All About Ballet

[cantbearit2]

gigima:

cantbearit2:

Can anyone advise me if SBA will accept 5 y.o. with zero dancing experience?

Yes SBA accepts gals from 4 year old onwards but they must pass an audition. I brought my dd to SBA when she was almost 4 but she didn't like it there. I guess becuase the teacher in her class was q serious and didn't smile at all.

Thks, gigima!
Do you know the criteria for acceptance?

[gigima]

cantbearit2:

gigima:

[quote=\"cantbearit2\"]Can anyone advise me if SBA will accept 5 y.o. with zero dancing experience?

Yes SBA accepts gals from 4 year old onwards but they must pass an audition. I brought my dd to SBA when she was almost 4 but she didn't like it there. I guess becuase the teacher in her class was q serious and didn't smile at all.

Thks, gigima!
Do you know the criteria for acceptance?[/quote]I think for beginners so long as your gal can understand instructions & follow the routine in class they will accept. Most of the gals i know are accepted provided there is vacancy.

[cantbearit2]

gigima:

cantbearit2:

Thks, gigima!
Do you know the criteria for acceptance?

I think for beginners so long as your gal can understand instructions & follow the routine in class they will accept. Most of the gals i know are accepted provided there is vacancy.

Thks, once again gigima!!!

:thankyou:

[Blessed Homemaker]

Mine will only change when she outgrows them. I will also feedback to her ballet instructor if my child complains of leotard/shoes too tight.


My child was the one to request for ballet lessons. My parenting style is, if you ask for it and I can commit financially and the time to ferry to and fro, you can't stop midway. I want my child to be responsible for her own decision. Unless if something crops up (ie lesson clash with school timing), otherwise there is no reason to give up.

sean wife:

Hi all,

Like to check for preschool girls (3-5 yrs old) taking ballet, how often do you change the leotard and tutu size for them? My gals started lesson a year ago (3.5 yrs) and recently saying they want to cancel their ballet lessons, giving the reason that their costume too tight…(but leotard supposed to be tight right??) Not sure if it is an excuse…it’s becoming a tussle every week getting them to go for the lesson although when we check with the teacher, she says that they are doing fine in class…

Changing the costume is not exactly cheap(and we need to change 2 sets at the same time…) and worried that it may be just money down the drain…or just ‘grant’ their wish and stop the lessons...?

[Blessed Homemaker]

I'm not quite sure what you mean by \"clash\" but my dd started ballet lessons when she was 4yo and she's in p4 this year. In school, she takes up wushu as her CCA since p2.


In both wushu and ballet, they are required to do some stretching exercises including the split. If I rem correctly, taekwando also requires the students to do some stretching too.

cool_hi:

Hi, need some advice on whether it is benenficial for my girl who has been learning ballet, to join Chinese Dance as her CCA??She just started P1..
Her school is very good in Chinese Dance & has been winning SYF competition, getting gold with Honours She went for 1 lesson for her CHinese Dance & I noticed they were made to do a lot of stretching exercises, which my girl said is a bit painful, but she is ok to bear with it
Just wondering whether such exercises are good or bad for ballet?
& whether what they teach or do in CHinese dance will clash with Ballet? In my opinion, should be ok, but just prefer to get some confirmation from experts here

Sorry if my questions sound silly coz I was not trained in ballet nor chinese dance Thanks in advance!!

[Blessed Homemaker]

I'll have to disagree on this. My child is taking her ballet @ Changi Simei CC and they do take RAD exams.

Funx3:

cool_hi:

Hm..Cc near my place mostly weekday afternoon or evening class, which i can't send her coz of work in the past, & now she's in aftn session, totally impossible..if i not wrong,from the last time i checked, cc very seldom haf weekend class, even if have, will be more for beginners..

I would say, my girl seems quite serious in her ballet, coz she loves to perform & dance..even months after her Attitude concert(in Sept),she's still watching her performance on DVD & still remember all her dance steps..& also her 2 dance performances for her K2 graduation ceremony..& was eager to wear the costumes to perform for relatives during our christmas party:)

so I think I would want her to have proper training and develop her in this area
Hope I don't sound too kiasu & of course, I am aware that interest may 'die' along the way la

Thanks for any advice! Cheers!

If your Gal is Serious about Ballet, Better not send her to CC. Agree that CC is More Recreational

[gigima]

Hi all my soon to be 4.5 years old dd just started ballet class a few weeks ago. During the 1st trial class she was a bit shy and nervous so did not really follow all the class rountine but she said she would like to continue so I signed her up for 1 term. She did much better during the 2nd class and was able to follow most of exercises. Last week I told her I’ll wait for her outside the studio instead of staying to watch her since it’s the school policy that parents can’t stay in during class. Then she started crying and I thought she needed more time to become independent so I stayed inside anyway. But throughout the whole class she just stood there and didn’t join the class at all. After we got home she told me she doesen’t want to attend ballet class anymore coz it’s not fun. But we knew that it’s not true she just didn’t want to stay without me in the class.


I’m in a dilemma and dunno what to do now. Should I talk to the teacher and ask to stay with her until she’s ready? or should I just leave her anyway even she cries? I see that other girls in her class are of similar age and they are all ok to be alone for 45 mins w/o their parents. I really don’t want her to give up ballet just because of her fear since I can see that she likes dancing. She’s usually not a clingy child and everyone at preschool thinks she’s independent and confident. But whenever I mention sending her to classes without me by her side freaks her out and she will say "NO" even though she really likes the activities. I have tried sending her to ballet class when she was a bit younger (almost 4) and the same thing happened so I guess she was a bit negative about ballet until now.

Can you please share your advice and similar experiences? Thanks.

[yasui1210]

Hi…my daughter who is in P1 wants to learn ballet…and we stay here in bukit batok we are close to bukit gombak mrt…does anyone have any recommendation as to the studio where she might be able to take classes…so far the ones we found out was in bukit timat plaza and beauty world but we are hoping for something closer…thank you

[Maggie Tan]

Hi, yasui1210

You may consider at Civil Service Club at Bukit Batok on every Sat. 3-3.45pm

[mama of 2]

gigima:

Hi all my soon to be 4.5 years old dd just started ballet class a few weeks ago. During the 1st trial class she was a bit shy and nervous so did not really follow all the class rountine but she said she would like to continue so I signed her up for 1 term. She did much better during the 2nd class and was able to follow most of exercises. Last week I told her I'll wait for her outside the studio instead of staying to watch her since it's the school policy that parents can't stay in during class. Then she started crying and I thought she needed more time to become independent so I stayed inside anyway. But throughout the whole class she just stood there and didn't join the class at all. After we got home she told me she doesen't want to attend ballet class anymore coz it's not fun. But we knew that it's not true she just didn't want to stay without me in the class.


I'm in a dilemma and dunno what to do now. Should I talk to the teacher and ask to stay with her until she's ready? or should I just leave her anyway even she cries? I see that other girls in her class are of similar age and they are all ok to be alone for 45 mins w/o their parents. I really don't want her to give up ballet just because of her fear since I can see that she likes dancing. She's usually not a clingy child and everyone at preschool thinks she's independent and confident. But whenever I mention sending her to classes without me by her side freaks her out and she will say \"NO\" even though she really likes the activities. I have tried sending her to ballet class when she was a bit younger (almost 4) and the same thing happened so I guess she was a bit negative about ballet until now.

Can you please share your advice and similar experiences? Thanks.

There are some school or CC do allow parent to sit in. I was with my dd since day one. After 10years later, am still enjoying to watch her dancing weekly.