Do you have to do character dance in ballet?

To proceed on to higher levels such as pointe.

Do you have to do character dance in ballet?lyric opera

Character dance is part of a complete ballet training program if you were aiming to dance professionally or even in local, civic ballet companies. Not all female parts in a ballet production are going to be en pointe, so why limit yourself to what roles you could perform by not learning character dance?

Do you have to do character dance in ballet?imax theater opera theater

Not necessarily...to go en pointe, you need strength, technique, and ability. Character dancing really has nothing to do with it.
No, but as Janine said it is still good to do. Character is used in Ballet Exams such as RAD and Checcetti.

I really enjoy it, after doing ballet exerices and bar work you look forward to it!

Hope this helps :)