onefinedancer Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hi. I am a young dancer (age 10) and have been on pre-pointe/pointe for two years. I am going to be auditioning this summer for some young dancer intensives (I'm still too young to do the big intensives) which require a 1st arabesque photo. I'm thinking I'll just use my slippers but I know that for older dancers the companies like to see the arabesque in pointe. I can do it but I don't want to look like I'm forcing the issue! What do you think? Should I go with a pointe arabesque? FYI, yes, I am trying for the ABT young dancer intensive (if that helps) Thanks, A. Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted January 4, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hello onefinedancer. I would like to welcome you to Ballet Talk for Dancers, however, I'm afraid that you are not going to be able to remain a member of the board because you are well under our age limit. You sound like a very intelligent young dancer, but our rules clearly state that one must be at least 13 to post on the board. I will keep your membership, so that you can read things, but you will not be able to post for a while. When you are 13, then write to me at Contact Us, and I will open up your board privileges. Meanwhile, keep dancing, and I hope you will find a very good summer program. I strongly suggest that you do not use pointe shoes for your photo, as most major programs do not expect a 10 year old to be on pointe yet. Link to comment
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