cfdancer Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I've always kept my hair long so I could get it in a neat ballet bun but I just got back from my summer intensive so I got my hair cut really short. Now I can only put it up in a pony tail. I love having my hair cut short but I'm going to a pre-professional trainee program next year. Would it be unprofessional and unacceptable to have my hair in a very short pony tail for ballet class? Opinions? Link to comment
Clara 76 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Yes. You will need to form it into a bun. Dancers wear their hair in buns and those who have very short hair sometimes purchase hair pieces to go around the short ponytail. Experiment with a hairnet to see what you can come up with. Plus, it will probably grow over the summer! Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted July 8, 2011 Administrators Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 cfdancer, I moved this topic to YD. If this is not the correct YD forum, please let us know and we will move it again. (Questions like this are for teachers, not for everyone. ) Link to comment
cfdancer Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Clara76, Thanks for your advice! I think I might be able to get it into a low bun, but I like high buns so maybe it will grow enough to put it up high... I'll try some other ways of putting it up. Thanks Ms. Leigh for moving my post to the correct forum! I'm never really sure where to post things. Link to comment
Clara 76 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Try a French twist! Just use loads of bobby pins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wonder why they're called "Bobby"????? says an easily distracted Clara ) Link to comment
cfdancer Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 That's a good idea!! Would that be professional enough for a ballet class? Haha, I've always wondered about that! Link to comment
Clara 76 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 I think so.... I guess it would depend upon the rules for your classes! A beautifully done French twist is gorgeous. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Try a French twist! Just use loads of bobby pins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wonder why they're called "Bobby"????? says an easily distracted Clara ) The answer speaks to the issue of dramatically shortened ("bobbed") hair. Bobby pins were invented in 1936 (patented in 1937) to help manage the little loose ends of bobbed styles without over-reliance on hard or sticky hair lacquers or waxes (a 1920s solution), or worse, too-frequent trips to the hairdresser for women of ordinary means during the Depression. Link to comment
Clara 76 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 I know, right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??? I should have known you'd know the answer, Major! Link to comment
BalletRat_M Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I have short hair (shoulder length) too I mostly wear a donut for ballet class, like a foam/sponge circle that you put around your ponytail. I comb my hair over it and tuck it under and it looks just like a bun I haven't tried a French twist for ballet before, because it's too fiddly for me to do quickly before class since I always seem to be running late, but I might : Link to comment
kessarose Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I have hair above the shoulder with side-swept bangs, and I pin my hair into a bun, and pin back the bangs, all with bobby pins and intense amounts of hairspray Link to comment
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