My dd will never be a ballerina!

[SSSandy]

On Friday dd's ballet class had an open session, so parents could sit in and watch. She's just been moved up to a group with girls mostly a year or two older because so many little kids had joined the old class and she'd become too big for it really. I was amazed at what some of them could do and I have to say I didn't know where to look sometimes watching dd who seems to have no idea at all of how to move her body.

To me it's strange because I only have to watch people dance for a short time to be able to copy what they're doing and I really couldn't understand how if the teacher showed a leg pointed directly in front, dd would translate this into a leg bent wonkily to the side etc.

I'm wondering though if there's some reason why she has so much difficulty with it. It didn't seem normal to me. She told me she did the best she could and I said that's fine , it's just for fun and if she doesn't enjoy it she can stop anytime. Still I am a bit confused (and TBH disappointed) that she seems so uncoordinated still.

I don't think she has was it takes Admylin. She looks like a drunk elephant lumbering about. I'm sure she wouldn't have a successful audition.

I'm leaning towards giving up ballet and trying some other kind of physical activity instead. Not sure what she has a natural bent for though. We are going to Kung Fu this week with the Buddhist monks at the temple round the corner.

We tried the judo and karate clubs near our area but ds didn't like the group as they had been together too long , he hates feeling "new" if they aren't all starting at the same time. I think I will try and get him in the rettungschwimmer whatever it's called club to keep up his training, now I see how much school work we are going to have that is about all we can fit in as one day has to be for dd too but we all have to go everywhere together.