Which is better?

[PlainJaney]

Which is better?

Taking a class for example for 3 hours once a month or a class for 45 minutes every week?

Thanks

 

[rowan]

45 minutes weekly - but that isn’t a really a lot - if that’s the only dancing they are doing and there are no other classes.

[Fiz]

I would imagine that 45 minutes every week is better in that it enforces muscle memory better. My dd's ballet teacher insisted on two hours of class from Grade Three onwards plus two classes of vocational grades every week so my dds were doing four and a half hours of ballet from the age of nine.

[PlainJaney]

Rowan, Not the only dancing they do.

It was a conversation between DD and her friend and DD said she would prefer to do a particular class every week rather than once a month although if I'm honest the once a month class her friend was referring to is probably better quality training.

 

[Pups_mum]

That's a really difficult question as it depends so much on the context. I would have different opinions depending on things like the age and stage of the dancer, what else they were doing and precisely what the classes were.

For instance, if we are talking about a child who dances multiple times a week and the 45 minute class is something non essential (for instance my DD used to do a class that was between 2 that she wanted to do and she preferred to do the extra rather than wait on her own) and the monthly class was a good quality associate scheme then I would think most people would say that the time and money was better spent on the monthly class. 

However, for a dancer who is not doing many classes the opposite might be true. Any skill needs regular practice and a monthly class without additional regular lessons in between probably wouldn't do a lot of good no matter how great the teaching was. Plus there would be the risk of injury to consider for a dancer taking a 3 hour class if not already doing a fair bit of dancing.

So my answer I'm afraid, is a very woolly "it depends"!

Edited March 4, 2022 by Pups_mum
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[Kate_N]

If it were the only class a dance student did - then 45 minutes each week, definitely! Once a month for 3 hours could be downright dangerous.

 

But if it's a master class - or extra training as in an Associates programme - in addition to regular weekly classes, then the higher quality class is better.  As @Pups_mum says 

33 minutes ago, Pups_mum said:

it depends so much on the context.

 

[Dance*is*life]

Neither are good, unless they're not the only class a student is doing!  45 minutes once a week is not nearly enough unless it's beginner ballet for 5 year olds!   And 3 hours once a month is, as someone already noted, dangerous - unless it was in addition to regular weekly training two or three times a week.

[PlainJaney]

They both dance several times a week and her friend does a particular associate once a month (not ballet). She does do a ballet one aswell.  DD found a similiar class on Sunday mornings close to home for 45 minutes and was saying to friend she might see if she could start that because then she would get additional training in this area like her friend. 

Thanks for the replies.