Contemporary dance for 9 year old?

of course the contemporary class might not actually be contemporary as such but using what they see as an attractive name.

Best idea would be for her to try a class of each and then she will see if either is what she is hoping for.

I don't know very much but from what I have seen I THINK a lot of places start with ballet, then add in tap and modern and then as they get older would then add in lyrical, contemporary and jazz. (I still don't know the difference between some of these)

So some dance schools don't offer it until they are teenagersish.

Modern is very easy to pick up compared to ballet or tap, she wouldn't have any problem doing that if she has been doing ballet for a couple of years.

I am not an expert by any means,, but my DD has just started rhythmic. The girls her age who compete (she's nearly 7) do about 8 hours a week training, including an hour of contemporary dance. They don't do modern, they add jazz and contemporary in at the same age as far as I can tell.

I did a lot of dance as a child, but not in the UK. Most of what I did was ballet and from there I added in contemporary, lyrical modern, jazz etc. Ballet was seen as the basis for all forms of dance and as long as we were doing ballet we could add in other styles like contemporary. I'm struggling to see why she would need modern first, especially if she already has some dance experience. I'm wondering if that's the teacher's way of getting your DD to try something she offers at her dance school rather than going somewhere else!