyish]

what is a BT4D pardon? by the way, it would be really really tasteless to write an article and post that only anyway =/ I was already clipping videos from my recitals and I've just got permission from the photographer who took professional photos of our ballet concerts but I will keep them for another place then. Thanks.

[Victoria Leigh]

Skyish, BT4D is Ballet Talk for Dancers

 

Although you cannot post photos or videos on this site, you can post a link to them, if they exist on another site.

 

We are interested in ballet in Turkey, and it would be nice to see some photos, especially. Not everyone has the video capability, but most can view photos. Is there a link to the professional ballet company there?

[skyish]

Oh we do not have "ballt companies" here, only state-ballet, and our state-ballet websites aren't informative at all, that's why I wanted to make a thread for that. I will explain them all=) Of course, I was going to send links for them =) Ok then, I will post my thread to cross-talk =)