All About Ballet

[phtthp]

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[Mummyjoy]

Hi,

I’m new to this forum. My daughter is turning 4 next mth and she had been asking for ballet/dance classes for the past 1.5yrs. she went for 2 workshop over the june holidays, love it but have since requested for a ballet sch with open studio or one which i can peep at her, think for security reasons.

We stay in the central, novena/balestier area.

Would appreciate if anyone could recommend a good ballet school with loving teachers for her to start. Thank you. somewhere with an open studio would be a plus

thanks

[Mummyjoy]

in addition, does anyone have any review on Kavanagh dance, sissonne dance art? thanks

[Porky Pig]

My DD will be sitting for her very first RAD exam next April. Her school is imposing another 20 lessons on top of her current lessons. I presumed this is the norm for most schools. Will it be tiring if I have both lessons at one go with a short break in between? Doable?

[FantasyLandDreams]

Porky Pig:

My DD will be sitting for her very first RAD exam next April. Her school is imposing another 20 lessons on top of her current lessons. I presumed this is the norm for most schools. Will it be tiring if I have both lessons at one go with a short break in between? Doable?

Should be ok if total hours for 2 sessions does not exceed 2 hours. A lot of parents want such back to back class but cannot find, end up go twice a week, which can be very troublesome too.

[Oh My Gosh]

Porky Pig:

My DD will be sitting for her very first RAD exam next April. Her school is imposing another 20 lessons on top of her current lessons. I presumed this is the norm for most schools. Will it be tiring if I have both lessons at one go with a short break in between? Doable?

Yes, this is the norm - technically known as \"coaching\" classes to prepare for the exams. Having lessons back to back is do-able if your DD ballet tr has such BTB classes and your girl is able to \"take\" a longer session.

[phtthp]

Porky Pig:

My DD will be sitting for her very first RAD exam next April. Her school is imposing another 20 lessons on top of her current lessons. I presumed this is the norm for most schools. Will it be tiring if I have both lessons at one go with a short break in between? Doable?

It depend on which grade.

For lower level like primary grade ballet : BTB (back to back) lessons Are Ok, because there are some running around steps like galloping like a horse (eg), so Ok.
Running around, galloping is fun to them, won't make kid tired, because after all they are kids, good to let children exercise. In fact, kids enjoy galloping around, like a pony.

For young kindergarten kids, 2 hr too long.
Usually if BTB, at most 1.5 hr is the maximum.
That means after 1 hour, let young children rest a while first, before resume last half hour. 2 hr rather long, young kindergarten kids may not tahan concentration for so long. 1.5 hr still ok


But for higher level grade that involve lots of leg stretching until straight, straight (eg Grade 2 & above), most ballet Tr do not advise BTB.
Reason being in the first hour, since so much leg stretching involved (stretching is painful to most kids), the students are already physically tired.
They usually cannot sustain a second hour, to do any more stretching. Their tired body can't take another hour of bending & stretching, for higher grade. As go up higher grade, the steps get more & more difficult.
Hence, better to make it twice a week, come back afresh to practise, even if it means inconvenient to come down twice a week.

Have a word with your ballet Tr, see what she said.
Most Tr are strict, stick to twice a week regime, as they feel that better for girls in the long run, to practise twice a week afresh, as they can concentrate better. 1.5 hr is the most that higher grade can bear, if come down once a week, not 2 hr

For us parents waiting to fetch kids, we may feel that 1 hour time pass quickly. But to kids practise body bending, leg stretching inside that 1 hour, it can be grueling.

[liebejenny]

Excuse me，I want to send my daughter for ballet course. Do you have any recommendation for a ballet academy?

[phtthp]

Well, you can bring your kid to \"Singapore Ballet Academy\", Waterloo Street (Bras Basah MRT station, Circle line)


refer 2015 timetable schedule, below
(check which class still got vacancy, for the grade you keen in)

http://singaporeballetacademy.com.sg/schedule/cgs/

[Porky Pig]

Is RAD exam required at Primary level? Meaning we go for regular lessons but not the exam and maybe join the RAD exam at Grade 1 instead. I am totally upset with DD’s current school. I am looking around for a better alternative. Any good recommendation for ballet in the East?