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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First time I am hearing of competitive dance. What kind of dance is it. Where do you do it.[/quote]

Most dance studios have a competition team (except studios that only do ballet). They can compete in jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet and/or hip hop. My daughter is on a team and her age group has 3 competitions a year. At each, they enter into 3 categories but some groups do more or less. Plus kids can enter a solo, if they want (which means a buying a set of private lessons so one of the dance teachers can choreograph and coach them through a solo). 
The competitions themselves are a total racket, as people have pointed out. Anyone who pays can compete, judges give out meaningless awards that they practically make up, tons of hardware awarded. I was never a dancer but somehow I gave birth to one. She LOVES the competitions and ultimately I think they're good for her. She's pushing herself, handling stress, feeling accomplishment. The exercise is good, she's found a sport and friends she loves, she's getting better through each competition. She'll probably keep dancing through high school and this is part of the process. 
I totally get the hate for these things. But they have good sides, too. [/quote]

Everyone I know in competitive dance bailed around 7-8th grade.  They want to become more a part of their high schools social scene and sports- but it becomes slightly hard bc they aren’t good enough at any sport to play at a competitive high school level since they spent so much time on dance teams.  Most end up doing cheer.  Please encourage your child to do other sports besides dance [/quote]

Why? She’s definitely not going to play a high school sport. She’s very small, not particularly fast and not very aggressive. Dance is great for her. She tried lots of sports when she was younger, can swim and play tennis. Some girls will stick with this dance team through high school (and not cheer) and that’s more than fine with me. [/quote]

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