Getting The Most Out of Your Dance School

While the “studio” is the place we come to dance, Kehl is structured much like your child’s school.  We meet for “class” each week and build our skills over a 9 month school year.  

Dance class is a lot like school in many ways: your child explores new ideas, practices skills, solves problems, and develops friendships.  Unlike school though, dance classes don’t have a new grade level every year.  This can seem strange at first, but for dance education it’s very normal and expected! 

 Just like school, laying down and perfecting the foundation is a long term endeavor.   Perfecting the foundational steps of dance are critical to safety, body awareness and long term success.  For example, we learn how to do a “plie’” very early in class, and work to perfect it throughout a dancer’s life.  Helping set the expectation early that new steps are not learned every class, or even every year will prevent a student  from getting bored.  

Achievements in dance can be seen in small ways and big ones, and we advocate for celebrating both!  It may be just getting your child to enter the classroom without hesitation.   It is important for you to know that progress is taking place in every class and deserves praise!