My DD (9) does gymnastics and ballet. She competes at gym, and does a lot of hours a week. But she also loves dancing. She has in the past been asked to do festival dancing, but the hours have always clashed with her gymnastics, and tbh, she's not always been that interested.
However, she has been asked again, and has now decided that this is something she would like to do. She would even be prepared to drop some gym hours to do this. But, what is really involved? I want to know the reality, not just the patter iyswim!
So can anyone please advise as to what it is really like? is it something that we can just do a dance or two off, or will it start a spiral of doing more and more dancing that will be difficult to keep up? Is it very expensive? What are the hours like? DD learns ballet and moden, but doesn't do tap. Do you have to buy lots of dresses? How in control of the hours are you? Or do you end up being at the the mercy of the dance school?
Any advice would be gratefully received
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LadyLech · 02/07/2013 11:14
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