I just started taking beginning ballet classes about a month ago. I'm not that old, only 20 and I took ballet when I was younger and I had always wanted to try it again. I have abnormally high arches and a lot of times at the beach, or getting a pedicure people comment on them and ask if I ever took ballet.
Even though it's only been a month,I've made a great improvement in my posture and I've lost a few pounds as well and I can honestly say I look forward to the next class and even practice at home. As to why I do it I think it's because it gives me a chance to just forget about work and school and personal issues and just go and dance. No one in my class really knows me, and though I do interact with the other people in the class it's a chance to be alone and to focus on something else besides my hectic life. It's like, when I go to ballet I check myself at the door and I think everybody needs something that they can just lose themselves in.
