Dear All,
Newcomer dad here. Some thoughts please.
My daughter is 10 y.o. and has been dancing since aged 4 or so.
She is doing grade 4 or 5 level ballet (not exactly sure) and her teachers are ex Royal Ballet and Moscow Ballet.
She is 5'4" now, size 7 feet!, and has been invited to start dancing en pointe.
My questions:
Too young or OK?
Her teacher says already that she won't be a professional ballerina because her feet are "wrong".
How does she know and what is it that she sees? Therefore is it worth her going to pointe classes?
Also, will doing sports "interfere" with her dancing development?
She is a talented netball player, and is good at athletics.
(PS I am a doctor so I know about anatomy, growth plates, epiphyses etc, etc).
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions.
