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After school dance club?

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 19:36

DD (14) wants to start after school dance club when term starts. She has never shown an interest before but I don't want to put her off.

Kit letter received at end of term says PE kit or loose clothes and "dance shoes or bare feet" - there's the rub! Dance shoes are expensive so my proposal was bare feet - what does everyone think? Don't want to spend a load of money if she is not going to stick it but don't want her to stand out from the crowd?

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LIZS · 27/12/2015 21:06

Dd says barefoot or sports socks.

Katymac · 27/12/2015 21:00

Snap - me too!!

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:58

Anyway hope your dd enjoys dance. For now I'm off to watch Gypsy on TV.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:36

We had a sports hall but then an assembly hall where we did dance - the floor was a bit yucky for the reasons described above, the most annoying thing I remember was that the teacher kept her shoes and socks on even though we were not allowed ours....

LIZS - what do the students do who don't have jazz shoes?

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balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:33

We've now got a marley floor square in our conservatory!

After school dance club?
LIZS · 27/12/2015 20:32

Dd wears jazz shoes for her pe dance class.

Katymac · 27/12/2015 20:28

We did in our school too - a big hall just for games/pe separate from the hall for assembly & the hall for Dinner

But in junior school it was one hall for all

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:27

It was a room dedicated only to PE , so dudnt double up as a lunch hall etc & it was in an annexe so didnt have lots of kids traipsing through in their dirty outdoor shoes.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:25

haha didn't think it was ganging up!!

BGM - what do you mean dedicated gym?

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Katymac · 27/12/2015 20:24

yep Yuck!! - maybe spend the £12!!

We have met BGM & I but we live 200 miles apart!! So we aren't ganging up on you....honest

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:21

We never did dance at school. We did gymnastics in bare feet but we were lucky enough in both junior school & high school to have a dedicated gym.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:20

Hey no problem!!!! I remember I hated it in bare feet in the school hall! Was it the same for you or just our weird school?!

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Katymac · 27/12/2015 20:12

BGM we are echoing each other!!

Sorry Robinsamy

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:11

Oh yes of course! I never thought of that!! Brings back high school memories!

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Katymac · 27/12/2015 20:10

Outdoor shoes & dropped crap/food

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:10

It's yukkybof people have walked across IT in outdoor shoes/dropped food/etc etc.

The studios dd dances in no outdoor shoes are allowed and strictly no food or drink excrpt a bottle of water.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:08

The hall I assume! Why is it yucky?

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balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:07

Dd doesn't do PE.

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 20:06

Turns are easier in shoes but I cant imagine a beginner dance club doing jazz pirouettes or chaine turns.

Also is the floor a dedicated dance/gym space? Bare feet on a school hall floor is a bit yukky.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 20:04

I think I will tell her bare feet - we used to do dance in PE in bare feet so if it was good enough for me it is good enough for her!!

Do your daughters get to wear their dance shoes when they do dance in pe?

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Katymac · 27/12/2015 20:00

But both balletgirlmum & my DD wear pointe shoes so they know pain Wink

She would probably be better barefoot at least initially

Katymac · 27/12/2015 19:59

For contemporary/Jazz/Modern barefoot - but her feet are hardy - she can even try Ballet on grass barefoot!

It really depends on your flooring - tiles/lino on concrete & she'd be better with a shoe

balletgirlmum · 27/12/2015 19:58

For dd it depends on the style of dance.

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robinsamy · 27/12/2015 19:57

Oh they look painful!! Katy does your DD prefer to dance barefoot or in shoes?

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