Tots, parents and teacher use props and different kinds of music to learn basic motor skills and patterns. In Anne Robideaux's beginning ballet class at Peridance, children learn the first and second positions of the feet and all five positions of the arms. Once a child reaches the age of five, she is ready for her first modern dance class. Technique teaches you how to move efficiently. Improvisation is for the invention of movement.
Composition is about forming something that communicates and can be enjoyed by an audience.
Robbins starts teaching children at age five with small improvisational and compositional experiences that grow as their age and ability progresses. She does not teach style. BAX also offers classes specifically for boys. If Your Child Wants to Wear a Tutu Shelley K. Grantham is the program coordinator for the Perichild Program at Peridance. She emphasizes focus as the prime characteristic of children who are right for ballet.