What I wish I knew

Video 1 Transcript

I thought that when I first started ballet, when I was really tiny, I was like, oh it's just for like being pretty and I get to wear costumes and like I get to spend time with my friends. I wish that I knew how hard ballet was, like how hard work you have to put in. A lot of sports will probably tell you the same thing, that when you start it's just for fun, but then if you really love it, you have to work hard for it. And that's not even, that's not just in class, that's at home, that's how you eat, that's how you sleep, like it takes a lot out of you. And if you love it, you love it and you can do it. And I loved it for a long time until my body decided that it wasn't available for ballet anymore really. But that was something that I wish I had known, because if I had known that I had to work hard to get where I wanted to be, then I would have started working harder sooner.

Video 2 Transcript

Ballet requires a lot of like gear, just like stuff you have to wear, I guess. Like there's a certain like uniform outfit and then the shoes. Something I wish I knew is that you literally go through pointe shoes within like nine months and they're like 100 bucks a pair, so they're really expensive. Especially because you're often learning like while you're still young and your feet are growing, so my mom had to buy me like sewn pairs of pointe shoes, which are expensive. I also wish I knew that, well you have to wear tights every day when you do ballet and they get a hold of them in like two seconds, so I wish I'd known that I sort of maybe bought like more durable brands, but yeah.