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Question: Does ballet really help!?
well i'm a hip hop dancer and i just recently got a job student teaching one of the younger classes!. instead of getting paid for it, they might just give me hip hop lessons for free!. so i'm considering asking my parents if they'll use the money they used to spend on hip hop lessons for a ballet/jazz/tap combo-type class that, for all three together, costs a little bit more than the hip hop class i take now!. so my question is, will ballet help my hip hop!? i know it is the foundation of all dance and stuff but i'm wondering if it really will help me improve!. so if any of you have experience with that, i'd love to hear about it!. thx! also, will jazz or tap help too!? just wondering!. this is definitely something i want to do especially because i want to improve as a dancer overall so i think taking lessons in other styles will be helpful!. thanks! (i'm 15 by the way if that makes a difference)Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes!

It will help for many reasons!.

Because ballet is so structured and so precise, it helps you to understand HOW your body moves!. A good ballet teacher can teach you how to engage each muscle for a specific purpose!. It will help with general coordination and transitions between movements!.

Plus, the best dancers are versatile dancers!. The more experiences you have the more well-rounded you will be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have never taken hip hop classes, but I have done a lot of ballet, tap, jazz, and I am in a lot of musicals!. I will tell you that ballet very much helps with other types of dance!. It improves your balance, and the way that your moves flow together!. Ballet goes back to the basics of dancing, and it really helps you to understand the moves you are doing!. It breaks it all down into individual steps instead of just learning it as one!. This really helps to polish your dancing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was a ballerina my whole life and then when I got to high school I wanted to do hip hop and cheerleading and I struggled a lot with loosening up!. I really liked jazz and my ballet helped me a lot with doing the leaps and turns!. I would recommend anyone do tap because it helps improve coordination!. I loved ballet and pointe so I would recommend it to anyone but I don't know that it would really help with your hip hop!. Keep dancing! Anything you try will just make you that much more rounded!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes, it helped me!. my turns became sharper and my moves became better!. God blessWww@QuestionHome@Com