My 5-year-old went to her first ever ballroom class!

[ChaChaMama]

Wanted to share some fun news.

We took Naomi to Atlantic Ballroom for a kids class on Monday. She liked it! (She also liked going to Rainforest Cafe beforehand. I'm obviously not above, um, strategic incentive offering, a.k.a. bribery?)

Olga Chekhova was the teacher. They did the waltz box step and the cha-cha basic. She had a little bit of a hard time with the weight change after the feet close on the waltz box step, but she kept trying! I think there were 9 kids. (My lesson partially overlapped, so I didn't get to see all of it. CCP was there to whisk her off to a bookstore while I finished up.)

Hopefully this is something she can continue into the fall.

 

[njdancegirl]

ChaChaMama - how fun for her (and you and CCP!)

We have more in common...my almost 6 year old is starting her first class next Saturday! Just a 10 week beginner class for 5-8 year olds...figure it is a good way for her to get a taste of it and see if she likes it.

You know kids at that age...one day its ballet, the next karate, the next soccer and now ballroom. Just seeing what "sticks"!

 

[Warren J. Dew]

So how do these classes do on boys?

 

[ChaChaMama]

On the day we were there, I think it was 5 girls, 4 boys.
No idea how typical that is of the turn out.

 

[njdancegirl]

On the day we were there, I think it was 5 girls, 4 boys.
No idea how typical that is of the turn out.

Not bad in terms of boys...figured it was 9 little girls in the class.

 

[etp777]

Warren, , friends kids class runs 1/3-1/2 boys, and they tend to like it. Actually hadone llittle boy and girl (7 and 6 respectively, if memory serves) enjoy it so much that THEY came up to him afterwards and asked if they could compete together (generally we've had to push the kids into trying to compete as a couple. Actually, often have to push the adults too ).

 

[Glasswren]

That's great, ChaChaMama.

I hope Naomi will enjoy it at least as much as you do.

 

[Standarddancer]

On the day we were there, I think it was 5 girls, 4 boys.
No idea how typical that is of the turn out.

That's very good, ccm, at least the ratio of boys and girls are almost equal versus some adult classes more guys than ladies

 

[syncopationator]

Olga Chekhova was the teacher.

Olga is the greatest teacher ever!!!

yes, I may be a little biased...

 

[syncopationator]

So how do these classes do on boys?

I had my sister take my 10 year old nephew to a kids class one day. When she picked him up an hour later his exact words were:

"Mom, I will never forgive you for this!"

 

[_malakawa_]

congratulations to both.

this is how i started to dance.

 

[ChaChaMama]

Olga is the greatest teacher ever!!!

yes, I may be a little biased...

I thought you would approve!

I would venture to guess that she's employing a slightly different skill set teaching/corraling 4-6 year olds than teaching a dedicated and talented pro-am competitor , but from what I saw, she did a nice job.

 

[tanya_the_dancer]

I had my sister take my 10 year old nephew to a kids class one day. When she picked him up an hour later his exact words were:

"Mom, I will never forgive you for this!"

Typical boys.

 

[syncopationator]

I thought you would approve!

I would venture to guess that she's employing a slightly different skill set teaching/corraling 4-6 year olds than teaching a dedicated and talented pro-am competitor , but from what I saw, she did a nice job.

If you ask her, she'll probably tell you that I act like a 4 year old

 

[Warren J. Dew]

Not bad in terms of boys...figured it was 9 little girls in the class.

That's what I was going to guess too. Nice to see there are boys involved too. Maybe I shouldn't give up on baby Margaret dancing ballroom just yet.