Every little girl who comes to take ballet has the dream of dancing on pointe like the Sugar Plum fairy in the Nutcracker or Odette in Swan Lake. When they have studied ballet for a number of years most of the dancers will start asking you when they can go on pointe. I am very cautious about the time frame of putting a young dancer on pointe. As a general rule I will not even consider a dancer until they are eleven years old. Most children do not have the necessary upper body strength at an earlier age and their legs and feet also need to have been trained over a period of years in order to have sufficient strength to ensure that there are no unnecessary injuries at such an important stage in their growth and overall development.
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