Hi all
I'm a complete newbie to the world of performing arts and I was after some advice on my dd.
Hopefully it's goes without saying on this board, that all I'm doing at this stage is following my dd's interests while looking at what would provide her the best foundation and options should she choose to carry on in this area later on. Also everything is subject to change as the social/school/extra curricular balances changes.
She currently does weekly
Acro 30mins
Ballet, Tap and Modern 1 hour
Musical Theatre 1.5 hour
The days and times at which these run allows for a good balance of downtime for family, play dates, trips out or lazy time at home.
She really looks forward to each class and I've really seen her confidence and language skills improve greatly as well as making lots of friends.
So I was wondering, going forward what else would compliment these sorts of classes? In my area the access to classes with a good standard are limited and have a long waiting list.
I've got her wait listed for singing as the list is so long for a 'good' school that when she is old enough her name will be near the top of the list and then I can ask her if this is something she would like to try out. I thought this would be better than her asking and then having to wait 2 years to get a place.
What age is LAMDA exams from? I
If the expense get too much or her interests change would Acro be the class to drop? As right now she's doing enough classes, so I'm thinking something would have to be dropped should she start asking to try something else.
Am I right in thinking that Musical Theatre is the best 'all rounder' and Ballet, Modern and Tap and the ones to keep up for a good foundation.
I'm also very impressed that in her MT class they give lots of experience of putting together costumes, scenery, scripts, make up and production so would widen dd's knowledge, interest and appreciation of what work goes on behind the scenes.
It's really confusing!