Dance, dance, dance
Put on a thin veil, stand on tiptoe and dance like a swan ... Many girls have had such a "swan dream" when they were young!
Now many parents want to send their children to learn dance, not to make them become excellent dancers, but to let them exercise their bodies and temperament and cultivate their interests. However, all kinds of reliable or unreliable news make parents hesitate: only children with good figure can go dancing; Learning to dance will make children "figure-eight" and not tall; Learning to dance is bad for children's bone development. ...
To this end, the reporter specially visited the dance instructor of the Song and Dance Troupe Culture and Art Training Center, the former ballet and China dance examination teacher of Beijing Dance Academy, and Yang Xinghua, a teacher of Beijing Dance Association and international tap dance.
Ballet or folk dance or Latin dance
At present, in Shanghai Children's Palace, ethnic dance and ballet account for more than half of the dance classes, but some art training centers also offer children's Latin dance classes. So, what kind of dance is suitable for children aged 3~7?
Q: Is ballet, folk dance or Latin dance more suitable for preschool children?
A: If you want your child to develop professionally, it depends on which congenital conditions are suitable for him; If you just want to cultivate children's hobbies and cultivate their sentiments, you can learn all three dances.
The teaching in the cultural and artistic training center of the Song and Dance Troupe is not commercial, and the charging standard is relatively low, and it is universal. Teachers also have corresponding qualification certificates. If you want your child to learn a major, you can go to the Cultural and Art Training Center of the Song and Dance Troupe and choose the corresponding dance class and dance teacher.
Q: Some mothers think it is too difficult for their children to learn ballet. Will it be easier to learn folk dance and Latin dance?
A: It is difficult to learn any dance, but if you take it seriously, you will find pleasure.
Relatively speaking, ballet is more professional, but it is the basis for learning other dances. Even if children learn folk dance or Latin dance, they should have basic ballet training in addition to soft opening training at first, which is very helpful for children to learn other dances in the future. Even in professional dance schools.
Q: Since ballet training is required, is it too hard for children?
A: Because preschool children lack understanding of music and dance, they can only imitate it. Therefore, in the first year to one and a half years of study, enlightenment is generally the mainstay. On the premise of playfulness and fun, let children gradually feel and understand dance. This stage is mainly to let children practice some basic movements with certain dance styles, such as Latin dance style or folk dance style, as long as children can grasp the rhythm and keep up with the music.
Children's routine dance training usually begins after primary school graduation.
Q: Will the training process make children feel bored and unwilling to learn?
A: In the process of teaching, we usually make adjustments to make this time as interesting as possible. For example, when learning folk dance, the teacher will arrange for the children to have half an hour of basic training and teach them some single movements of folk dance for half an hour. The rest of the time, they will connect the movements they have learned and make an interesting dance sketch for the children to dance with. In this way, the child's interest has always been high and he will not feel bored.
Q: Children's Latin dance is a "new thing". Do you think it is suitable for children?
A: Latin dance belongs to the category of sports dance. Now the Song and Dance Troupe Training Center is trying to do this project. As long as parents and children like it, it is not bad to learn Latin dance.
It should be noted that in the process of learning Latin dance, parents should prevent their children from maturing prematurely.
Will boys become "sissies"?
Many people think that children must be in good shape and beautiful when they learn to dance. They think this is a girl's patent, right?
Q: How old do children usually sign up for dance classes?
A: Generally speaking, children in kindergartens are in large classes, but at present, there are many children who come to learn dance at the age of three.
Q: Is there any requirement for children's figure when learning dance?
A: In the past, parents often sent their children to learn dance in the hope that their children would become dancers in the future. Therefore, when we enroll students, we usually choose children with better health.
Now more parents just want to cultivate their children's temperament by learning dance, so our enrollment scope has expanded. No matter whether the child is tall, short, fat or thin, as long as he wants to learn, we welcome him.
Of course, with the passage of time, those children who are more suitable for performing on stage will get more performance opportunities.
Q: Can children of any personality learn to dance?
A: My feeling is that it is not easy for children who are too introverted and "secretive" to learn dance well. Because dance needs passion, if it is too restrained and explosive, it will affect the expressive force and appeal of dance.
Q: Can boys learn to dance?
A: Of course. As long as he is interested, he should support it.
Q: Some parents are afraid that boys will become "sissy" when dancing. Is it possible?
A: It is possible! This is not caused by the dance training itself, but by the environment. If a single boy trains with many girls for a long time, it is easy to make his behavior more feminine.
If we can set up a separate class, bring the boys together and train them by male teachers according to the actors' textbooks, the situation will be improved.
Will children jump out of the "splayed foot"
When practicing dance, it is common to pull a ligament and learn to stand. But will these trainings affect children's skeletal development or make them "splayed feet"?
Q: Many parents are worried that their children will have splayed feet after practicing ballet. Is that really the case?
A: Many children come here to learn dance. Because the basic training of ballet requires "opening, stretching and straightness", dance can correct this. However, I have been teaching dance for 30 years, and I haven't found it yet.
Some children, after learning dance, will walk with a little foreign characters. This is a fact, but it does not affect their image.
Of course, it's hard to say if the method is wrong in the process of learning.
Teacher Yang asked a little girl who was dancing to come over and show me her walking and standing posture. It was natural. Under careful observation, I found that when she stood and walked, there was a slight splash, but it was extremely inconspicuous. If Miss Yang hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have noticed. )
Q: There is also a saying that dancing will make children grow taller. Is it true?/You don't say.
A: No. Being tall is a problem of bones, while dancing is a problem of body flexibility and pulling ligaments, which have nothing to do with each other.
Q: Some parents send their children to learn dance in the hope that they can lose weight. Can you achieve this effect?
A: Generally speaking, dancing can't achieve the effect of losing weight, but it can achieve partial weight loss, such as waist and abdomen. Therefore, dancing is impossible to make children completely slim down.
Especially children with thick thighs are not suitable for dancing to lose weight. Because in basic training, especially in ballet basic training, the strength is on the legs and feet, which will make the legs strong and make them look thicker to some extent. This is also the reason why ballet dancers must require long legs, so as to ensure that the legs still look slender and beautiful after they grow muscles.
What do parents need to do?
Every time a child learns something, parents always follow suit. Counseling and sparring are parents' responsibilities. Is it the same to learn dance?
Teacher Yang said, however, parents don't have to "dance with them". As long as you let your child play his interest freely, you can urge him to practice at home at ordinary times, and don't stare at him like tutoring his child to learn English and math.
Teacher Yang told me a story: once in class, she asked the children to put leg press on a pole. A father knows about it. After returning home, he let his children go to leg press every day. Sometimes he personally goes into battle and presses the child's leg hard, and the child doesn't know the pain. The child was frightened and refused to come to learn dance again. )
If parents really want to do something for their children to learn dance, then find a good teacher for their children! This is very important.