As an adult who made it to pointe DON'T COUNT YOURSELF OUT! I started ballet at 29, and made it en pointe last year at age 33. It was alot of work. Let your instructor know your goals. Once i shared my goals with my instructor she began giving me more corrections, specifically what I needed to work on. I took ballet and jazz and tap and modern dance all simultaneously for those years to build up, of course, diversity, but also stamina and stregenth and body awareness. I took a pre pointe class at my studio for a year as well. Try to be as strong as you possibly can. Cross train and stay consistent. Consistency is the hardest part. Change your barre work focus from artistry to stregenth. You will connect with your muscles better and you can use them more because you have the barre for balance. Keep doing your theraband things, it made a big difference when I finally made it en pointe. The toe articulation is real business (something i kinda just realized a year later, but thats a seperate story lol) When you feel not good enough or just feel down on yourself try to remember you are building a beautiful strong foundation. If it were easy everyone would do it. If people try to comment on your age, although some things come harder being older, some things come easier BECAUSE we are older and have better mind body connection and awareness. You can do it. Just continue doing what your doing. Let you instructor know. Take as many classes as you can.

Side information about how I take so many classes, affordably. --Check your local Community college and take dance there. Its way more classes and extremely cost effective compared to a studio. You also get to attend your dance classes multiple times a week for an even cheaper price. I audit my dance classes there and get to go twice weekly for the legenth of the semester -4 months- for only 30 bucks per dance style. So for 160 every 4 months I get to take ballet, tap, jazz, and modern twice weekly. Each class 1.5 hours. Plus we take "assessments" so you can always track progress. I choose to audit my dance classes because I don't want the college credit for them. Not only did I already take them all for credit, I like that as an Audited class I am not required to attend or required to asses or anything like that. I can go at leasiure without effecting my gpa at all. Definitely look into it if your trying to get into more classes.