dance

I told our gym owners that I could help them post job postings on chalk bucket since they were looking to hire some new rec coaches. However, they gave me a job posting for a dance instructor since they are starting a dance program out of our gym. I know that I can't post the dance instructor...

Hello! I'm excited to have joined this forum. I've been reading for a couple of months and have learned a lot, and have also been completely confused by a lot, lol. My daughter is 11 and was a competitive dancer until June, when she switched to gymnastics. She'd taken acro at the dance...

I've never seen it as we only have council telly ;). Dd's (6&9) have somehow discovered the YouTube videos and have got a touch obsessed, especially the 6 year old who tries to recreate the dances. Interesting when she has the coordination of a baby gazelle! Anyway should I get the dvd set...

My almost 5yr old is doing 3 pre-team class hours a week. I'm considering moving down to two hours weekly and starting her in a ballet/tap combo class once a week. My question: will the dance techniques conflict with the gymnastics technique? I feel like I've read something somewhere that...

Recently I have been considering starting dance to help my leaps and dance skills at the gym... But I don't know if I should start or not. Do you think I should? Sorry if this is unclear. :)

You could look at some of the "Hall of Fame" videos posted by some of the companies that sponsor dance competitions around the country. In particular, look for vides with boys in them---maybe hip hop?? I couldn't respond to your post since it was in the coaches forum...

My daughter (age 6) is anxious to learn more tumbling than they are doing on her pre team. We have the option to do private lessons at a cheer gym or a class at a dance studio. I know most moms on this board are wary of cheer tumbling -would a dance studio be a better option or should we skip...

My youngest dd does gym once a week for 2 1/2 hours in a development group and she also does Modern dance one a week, my dd has her grade 1 modern exam next Sunday and after letting the dance teacher know that my dd had hurt herself after a fall of the beam (told the dance teacher incase it...

So, I just saw a couple episodes of Dance Moms for the first time today. Wow... Abbey Lee Miller is literally the WORST coach I've ever seen. I'm a new aspiring coach, and watching this show has basically shown me what not to do while coaching. Even though this is for dance, and not gymnastics...

How do they get so flexible in the air. I have my splits all the way down. But I can't do a scorpion or big split jumps or leaps or hold my leg up.

My DD is about to finish up her level 3 season. Last year she took a year off of dance due to scheduling conflicts; but started back doing ballet (and tap and jazz) this year. One thing that her ballet teacher immediately started working on was her leaps. She explained that there is a...

I currently coach a preteam and competitive level 2 team. We've just had our first meet and the skills went well enough but we struggled in dance. Our kicks, pivots, heel snap turns, leaps, etc are weak. We spend a lot of time doing releve walks/lifts and kicks in gym but it isn't translating...

My question is regarding the straight leg leap and dance sequence. Can I have examples of what can be performed in this sequence? The 60 degree split leap is an absolute requirement? But it states that there needs to be a minimum of 2 group 1 VP or Group 1 Bronze skills directly or...

Who teaches dance at gyms who train elite female gymnasts, or for that matter for the national team? Do they every use dance professionals? Some U.S. gymnasts have beautiful lines but some baffle me (was watching some of the routines this weekend from nationals). Who in gymnastics is teaching...

This might be a silly question but in xcel what are the judges looking for in the dance elements of a floor or beam? My dd isnt much of a dancer. I have been watching her practice her routine and it just quit look like what it does when her coach is showing her. In compulsories dance is what...

I've always wanted to start dance. And I know it is harder to start gymnastics late than dance. My friend just got accepted onto the all american USA dance team! I've always loved to dance but never did it. I always did gymnastics or tumbling. Those were my sports. For anyone who does or did...

just like the gymnastics tricks have names, do all dance moves have names as well? my DD who is training for level 1 was learning some dance moves as well the other day. Its pretty simple but what would you call it? I will try to describe. My DD calls it "POP POP POP" 1. stand still, feet...

Okay, I am part of a circus society and we are putting on a show next semester and I have been asked to put together an acrobatic dance and was wanting a bit of help with what I should do in terms of acrobatics. So far I have Round off flic step out (can do multiple) Round off back tuck Flic...

At our annual extravaganza, we have a recital for the rec girls, an in house meet for our developmental teams, and an exhibition by our team girls. We make a big deal of it with ordering special leos for each group, real medals and trophies, and a big choreographed dance number for the team in...

Does your child also take a dance class ?