Heidi the dancer

I never took dance lessons in my whole life. I cannot dance. I wish I learned it when I was little though. Heidi started ballet lessons when she was 3. It was a daycare program. She moved to a new daycare when she was 4, and had another year’s ballet lessons there. I never went observe her dance class. She didn’t dance at home either. The only time we saw her dance was her recital. They were sunflowers, so cute. But she didn’t like dance the way I expected. So when she was 5, she wanted to try cheerleading instead. She did cheerleading at the afterschool program when she was a kindergartener. She liked it better than dancing. We went to their end-of-year performance and it was good.


This year, Heidi is taking ballet and tap at a dance studio. This is my decision. I want her to try dance for one more year, hoping she will enjoy it. So far she still doesn’t like it enough and sometimes she complains about it. But there are also times she said she likes it. Her class is from 5-6pm. She is usually pretty worn out even before she goes. She may enjoy it more if it was at an earlier time. But with our scheduling, this is the best we can do.

I observed her class in Oct. I was very impressed by the little girls. They are so pink and cute! Heidi was doing really well. So far so good. She likes tap more than ballet, partly because she likes the tap shoes, and partly because she thinks ballet is too slow.

We will see how it goes this year and if she will enjoy dancing more eventually.