The most cherished dream of any parent is for their child to grow up healthy, strong, flexible, and resilient. Dancing helps to form correct posture, contribute to harmonious physical development. In addition, the child develops psychologically: he learns to control emotions and express them with body language, expands his social circle, gaining socialization skills, and so on. What kind of dance direction and school to prefer in St. Petersburg?
Instructions
Step 1
Many sports clubs have classes for children's fitness, rhythmoplasty and even Pilates. While dad "pulls iron" in the gym, and mom is doing yoga, the child will also find something to do. As a rule, boys and girls from 2, 5-3 years old are accepted into children's fitness groups. Kids dance to cheerful music. All classes are played in a playful way. Children's fitness exercises are a kind of mix of choreography, aerobics, gymnasts. Very often, balls, massage mats, trampolines are used in such activities.
Step 2
One of the greatest advantages of children's fitness and rhythmoplasty is that the instructors will teach your child to feel the rhythm, move to the music. In St. Petersburg, there are children's fitness classes at the Veselaya Karusel development center, the Growth Studio family studio, Fitness house clubs, Pilates for the little ones at the Primorsky sports club, and the Mir Detstva physical and aesthetic development center. The Alex Fitness chain of centers offers clients joint dance classes for moms and their children.
Step 3
Various dance styles are able not only to form a beautiful and toned body, but also to develop a child's imagination, to give him the opportunity to feel the true beauty of the most ordinary movements. Children of primary school age can learn the basics of folk and classical dance, get acquainted with modern dances in order to make an informed choice of one direction or another in the future.
Step 4
In the school "Order", the choreographic studio "Fantasy", choreographic groups and collectives at the houses of children's creativity, a comprehensive study of dance is carried out. Teachers teach not only technique, but also touch on the history and composition of the dance. If the dance group belongs to a municipal organization (a house of culture, a center for children's creativity, etc.), then it is possible that children will perform at city holidays, participate in festivals and competitions.
Step 5
Modern dance styles (hip-hop, house, tectonic, modern jazz and others) are represented in most specialized dance schools, for example, WonderDance dance school, Monplezir dance club, Joy Step modern dance studio, Teqilla Dance dance studio and others. Usually children from 9-10 years old are admitted to the younger group, but there are exceptions.
Step 6
When choosing an institution where your child will comprehend the basics of modern dance, it is important to take a closer look at the teacher. It is desirable that he has certificates of completion of professional courses or diplomas confirming victories in competitions. Street dance and modern jazz classes are usually taught by young teachers.
Step 7
Classical dance is the backbone. If you master the principles of the classics, and then switch to any other dance direction or any other sport, you can achieve outstanding results. In St. Petersburg, there is the National Ballet Academy, where boys and girls are taken from the age of 4. If you decide to send your child to a real ballet, then you should visit the competition at the Academy named after A. Ya. Vaganova. In the Alex Fitness chain of fitness clubs, classical dance is taught on a general basis, giving a fairly serious base.
Step 8
Modern ballroom dances with balls, where powdered ladies and gallant hussars dance the mazurka, are not connected in any way. Ballroom dancing is several varieties of waltz (slow, Viennese), foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, jive, paso doble. You can practice ballroom dancing for the sake of pleasure at any age, but you can break through to the heights of a career if you start to comprehend the basics from 5-6 years old.
Step 9
The school-studio of ballroom dance "Scarlet Sails" is well known to the residents of the Northern capital, because its pupils often take part in city and interregional competitions. The history of the club of sports ballroom dance "Rhythm", which is located in the Kirov region, has more than 70 years of successful work.
