Anonymous wrote:This is normal for dance - I have pictures of myself from 30 years old wearing lipstick and blush for recital at age 4. It's not like the kids are wearing this to class every week.

And blue eye shadow. The light blue frosted kind.

Anonymous wrote:Are they also asking the boys to do this?

NP here, but for plays and ballets, yes— the boys also wear makeup. Nothing to do with gender in this case.

I tried to run away from home (in my tutu) I was around 6-7 because I didn’t want to wear makeup for my ballet recital.

This is normal for dance - I have pictures of myself from 30 years old wearing lipstick and blush for recital at age 4. It's not like the kids are wearing this to class every week.