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    Parents Now I feel stupid.....Dance update

    I vented here about being frustrated about DD's dance scheduling for the summer. I finally called yesterday to ask the teacher personally about the class and she acted really confused. It seems the receptionist did ask her and she emailed me weeks ago right after I asked! They had already...
  2. B

    Should i quit gymnastics for dance?

    Hi I'm a level 7 i have been doing gymnastics for 5 years and just got back from a injury i broke my arm then wen i tried to come back to gymnastics i had torn my cartilage so i needed surgery i just came back from it and my arm still hurts I'm having trouble getting some skills back i have...
  3. G

    Dance and poses for beam and floor

    hey guys, I have a competition coming up. At this competition we compete 4 skills on each apparatus except vault. It's really good because we can compete skills in higher levels (our best skills). I'm having trouble finding unique Poses for beam and floor and Dance sequences for beam and floor...
  4. coachmolly

    Coaches Making Dance More Fun

    I have a group of girls ages 7-10ish who we are trying to prepare to move into the pre-team group within the next few months. I've attempted to started working on little dance things to get them on the right track, but it's met with extreme resistance. It's just really basic stuff- turns, jumps...
  5. B

    Scoring required dance connection with unrecognized element

    In the required connection of a dance element with a leap to a 180-degree split plus a second (dance or acro) element, if the second element is not done in proper form, does the athlete lose not only the possible connection bonus but also the half point for the Special Requirement? (The specific...
  6. C

    Anyone in dance too?

    My daughter will be turning 4 at the end of next month. She's been in gymnastics since age 2 1/2 and she loves it. She currently goes to 2 gymnastics classes twice a week but has recently been asking to try ballet in addition to gymnastics. I heard ballet class can really help one become a good...
  7. E

    Dance lessons for gymnasts

    Just have a question....my daughter is new to gymnastics (only been in for 1 year now)...Many of our girls have a lot of dance experience, and I notice that my daughter has difficulty in this area. My dd has mentioned to me that she would like to look into taking dance lessons. Does anyone...
  8. G

    gym and dance at the same time- mean team mate

    okay so i have a few things that i want to ask: firstly this coming saturday i have gymnastics on the exact same time as i have a dance rehearsal and annual photos :/ i am choosing to go to gymnastics as i love it more than dance but i know its a bad choice since we have 3 concerts coming up and...
  9. B

    MAG Ballet/Dance in your MAG programs?

    Feedback, results, commentary? I am wondering of the "Real" usefulness of it for beginning boy gymnasts. However, I do know some programs do not even bother with competing L4 and I'm coming to understand why now.
  10. gym monkeys mom

    Dance

    Our Optional and Compulsory teams each do dance 1 hour a week at the gym. This is lead by a qualified dance teacher we really like. Some parents have been asking what does she work on and how does it help. She is not by the way the one who writes routines. The coach who writes routines is on...
  11. D

    Dance and gymnastics

    How large a role does taking ballet class or any dance class play in an Elite gymnasts schedule? It is always suggested that gymnasts take dance. But I wonder how many successful gymnast actually take dance. I know Nastia Luikin had two classes a week of dance in her gym. Our gym does not...
  12. L

    Advice for someone w/ a dance background?

    I recently started gymnastics, but have many years of ballet training. One of the coaches at the gym asked if I was a dancer and was explaining some stuff to me by comparing it to dance training. ex. a hurdle to a sissone or how in dance you keep your shoulders down but in gymnastics it's key to...
  13. D

    Floor deductions for dance

    It seems the girls work a great deal on the the dance part of their floor routines and very little on adding the tumbling until just before a competion. My question is isn't the dance part a very small deduction such as .15 artisty and .10 rhythm. It seems they should put more time into the...
  14. MdGymMom01

    Summer Dance Camp (Cross-training is always good!)

    My dd did a summer dance camp with her ballet studio. They learned a lot in just one week. Dd had a blast!!! She is the first one to come out in the white skirt in the first routine and then she is wearing light blue shorts in the other numbers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw8EVWeeCLA
  15. G

    What is your favourite pose/dance move?

    Just wondering what everybody's favourite pose and dances moves are? On beam and on floor. Show a picture or if you don't have one descibe it.(I need help coming up with some cool dance stuff for my routine so please reply.) Thanks. Here are mine: Poses...
  16. T

    Lackluster Dance

    There are many threads here on Chalk Bucket that discuss the age old complaint about floor routines with lackluster dance. Tumbling and acrobatic elements seem to out shadow dance elements. Passion and emotion is devoted to to hard tumbling and the dance elements receive lip service. Gymnasts...
  17. MdGymMom01

    Dance Fairies needed for this weekend's performance of The Nightingale

    Hi All! I haven't posted in a while--we have all been crazy busy with school coming to an end, gymnastics and Jiu-Jitsu practices, dance rehearsals and recitals, and the usual day to day stuff. This weekend Dani will be performing in the ballet The Nightingale. It is supposedly a very...
  18. A

    why are half of the DANCE moves in gymnastics so weird and awkward looking?

    i mean, i have always wondered why some of gymnasts' dance moves (even elite gymnasts) are so awkward and kind of lame? i mean, dont get me wrong, i am a huge gymnastics fan, and i know that gymnasts are extremely coordinated, but shouldnt they be doing more graceful dance moves? i feel like...
  19. S

    Need help with beam dance!

    Okay so I am a level 9 and we have to look up cool dance moves and stuff to put in our beam routines. I have no clue what to do and can't really find anything cool. I am looking for stuff like Casey Jo Magee's turtle spin if you are confused about what kind of stuff I am looking for. If you have...
  20. G

    Dance classes to augment gymnastics??

    I was curious about dance lessons to help with poise and floor. Have you ever done or put your dd in lessons? If so was it a regular class or privates with a dance instructor. How many and how long? Did you notice a difference? At what age did you start the lessons? Do most gymnasts take...

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