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[quote=Anonymous]So... she's 5? She does not have a "ballet background." She took a movement class for a couple years. Which is good! But preschool ballet isn't really ballet and is fairly indistinguishable from other dance classes at that age. I personally worry about kids getting hurt in cheerleading. I also worry about that with gymnastics, but if you pick a good gym, the level of stuff they do at this age (5-7) is generally not that dangerous. In cheerleading, I feel they push the tricks too fast without proper technique/training beforehand. Instead of hip hop, sign her up for jazz dance classes. Easy to move into hip hop later and will give her a better basis for technique than just doing hip hop classes right away (I'd also consider dong more ballet, honestly, but only if she likes it).[/quote]
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