why are most dance classes for toddlers jazz ballet, rather than ballet?
hi there,
my 3 year old daughter (like most girls her age) wants to be a ballerina.
i have been looking around my area, and it seems all the dance classes for her age are jazz ballet and tap. why is this? also what i the difference between jazz ballet and normal ballet? i have never really danced in my life, but my daughter is very interested, so i want to take her to some lessons. thanks alot for your help:)
Im a dance teacher, although i do not teach students under the age of 5.
For three year olds, they are most certainly not ready for the rigorous requirements of ballet. In the western world, serious training does not start until he age of 8 or 9, and students do not enter full time vocational ballet schools until at least 10 years old.
Before the age of 8 or 9, only the basics of ballet are taught, and more those under 5 are usually included in combination classes (like jazz ballet.) Children this young’s bodies are simply not ready for the rigours of ballet, and aside from not begin physically ready, most children are not mentally ready to begin seriously training for ballet at such a young age.
The aim at this age should be on fun and developing a love of dance. Find a dance school with a good reputation, who has turned out good dancers. They will have a class called “creative movement”, “kinder ballet”, or something like this. These classes instill in children a love of dance and musicality. She will have so much fun, and learn to love dance. The serious training begins later.
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