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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At what age did she quit?

My DD is almost 10 and really loves dance.  She started with the competitions two years ago and seems like she won't want to stop anytime soon.  Right now she dances three nights a week and her studio only participates in two competitions per year, so it isn't all consuming like Dance Moms type of competitions.  My DH was commenting tonight that he hopes she quits in another year or so so she can do other activities.  My thought is, if she loves dance, let her put her time and energy into dance.  One of my friends made the comment that "most of them quit by 7th or 8th grade because they feel like they miss out on time with their friends".  I am just curious if this was true for your DD.  My DD has made a lot of good friends through dance so she is technically spending time with friends while she is there.  Anyway, just curious how it went for your girls.[/quote]

Mine danced competitively as 5-6 days a week and competition all over the west coast 2 times a month. We didnt see any of them quit because they "missed out"most of their friends danced also. Tell DH the other activities she will pick up after dance is...........boys. He may want to rethink that view. If anything i would find a new studio that does more than two competitions a year if she likes dance. They cannot be very competitive at only two a year. If anything in a year or two they will be getting crushed by teams that compete more and become discouraged. I saw it a lot. People mean well when they say winning isn't everything but no one likes to loseconsistanly. it is soul-crushing. [/quote]

I never actually answered your question, sorry. My oldest continued and got scholarship offers at USC and UCLA, she chose USC. My middle, in some people opinion the better more athletic powerful dancer got a scholarship to UCLA and chose Cosmetology School.(?????, I know) She stopped dancing, its ok she is doing well and making good money doing what she loves, she is a very aggressive marketer. Like others have said it depends on the child and listen to them. Mine both loved it one continued the other said "done" dropped it and moved on. Each child is different, the old one that continued is more graceful and soft nature works harder to perfect things, maybe thats why she kept going. The younger one was a natural, sleek athletic and powerful, picks up everything very fast. We lived in Las Vegas when she was about ten and had been dancing for 4 years, she and her sister would ice skate some times in the early morning. Surya Bonaly the French skater and her mother who lived in Las Vegas also would be there in the mornings, they saw her a few times skating and were so impressed with her athleticism and power while being graceful at that age they wanted to train her to compete. She had no interest , trained and played around a bit but didnt want to do it. She said it took her over two years to skate  with that speed and power and then had to develop the gracefully flow my youngest had naturally, kid didnt want to do. She thought it was boring. [/quote]

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