I have been wanting to practice ballet for many years now but can not find teacher.?

Can someone help me with recomending somebody capble of teaching me basic steps of ballet. At this stage it would be a little embarassing to attend formal classes with other adult student. I have purchased everthing that is required but would struggle at the moment to wear my attire in front of a class but as confidence builds this would not be a issue. Even a instructional DVD could be helpful. Any advise is warmly welcomed as this has been a dream of mine for a long time.

I have been wanting to practice ballet for many years now but can not find teacher.?soap opera

you should check your local yellowpage adds call around to dance studios!! its ok to call a studio and just ask questions. some dance teachers offer private lessons, which are very good and with one -on -one teaching goes along way. ask the studio director if they offer a beginning adults ballet class. these classes are very efficient also. and about the outfit issue, EVERYONE feels akward at a first dance class, and everyone will be wearing the same thing than you so you wont feel as embarrassed as you think.

I hope this helps and Happy Dancing!!

I have been wanting to practice ballet for many years now but can not find teacher.?city opera opera theater

getting a private teacher is an option, an expensive one so ask the local studio for options or ideas even ask if its possible to take lessons with some youger students though this might be even more embarassing remember they're just little kids and remember not to let embarasment stop your dreams from coming true
I have been taking ballet lessons as adult for a few years and love it. The teacher does groups or some times the class ends up being private when others don't attend, so this is a bonus, and she invites me in with her younger students. This becomes enjoyable for all of us. My teacher loves teaching to adults because we learn it faster.
the best thing to do would be to get a video such as "the new york city ballet workout" that can teach you the basics and help you get the dancer's body. after using this video as a "teacher" for a while, and once you are confident that you know most of the basic moves and positions well, then you can sign up for a class. this way, you won't feel embarrased and you might even have a bit of an edge over the rest of the class!
Take a beginning ballet class. Don't be embarrassed- it's a cowards way out. you will not have the same experience with a video and guess what else? you might ruin any natural talent you have because you learned the most important things in all of ballet the wrong way. when the teach. is there to actually help you, that is better then any video you could find. unless you have a bad teacher!! lol just playing. teachers know what they are doing.

take a friend who will probably be worse then you if you are still way to embarrassed to work up the courage to go.