‘Just jump on the spot if you can’t keep up’: my 90 minutes of ballet for beginners

Mia assures it’s possible to keep up… but I have my doubts: Jennifer Wong, a true beginner, at the Sydney Dance Company’s beginner ballet class. Photograph: Lin Jie Kong

When I ask my ballet instructor, Mia, if she has any advice for an absolute beginner, she says: “Just have fun!”

The first thing you need to know about Ballet for Absolute Beginners at Sydney Dance Company, a 90-minute drop-in class, is that it’s actually designed for people who have already done four Introduction to Ballet classes.