Well, I'm from a dysfunctional family background, but still I say, the medium of dance is the body, and the attitudes toward the body expressed by classical ballet might be a little less than noble, maybe not very broadminded, really. It's beautiful sometimes but so is other dance that doesn't smell so funky. Ballet has very little to do with how we really see ourselves, I hope. And then therefore it is merely athletic and fine, but not poetic and profound.
   I worked for a Ballet, and the artistic directors were hemmed in by the audience. Go to it, by all means, but for god's sake see some good modern--not that "interpretive dance" gunk, whatever that is, but real stuff. It's not that expensive when and if you can find it, and it's good, or good also, if you wish.