Wish us luck - my DDs ballet exam!

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Tomorrow my DD takes her intermediate foundation exam.

As a toddler she had a speech development delay, didn't say her first word until 3 and a half, and speech was difficult. She had SALT for several years, but her difficulties affected her confidence at school and she was very shy.
At the age of 5 I took her to ballet classes, hoping that dance would be a way of improving her confidence without focussing on her speech.

Did it work- and then some!! Nine years down the line, she dances 10 hours a week, has passed many ballet, tap, modern exams. I have seen her dance in packed theatres- sometimes solo, and I can't believe that this timid nervous little girl has blossomed into a confident, caring elegant young women.

Sorry for the outrageous boast, but so proud of my little girl. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Best of luck to her. I hope she dances beautifully.

Dd takes her Inter F next week, she has been ill recently but has worked so hard. I won't even be there to make sure she has tights, hair & pointe shoes all correct & she won't be able to phone me until that evening.

Fingers crossed for everyone doing exams

Best of luck to her. Ballet gets such a bad press sometimes for being too pink, too girly, bad for body image etc and yet the benefits are so far reaching too.

My dd1 started at 2. Now, at 12, she dances every day, and yes it has taken over our lives somewhat! But it's so worth it when I see her on the stage, performing her heart out. She never had a problem with confidence, but dancing has channelled it and she works so hard.

This is a child that gets up at 6am every morning, is on the school bus at 7am, goes from school straight to dance 5 days a week and does her homework/eats her tea between lessons. Most evenings she doesn't finish until 9:15pm and then at the weekends she has lessons and rehearsals pretty much constantly! And yet she never complains. She's even dancing at school now, having auditioned for the BTEC dance show and impressed the dance teacher with her bluebird solo en pointe. (The audition gave her blisters because she forgot to take her toe pads to school but did it anyway). Her focus never fails to impress me.