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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you! Your response was extremely helpful. After reading your post, I am leaning towards trying a beginning ballet class. It has been a long time since I danced, so I definitely am a beginner. :-)

[quote=Anonymous]I've done both (though not Pure Barre specifically, just general barre classes) and they're very different.  Barre will be more of a cardio workout than your typical adult beginning ballet class-- it's intended to work up a sweat, there's less warmup time, and there's less downtime while the teacher is demonstrating combinations like in a ballet class.  On the other hand, I find ballet class more interesting, I love the rigor, the culture, and the artistry.  Barre is really just a workout class with a ballet theme, no real ballet technique.  So it depends what you want.  You could definitely take both at once--they wouldn't interfere with each other.

And I don't think there's a need to get in shape before starting a beginning ballet class.  I've taken ballet classes at Joy of Motion and Washington School of Ballet, and there are people of all different skill and fitness levels in the beginning classes.  If you took ballet up to age 12, you could probably try a beginning class, see how it goes, and quickly move up to advanced beginning or intermediate.

Enjoy!
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