Help!! My 5 year old just started ballet and tap lessons and I'm out of my element!?
I played softball for nine years and know very little about ballet and tap. I know I'll probably learn along the way but there are always the little things like: are they supposed to wear underwear under their leotards? What is basic ballet lingo? (She tells me she learned how to do something and I have no idea what she said! it's pretty foreign to me) At what point will she be eligible to join the performing company? Any other insights for a newbie would be greatly appreciated!
Help!! My 5 year old just started ballet and tap lessons and I'm out of my element!?theatre ticketsOn the undies... little girls wear them under thier leotards. The bikini type are nice because they won't hang out. I've noticed a lot of the older girls switch to thong undies. You have years before worrying about that, though!
There are great illustrative books out there which show how to correctly perform basic steps and thier names. A terrific one available on Amazon is the "Royal Academy Dancing Step by Step Ballet Class" (see link below) There are also lots and lots of dvd's out there which have some basic instruction on them for kids to watch to practice with or to just have fun with. You can both learn together!
I don't know what kind of children's dance companies you have where you live. We have several here, some affiliated with schools and some not. Most don't start auditioning kids for roles until they're eight. If your daughter seems very interested by then ask her instructor for info about local opportunities.
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