Children's dancing. What is important for parents to know?

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Don't know what to do with your child? The best choice would be children's dances. This is both physical activity and creativity at the same time. Today there are a huge number of different studios and schools where children's dances are taught. What should you look for when looking for a team for your child?

Dance style

At the very beginning, you have to decide that your child will dance. Ballroom, variety, hip-hop, aerobics, classical ballet and more - all these are children's dances. The movements, of course, are very different from each other. If you want to develop coordination in a child, then rhythmic dances, for example, cheerleading, which is fashionable today, are best suited. If you want to give your baby a wonderful stretch and grace, then you won’t find anything better than classical choreography. However, the second is more suitable for girls. Boys almost always resist any kind of dance at all, but in vain. Children's dances are great for developing concentration, a sense of space and their own body.

Agegroups

Children's choreographic groups can be of completely different age categories. It is very important to pay attention to this, not only because it may be physically difficult for your child there (it will be difficult for him to remember the movements prepared for an older group). This is also necessary in order for the child to be emotionally comfortable in the team. After all, if you give a 4-year-old baby to a group of 10-year-olds, the likelihood that he will find friends there is very small. It is necessary to make sure that the child goes to classes with a desire, and not force him to do everything “under pressure.”

As a rule, children's dances for the smallest are the same program. These are game classes, round dances. So far, nothing new has been invented in the movements: these are always various “butterflies”, “grasshoppers” and “mills”, which strengthen children's muscles at a very early stage. Giving a stretch to your child as a child is the best thing you can do for him. Toddlers feel almost nothing when they are stretched, but adults can scream in pain. Splitting or at least doing a bridge is great to be able to do at any age.

Teachers

Don't be too lazy to find out more about the choreographer to whom you plan to send your child. What is his work experience? It is important not only that he has a dance education, but also that he knows how to work with children. The teacher should not yell at the children. However, allowing them to misbehave in class is also not a sign of professionalism. It is important that both kindness and severity be in moderation.

Pay attention to whether the team participates in contests and competitions. In extreme cases, are there reporting concerts. This is important because through performances, your child will learn not to be afraid of the stage and the audience. And you can see the result of his work, as well as the work of the teacher.

Clothes and shoes

If you have already found a group that suits you and enrolled your child there, do not forget to get the right shoes and clothes for him. Simple Czechs, sports shorts and a T-shirt are all you need at the very beginning. Don't forget to braid the girl! Tousled hair will distract her from her studies.

In the beginning, it doesn't make sense to buy all this in professional dance stores. Of course, in them you will find only the highest quality uniforms, however, the prices there are appropriate. And if your child after the first lesson does not want to go to dances anymore? It turns out that the money will be wasted.

Choose only the best for your child and don't forget that dance is life!