for late and adult beginer ....follow your dream ! all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 69 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]hi all,<p>I am a male Indian classical dancer in the Chicago suburbs who has had a break from dancing for about 4 years now. That translates to not being in good shape because of a job in the fast moving corporate world. I do try to keep up my dancing along witht the job (which I do love) as much as I can.<p>I have had to refuse a lot of opportunities to dance in the last few months because I am not in shape and these opportunities were places where I just had to go in, rehearse for a couple of days, and perform choreography that is very familiar to me. Something I could have done very earily. Felt pretty bad that I had to refuse them.<p>Anyway, wanting to get back in shape again, the closest thing I can find to a dance focussed exercise/stretching routine (besides basic get-in-shape stuff like jogging and some cardio at the gym) seems to be starting some basic preliminary ballet routines. Hence this post. <p>Could someone give me ideas for studios/teachers who I might look for in the NW suburbs of Chicago? I would need this person to be very patient since I have never done anything with ballet before and my dance training and technique (Bharatanatyam - Indian classical dance) is VERY different in approach in its approach to movement. My idea is not to become a ballet dancer, but to use the ballet training and exercises to get in shape and improve posture so that I may perform Bharatanatyam well.<p>Someone in the Arlington Hts, Palatine, Schaumburg, Wheeling, Buffalo Grove area of the NW suburbs is preferred.<p>Any pointers will be greatly appreciated! <br>Regards,<br>Vinod<p><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]