I got some great responses.
Name- Chris
Parent or Student? Parent
What is your activity? Gymnastics, basketball, softball
How long have you been dancing? 1 year
Do you do ballet or another form of dance (pls. specify) ballet and hip hop, but now she is doing the dance team;hip hop, jazz, tap, ballet
Do you do pointe? NO
How has ballet helped you? Ballet teaches her the balance and posture she needs to be a better gymnast
How has your activity helped you with ballet? I think, as do many parents I talk to, that ballet definitely makes a difference.
Do you participate in end of the year shows or Nutcracker? She will compete 5 or 6 times throughout the season
How do you balance a busy schedule? There is no balance….but my kids enjoy being active!
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Name- Hilda
Parent or Student? Student
What is your activity? figure skating
How long have you been dancing? 1 year
Do you do ballet or another form of dance? ballet
Do you do pointe? no
How has ballet helped you? the flexibility and strength required in ballet has helped me progress faster in skating. As for grace, I don't lack it, so it doesn't quite help me. My posture is good in ballet, but not in skating.
How has your activity helped you with ballet? As skating requires strength and flexibility too, I can practice those two for both ballet and skating at the same time, which is really convenient.
Do you participate in end of the year shows or Nutcracker? my studio doesn't have shows regularly, but when they have, I do participate
How do you balance a busy schedule? My schedule is not busy. I attend school only half a day, others is dedicated to dance or skating.
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Name- Dani (she is my dd)
Parent or Student? - I am the parent
What is your activity? Gymnastics (sometimes cheer, she is a flyer)
How long have you been dancing? This is her 2nd year
Do you do ballet or another form of dance (pls. specify) Ballet
Do you do pointe? No, but she is interested in pointe
How has ballet helped you? It has helped her grace, posture, leg strength and flexibility.
How has your activity helped you with ballet? The gymnastics has helped with the strength, flexibility and balance.
Do you participate in end of the year shows or Nutcracker? Yes
How do you balance a busy schedule? Time management and planning things out really helps. Plus, I make sure she has "off days" where she can just chill and do nothing.
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Name-Lolly
Parent or Student? Student
What is your activity? Gymnastics
How long have you been dancing? 6 years (since I was 9 and my coach suggested it)
Do you do ballet or another form of dance (pls. specify) I do ballet and tap
Do you do pointe? Yes
How has ballet helped you? I gained grace, elegance,better leg and back strangth for things like arabesques, much better general movement e.g. in my floor routine
How has your activity helped you with ballet? Strength from gymnastics definitely helps and also the work ethic and discipline I gained from it
Do you participate in end of the year shows or Nutcracker? No because the dancing is at my gymnastics centre so its mainly to supplement gym
How do you balance a busy schedule? My coaches value my ballet time as much as my training in the gym so they were happy to sit down and work out a schedule with me
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Parent or Student? student (used to be anyways)
What is your activity? gymnastics and cheerleading
How long have you been dancing? i took ballet for two years
Do you do ballet or another form of dance (pls. specify) ballet and jazz
Do you do pointe? for about 6 months, but quit because it hurt my feet too much. i had bloody toes and it was hard for me to preform in the gym.
How has ballet helped you? game me a lot more grace and agility...judges always commented on my fluid movements.
How has your activity helped you with ballet? i was already very deadicated and a perfectionist
Do you participate in end of the year shows or Nutcracker? yepppp. i was the sugar plum fairy my final year
How do you balance a busy schedule? lotsss of hw and eating and changing in the car.
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Many Skating and Gymnastic teams offer dance as part of training. Some girls are full time dancers and competitive dancers. I recommend dancers to try gymnastics or go to an open gym. It's amazing what you learn and how much it helps. I go to free skate a lot to.
This is one of my favorite montages on youtube
It shows how much dance is in gymnastics.
This is a tribute to a great skater and ballerina
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