You are fifteen years old and would like to dance ballet but you don't know how to say that to your parents you'd like to dance in point shoes can you do that?

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Your parents will probably appreciate the fact that you are passionate about something. Show them your passion for Ballet dance and explain to them that you are serious. Hopefully they will take you as seriously as you make yourself out to be.

^^She is correct above show your parents that you are passionate about it and just tell them that you would really like to do it. But just so you know if you have never done ballet then you will not start on pointe you will need to start on a basic level. But if you already do ballet and are at the level were you can do pointe than just tell your parents that you would like to try more difficult things to imporve your dancing.

you would not be on poionte yet.i'v danced for 9 years and got on pointe a few monthes ago.you need to be a very good dancer.I've been advanced my whole life so it really wasn't suprising i was dancing with girls 5 or 6 years older then me.

ya i did ballet with flats before i even was able to touch pointe shoes. I wouldn't say you need to be really talented, but you need to build up enough strength in your ankles and legs. If you are fat, forget about pointe, you need to be able to hold up your weight on just your ankles.

that seems kind of mean for me to be rude to fat people, but it can ruin your legs.

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Ballet is an extremely difficult sport. When dancing you have to look like it is effortless (even though really your working your butt off). Your parents should support you in anything you want to do or try in this case.

this is my tenth year dancing. i started when i was three and I'm 13 now. This past fall i started pointe. i was so excited. when i was 3 i told my mom that i wanted to be a pointe dancer some day. it took me ten years to get where i am now.

to be on pointe your feet, ankles, and legs have to be really strong. all of your weight is pushing down on your big toe. pointe dancing really hurts at first (espaccially for a beginner) on my first day of pointe, that evening i couldn't even feel my feet. they were that sore. they are now getting a little better after eight months. as pointe shoes get broken in the box of the shoe get soft. *that really hurts.*

my advice to you is to dance. you are not going to get into pointe for less then eight years. (at a minimun) You should consider taking lyrical dancing or jazz. those types of dance do not require pointe shoes. they are also a lot of fun if you put the effort and time into it. but most importantly just have fun while dancing. dance with your heart, soul, and have passion!!

good luck to you!

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For younger people, it is normal to not be able to do pointe until atleast 9 or 10. At that age a child's feet and ankles should be developed enough to support themselves. So the fact that you are 15, you may not have to wait as long to do pointe as someone who was 5 when they started dancing. It's all up to your teacher and whether he or she thinks you are ready. As for me, my first pair of pointe shoes didnt hurt at all. It's an interesting feeling to be standing on your toes, but you can have toepads on in your shoes to help protect your feet. There are many different types of pointe shoes, so you want to try on a lot before you decide which kind to buy. They shouldn't be extremely painful because then it will be super hard to dance in them. But at the same time you should feel a tight squeezing on your feet. A pointe shoe should fit so that the box of the shoe is squeezing the ball of your foot and not letting your toes press into the bottom of the shoes. That's when it gets really painful. Any other questions you may have if and when you get on pointe, it is good to ask a pointe shoe fitter or your teacher.

I'm sure that you want to go on pointe shoes but make sure that you do because if you decide half way through that you don't want to do ballet anymore you will be wasting allot of money as pointe shoes are around 35.00 pounds or more also if you are going to start ballet I would recommend starting with soft ballet shoes. Also If you want to be safe on pointe shoes I would make sure that your ankles are strong enough to go up on them by maybe doing some ankle strenghtening exercise on websites such as

http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/strengtheningexercises/ss/ankleexercises_5.htm

I maybe starting to do pointe work and i do my ankle strenghtening exercise to make sure i don't get twisted ankles or anything like that if you know anybody with pointe shoes i would recommend going up on them (if they don't mind)and see if you can go up on them if not you are not ready to go on pointe shoes. Hope this helped x I would also make sure that you look after your feet as well while going on pointes by like sooking it and shaping your toe nails and moisterise x