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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Irish dancers ARE usually skinny and tall!

I agree that age 7 is perfect for experimenting. If I were you, I'd find a local (non-competitive or lite competitive) dance school where she could do ballet and jazz, or hip hop and jazz. Ballet is the best foundation, but the most "serious." If you had enough time in your week, and enough desire, tack on Irish. Try this for a year and see what she's liking.

My daughter was a mediocre dancer, but found that she loved the acro skills in her jazz class. So she picked up gymnastics and had a good run with that -- wound up competing for a few years, though she was technically "late" to the sport. [/quote]

While many Irish dancers are skinny and tall, you certainly don’t need to be.  My daughter is neither.  I love the community at her school bc it emphasizes anyone can do Irish dance and doesn’t press competition.  Also love that there are no mirrors and no skin tight clothes so she doesn’t spend her time staring at and feeling bad about her body.  [/quote]

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