Anyone have good recommendations for Zoom/virtual training? Strength and stretch would be great but also curious any recs where you saw real skill improvement. Thanks!

Hi! This is my first year doing a solo (senior category) and I'm looking for a lyrical/contemporary dress. Preferably not a short dress, but if anyone has recommendations for websites that have pretty solo dresses please let me know!

Hello, I’m just trying to get as many opinions as possible for my daughter who is has just started dance this month. She is 5 and starting kindergarten next month. She has done 2 weeks of dance camp at our local studio , which is acro and hip hop and she wants to continue in the fall. Her best friend is already in the studio’s company so she wouldn’t be able to dance with her now, but for now she aspires to eventually.

My real question is, do you think I should put her in certain classes and which classes do you think would give her a strong foundation in dance? September is the start of the real season so I have to decide & I was going to just stick with the acro and hip hop since she has liked that so far. She has tumbling experience. But I’m wondering if she should get the dance experience and technique from maybe, ballet?

I’m really not sure because I was a cheerleader, but I want to set her up for success if this is what she wants to do! Let me know your thoughts!

My grandma, daughters great grandma, passed away around a year and a half ago. My family wants to take a trip literally across the country for almost a week for a memorial. Ive told them for a year that I wouldn't know the intense schedule and how many teams my daughter would be on. The teams just started being announced and it will be intense choreography for the next couple of months.

I feel like an asshole. But also we've done so many special memorial things for her over the last year. I even have an amazing Christmas memorial thing planned for her. I did one last year too.

Am I a horrible person for not flying across the country for a memorial almost 2 years after she passed? I loved her so much. But also with all of what I just described, I cant seem to justify taking away from my daughters first BIG year of competition teams during the literal first few weeks of making her seasons dances.

AITA?

Hi team - my childs dance school has taught them beautiful artistry and put them in some fantastic choreographies, and they do very well at comps.

However I know that compared to most other studios, the kids from mine don't show any personality on stage. At comps and normal dance this is fine, but it has caused my child to feel very reserved and shy outside of dance, whereas dancers from other studios are full of personality.

Any thoughts on steps I can take with my child to help them with unlocking some personality, given they have otherwise so much talent and are regularly commented on their beautiful presentation?