All About Ballet

[Blessed Homemaker]

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

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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.

[barney8]

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.[/quote]



can u share what sch is that? thanks

[gigima]

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.

Hi mama of 2 actually I don't mind watching her dance every week since it's only 45 mins. But I also hope to train her to be more independent as I feel she's old enough to do that. I'll try talking to her teacher hope she'll let me sit in a few more weeks and see how it goes. Can you tell me which school your dd goes to? Are the teachers and training good for beginners? Thanks.

[mama of 2]

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.[/quote]


Hi mama of 2 actually I don’t mind watching her dance every week since it’s only 45 mins. But I also hope to train her to be more independent as I feel she’s old enough to do that. I’ll try talking to her teacher hope she’ll let me sit in a few more weeks and see how it goes. Can you tell me which school your dd goes to? Are the teachers and training good for beginners? Thanks.[/quote]

Hi gigima
My dd is with Yishun CC since pre-primary and now with ChongPang CC for G6. Can’t recall which school did my friend’s dd went to during lower grade.

[shinystar]

Hi


Anyone has gal attending any ballet school or can recommend good ballet centre in sengkang,hougang or kovan area? thks

[MotherHen]

shinystar:

Hi


Anyone has gal attending any ballet school or can recommend good ballet centre in sengkang,hougang or kovan area? thks

DD taking ballet lessons with Ms Woo at Seng Kang CC.