How Do You Know When To Start Pointe Work?
How can you tell if your daughter is strong enough to do pointe work? There are specific requirements for this that teachers look for. ** Familiarity with correct technique. This results from the time spent in classes combined with the ability of a child to retain information and work hard without constant prompting. ** Muscle strength. The time required to develop this varies, and depends upon the number of classes per week, the child’s other activities, musculoskeletal health and general health. If you watched students in the regular class, and then watched them do the same movements in the pointe class, you should not see too much difference in the effort. If they struggle hard, fall hard off pointe, or clench the barre, then they are not ready to do pointe work. Some smaller and younger children work better than their peers and could be strong enough to do basic pointe work. Children who learn quickly need to be challenged with new work. If their technique is precise, they could wo
