All About Ballet

[Penghu]

Mrs skipp seems to be going into retirement. The teacher teaching pre pri and pri classes is Ms Tan but I am not sure what her full name is. mrs skipp is around to sometimes help, chit chat with parents. Everyone seems to know her. They aren’t really pushy and encourages you to even attend a few times until u or ur child is comfortable before signing up.


I am still observing how the class routine goes. They seem to do warm up but I thought lacking in stretching… As in those where u open your legs real wide and stretch. So far, only saw 1 out of 4 classes. The funny thing is u can hear all the "ouches" from majority of the kids.haha!

Any idea how a typically class routine for pre pri is like?

Ms Tan is really dedicated. Notice her every moves in class is all ballet styles. There was a class where she was doing the skips and ‘bicycle’ ride with them. The amount of sweat on her back is more than all kids combined !!

[jeanieg]

Hi everyone, I have 2 gals, one 5 and one 6 years old. They are keen to take up ballet and when I ask "Why ballet?" They replied, "I like the costume!" LOL : )


I live in Upper Bukit timah area and so wanna look for schools around here. I think these are the following schools near me:

The Dance Station at Bukit timah Shopping Centre
ATTITUDE at BT Plaza
Joyful Steps and Rhythm at Clementi Arcade at Sunset Way.

Anyone has any feedback on the above or other studios to recommend?

My main concern is that DD1 is going to P1 next year so am not sure if I should start her on any ballet classes now…

[twilight]

Best thing to do would be visit the above studio, let them attend trial lessons


P1 should be still fine for enrichment. I'm sec four now, and still doing ballet, though I've been taking a hiatus since July.

[phtthp]

hi Penghu,


happy to hear that your girl has settled down in ballet, enjoying it. wonderful !

[jtoh]

jeanieg:

Hi everyone, I have 2 gals, one 5 and one 6 years old. They are keen to take up ballet and when I ask \"Why ballet?\" They replied, \"I like the costume!\" LOL : )


I live in Upper Bukit timah area and so wanna look for schools around here. I think these are the following schools near me:

The Dance Station at Bukit timah Shopping Centre
ATTITUDE at BT Plaza
Joyful Steps and Rhythm at Clementi Arcade at Sunset Way.

Anyone has any feedback on the above or other studios to recommend?

My main concern is that DD1 is going to P1 next year so am not sure if I should start her on any ballet classes now...

It's fine to start your daughters on ballet classes. There's plenty of time for activities in P1-3. Some schools offer ballet as enrichment, so you may even consider doing ballet in school if time and distance are a consideration for you.

[jeanieg]

Thanks twilight and jtoh! Think will let them take a trial class at attitude studio and see if they like it. The only qualm i have about attitude studio is that they have a big yearly concert by the students and i believe all got to participate? There will be additional rehearsals and also extra cost involved for costumes.


Do all studios have this? I just want my kids to take ballet for fun. Dont wanna be too serious about it unless they are.

[Monster Mummy]

jeanieg:

Thanks twilight and jtoh! Think will let them take a trial class at attitude studio and see if they like it. The only qualm i have about attitude studio is that they have a big yearly concert by the students and i believe all got to participate? There will be additional rehearsals and also extra cost involved for costumes.


Do all studios have this? I just want my kids to take ballet for fun. Dont wanna be too serious about it unless they are.

Hi,

As far as I understand, the participation will still subject to parents consents. Even for the ballet exam, it will also depend whether you would like them to take up exam or just treat it as the fun and relax lesson. From what I understand, some parents really let the girl to join for the sake of relax and fun and did not enrol them in the exam.

[twilight]

I never take exams. My mum doesn't want me to get stressed and worked up over ballet exams, since I don't plan on becoming professional. I just do it because I love dancing


I guess most dance schools will have recital. Performance experience is very very important in dance, and it is usually very fun too. But I realised I enjoy performing more as I grow older. Last time in primary school, performance was just performance to me. I couldn't appreciate the hard work we had to put in to practice. Now, I even find the extra practice enjoyable, and use it as a further opportunity to fine tune my technique.

[Monster Mummy]

Hi,


I actually let my girl to take exam but basically, I do not really actually enforced her with practising at home. Because the coaching is already quite intensive. Maybe to the extense, you will think that the kid is very stressed. But I think I that she must also exposed to the exam environment. As for performance, I think that this is the exposure to kids especially they must learn to face with crowd as my girl is more of shy type.

[jeanieg]

oh I see… My girls are pretty shy too so will have to see if they are keen next time to take on recitals, etc. As for exams, will cross the bridge when it comes. Thanks for all the input!