Re long haired boy at dancing class

[Piemother]

I am prepared for a flaming but here goes.....
There is a little boy at dd1 ballet school with very (I mean past his shoulders and thick and curly) long hair. I reckon he is 3/4.
There are other boys (ok one or two) at the dance school and it makes no odds to me but his parents do nothing to tie up his hair. Today he walked out of a class actually holding it out of his face with his hands.
Every now and then the dance teacher comes out to the parents and nags about long hair being up in buns and that the main reason was so that when they are twirling around it doesn't hit anyone in the face. She also reminded about it being part of the uniform requirements.
I can see that maybe the parents are waiting a bit longer with uniform to make sure he likes the class (though hes been there a while now) but AIBU to think they ought to tie his hair back?

Can I ask a question please? DC are 2 and I was going to start them on ballet, but had considering baby ballet/ tippy toes which I know are franchaises. However reading this it's just occurred to me- should I look at a "proper" dance school? Would it be better quality teaching?

I have a friend whose son has long hair and dresses like a girl and whose daughter is dressed like a trucker smashing gender stereotypes by er, reversing them

Is baby ballet always a franchise? I know someone who teaches it and I doubt she needs to buy into something to start classes, she's quite well known.

In the end anyway at 2 it will be more important to find a teacher who likes children and teaching than someone who teaches "proper" technique or whatever. If they like it and are able there is plenty of time to research the next step. But if the classes aren't fun and warm and knowledgeable about little children, you won't get to that point because they won't want to keep going.

DD's first dance teacher was an ex-Tiller Girl. She's just about to graduate from a dance conservatoire. There were plenty of experiences of teachers, good and bad, in between. But the ones that helped her most were the ones that treated her as a person, not as a set of physical attributes or a blank slate to force technique into.