All About Ballet

[vanyali]

That would be nice.


So far, it’s been hard to even just get past the secretaries at the couple of ballet schools I’ve tried. Three schools have tried to put my girls with the 5 year olds, and none have let me start them at grade 1. We did one trial class this morning, but my oldest refused to join such a young class. My 7 year old did a good job (better than some of the girls enrolled in the class) but the teacher made us feel very unwelcome anyway.

[metz]

Hi,


My 7 year old has just joined a Grade 1 ballet class. In fact, I was the one who was hesitant about putting her in Grade 1 class. She has no ballet training except the 1 year baby ballet class she took when she was 3. Perhaps, you can request for a trial class to try out first? Btw, my daughter is taking classes at http://www.attitudearts.com/?page_id=5. Another school I heard my friends talking about is http://thedancestation.com.sg/. However, these schools are a distance from where you are staying.

[Serendipity]

vanyali, maybe you could try YMCA at Dhoby Ghaut. My girl used to attend classes there. Ask to speak to the ballet teacher personally. She is quite friendly and shld be able to assess ur girls.

[twilight]

Or try some CC, but I’m not sure what CC are near bishan.

[vanyali]

How do you find out who gives lessons at the community centers? They seem like they are all independent instructors who just use the cc space. Do the cc’s keep a list or do I have to try to figure that out some other way?

[jtoh]

vanyali:

How do you find out who gives lessons at the community centers? They seem like they are all independent instructors who just use the cc space. Do the cc's keep a list or do I have to try to figure that out some other way?

Call the CC.

[twilight]

Or you can check online at one.pa.gov.sg

Just type in ballet in the search bar, and they will list out all the cc that have ballet lessons.

[vanyali]

thanks!

[Monster Mummy]

Can I know which ballet school you have tried as it seem that there are one dance school in Bishan CC that offer ballet. Cheng San CC also got offer ballet class. Normally from what I see, the older girl, school will try to place them in Grade 1 classes. But at this timing, it will be most likely late for her to join classes as some school prefer student to join in the beginning of the year and moreover, currently, coaching classes for the RAD is going to start soon.

[vanyali]

I first tried a place where my girls take drama classes called "Center Stage". They are no where near Bishan, but it seems that I always end up traveling for their activities anyway. I thought that place would be accommodating since they mainly cater to ex-pats, but that was not the case.


Then I tried a ballet school that was near to a place where they already go for tuition, by Upper Bukit Timah Rd. But that place did not work out either.

I did find a Crestar location in Thomson Plaza that would give the girls trial lessons this Sunday, Grade 1 for the youngest and Grade 3 for the oldest. So we are going on Sunday, and we will see if my oldest can keep up with the Grade 3 lesson. I wouldn’t mind putting her at a lower level, as long as there were at least one or two older girls in the class along with her. But maybe that is just too difficult to find? We will have to see how how things go at Crestar on Sunday.

Thanks for all of your help.