All About Ballet

[sembgal]

FantasyLandDreams:

Hi

Anyone heard of or learnt from ballet teacher, Teacher Joni Tan before? Can share some feedback here? Is she good and patient?

http://www.chengballet.org/academy_joni.html

[FantasyLandDreams]

Hi

Anyone who has learnt under teacher Joni Tan before can share some feedback please? Would like to know if she is patient with very young children, her teaching style, how big is her class size usually and so forth. Would like to hear from some existing or past students your learning experience with her, if any. Thanks.

[Eunice72]

Looking at enrolling my gals with singapore ballet academy. Any feedback?

[Oh My Gosh]

DD is diagnosed with myopia... she can still see without glasses but she prefers wearing them as it improves her eyesight. Mummies out there... will wearing glasses affect their ballet exam grades (even if no marks are directly deducted but does the visual effects of the examiner decrease seeing a bespectacled ballerina?). Heard of any bespectacled ballerina scoring a distinction :)? Am interested to know... thanks.

[vain_pot]

Hi mummies

My gal is turning 4 next year and am keen to enrol her for ballet. I am totally clueless about ballet and need your advises here. Is moving art a good dance school for ballet she is currently attending pre nursery under cm but she wanted ballet. Am residing at Hougang any good ballet school in Hougang for ballet or I can just continue at moving arts?
Many thanks!

[Miaor]

Dear mummies, my DD is going to be two year old in two weeks. She likes to move her body rhythmly anytime when there is music and she follows dance moves on TV ever since she was a young baby. She is now a big fan of Hi5. Thinking to enrol her to some toddler dance program as I just cannot resist to picture her in a cute ballerina tutu in my mind :please:


I've checked a lot dance studios but found most of them only accept kids 2.5 years old at least... am I too rush for this? :stupid: or do you have any recommendations for programs available or activities I should bring her to join...?

[Oh My Gosh]

Miaor:

Dear mummies, my DD is going to be two year old in two weeks. She likes to move her body rhythmly anytime when there is music and she follows dance moves on TV ever since she was a young baby. She is now a big fan of Hi5. Thinking to enrol her to some toddler dance program as I just cannot resist to picture her in a cute ballerina tutu in my mind :please:


I've checked a lot dance studios but found most of them only accept kids 2.5 years old at least... am I too rush for this? :stupid: or do you have any recommendations for programs available or activities I should bring her to join...?

I can imagine how sweet your DD is, following all the dance moves she sees on TV. And hence your thoughts of letting her dance with her interests

But is your DD toilet trained already? One main reason why many dance studios accept kids when they are at least 2.5 years old is to ensure the kids are \"toilet-trained\" as you cannot expect the ballet teacher to bring a kid to toilet, and leave more than 10 other kids inside the studio Also, older kids listen to instructions better and do not whine and cry as often.

In my IMO, it is not advisable to start a kid too young on ballet. With the new RAD age requirements, kids can only take their pre-primary examinations when they are 5 years old as at 1 January of the year they are taking the exams (i.e. K2 level). Kids do not need 3 years to prepare for pre-primary exams hence they may feel bored with learning the same stuff over and over again (of course it depends on the ballet teacher way of teaching).

[miffymiffy]

Hi

Need some help here. Currently DD (5 yrs old now) is in private ballet school. She is attending coaching class and therefore, we need to bring her for classes twice a week. (Once for normal class and once for coaching class). I have the intention to transfer her over to the ballet class at NAFA end of this year but was told by a staff from NAFA that they do not have exam or coaching class till the child is taking her grade 1 exam. I am now wondering should i go ahead with the transfer ir should i stay on so that my child will have a pre-pri cert ?
Is this pre-pri cert or badge very important for her to "promote"?
Please advise. Thanks

[FantasyLandDreams]

miffymiffy:

Hi

Need some help here. Currently DD (5 yrs old now) is in private ballet school. She is attending coaching class and therefore, we need to bring her for classes twice a week. (Once for normal class and once for coaching class). I have the intention to transfer her over to the ballet class at NAFA end of this year but was told by a staff from NAFA that they do not have exam or coaching class till the child is taking her grade 1 exam. I am now wondering should i go ahead with the transfer ir should i stay on so that my child will have a pre-pri cert ?
Is this pre-pri cert or badge very important for her to \"promote\"?
Please advise. Thanks

Hi miffy
If you transfer to nafa end of this year, nafa will take in your dd as primary grade for next year? If yes, I guess it does not matter whether your dd has pre primary cert. But have you paid for the whole term (6 months) of coaching fee and exam fee already for the pre primary exam in April next year? If yes, maybe you only transfer her after the exam in April next year? In my humble opinion, it would be a good experience for the child as well to go through a real exam since you already paid for it.

[Miaor]

Oh My Gosh:

I can imagine how sweet your DD is, following all the dance moves she sees on TV. And hence your thoughts of letting her dance with her interests

But is your DD toilet trained already? One main reason why many dance studios accept kids when they are at least 2.5 years old is to ensure the kids are \"toilet-trained\" as you cannot expect the ballet teacher to bring a kid to toilet, and leave more than 10 other kids inside the studio Also, older kids listen to instructions better and do not whine and cry as often.

In my IMO, it is not advisable to start a kid too young on ballet. With the new RAD age requirements, kids can only take their pre-primary examinations when they are 5 years old as at 1 January of the year they are taking the exams (i.e. K2 level). Kids do not need 3 years to prepare for pre-primary exams hence they may feel bored with learning the same stuff over and over again (of course it depends on the ballet teacher way of teaching).

Thanks for kindly sharing your thoughts. Indeed she needs to wear diapers when she dances and she may have problem going into a big studio without mommy
I am thinking to let her start to learn ballet after 3.5 or 4. Currently I don't really expect she can actually learn anything seriously but just want to find a chance to let her have fun by dancing with other kids and better if it can boost her confidence and interest. Any recommendations?