All About Ballet

[MMM]

My 3 yr odd just started her bebe ballet at crestar in Jan 2009. Enjoying herself.

[vfong1]

Thanks. Got any ballet centre near central?


Did your gals become more graceful after learning ballet? I know ballet can help them with better posture.

[morach]

Gracefull .... only when she is dancing :lol:


But her posture is definitely good.

[MMM]

For our 3 yr old who has attended several sessions, we observed that she likes to bend her legs backwards when she is walking 1/2 way after she started ballet. Is that normal when they first started?

[schellen]

MMM:

For our 3 yr old who has attended several sessions, we observed that she likes to bend her legs backwards when she is walking 1/2 way after she started ballet. Is that normal when they first started?

I'm not sure what you mean cos I tried to visualise what you described and I observed my DD walking from behind but I don't think it's weird. She's 7 now and has been taking ballet since she was 3. She does sway her hips naturally when she walks and it's more apparent when she wears short flare skirts.

Back when I was in sec sch, my sch's award-winning CCA was Chinese dance so I always noticed that my schoolmates who were in this CCA would walk a bit different. But I don't think it's the legs, more like how they place their feet, kinda like 1st position feet in ballet.

Even now, if I see a woman wearing flat-soled shoes and walking in this style, I would deduce that she took/is taking ballet lessons. Usually, I'm right.

[J2mum]

I sent my ger to Kaki Bukit CC for Ballet lesson… The teacher are certified trainer and the fee is only $65 for 10 lessons.

[vfong1]

How much are the ballet dresses and shoes? Do they need to go exam every year? How’s the ideal age for them to start ballet?

[J2mum]

Vfong1,


$80++ for the attire. Whether to go for the exam will depend on the teacher. She will determine if ur ger is ready for exam.

[schellen]

My DD goes to Crestar CCK. She has gone for exam last year and will be going again this year. Exams are in April and it’s usually a weekday. Before the exams, the teacher will start prep classes to get the girls ready for the exam itself. This is on top of normal ballet lessons. I don’t know if any parent has chosen not to register their child for the exam but if you register, you have to attend the prep course.


For my DD, normal ballet lessons are every Sat evening. The prep lessons are on every Sun evening. The prep lessons started either in Nov/Dec 2008 or Jan 2009 and will stop the Sat before the exam. You will need to pay for prep class fee and exam registration fee. Note that you will have to make sure that your girl has standard exam attire as well, which the ballet teacher will inform you.

When you buy the attire, don’t go for the cheapest becos they won’t last. This is especially important for the shoes as badly-made and/or ill-fitting shoes will harm and hurt your girl’s feet.

As for ideal age to start ballet, my DD started at about 3. She joined the Bebe ballet class. Then at 4/5, she joined the Pre-ballet class. Now, at 7, she is in the Primary ballet class.

[vanny k]

Has anyone got any feedback on this dance school?

http://www.dancearts.com.sg/

My 3 yo girl has recently been asking for ballet lessons and I was looking around for somewhere central. Crestar's branches are abit to out of the way for me.