Push or move your furniture to allow a clear area for your ballet practices. An empty room is always best, but a room with clear floor space will work also.
Purchase a ballet barre to use during your home ballet dance practices. If this is not possible, use the back of a sturdy chair in place of the barre. You can also use a long table for a barre. This will allow you to place your leg straight out on the table to lean out, stretch over and go down into plies for warm ups and stretching exercises.
Set up a full-length mirror or a large fold out mirror. You need to watch yourself as you practice ballet dancing at home to check your posture and stance in all your movements.
Wear comfortable clothing that moves freely to practice your ballet dancing at home. Dress yourself as if you were in a ballet studio class by wearing leotards and tights, proper ballet slippers or pointe shoes.
Learn the basics of ballet in a ballet class or studio setting before attempting to do ballet dancing at home. You must be knowledgeable about the basic positions, poses, stretches, body positioning, barre work and center floor work before being able to practice properly at home.
Discipline yourself to practice on a regular basis and conduct your practice time to run like a ballet class. Start with your barre work, stretching and warming up. Then, move away from the barre to an open area of floor to continue with center floor work. Plan your lessons to concentrate on a new turn or movement at each practice.
Use a ballet instructional video or DVD in your home practice to help you get started on doing ballet dancing at home.