What to expect at your first dance class

Every parent who rings us asks some version of the same question, and it is never about technique. It is: will my kid be alright in there?

So here is what actually happens.

What do we need to bring?

Comfortable clothes your child can move in, hair tied back, and a water bottle. That is genuinely the whole list. You do not need a leotard, you do not need shoes, and you certainly do not need to buy anything before you know whether they like it.

Once they are enrolled, the DFX Dance Shop is on site and we will fit them properly. Shoes are the one thing you should never guess at online — a half-size out in a tap shoe is a blister by week three.

What happens in the first ten minutes?

They will be met at the door by name. We will introduce them to the teacher and to one or two students in the class, because walking into a room where you already know somebody is an entirely different experience to walking into a room where you do not.

Then they join in. There is no assessment, no line-up, no being watched.

Can I stay and watch?

You can wait in the parents cafe or the lounge — both are a few steps from the studio doors. Most parents stay for the first class and then discover the coffee.

For the youngest classes we usually suggest you sit outside the room rather than in it. Three-year-olds are remarkable at ignoring a teacher when a parent is in the line of sight.

What if they hate it?

Then they hate it, and you have lost 45 minutes and nothing else, because the first class is free. Sometimes a kid who is bored senseless in ballet lights up in hip hop. Tell us what happened and we will try them somewhere else.

What if they love it?

Then you are in the DFX family, and we will see you at the concert.

Ring us on 0425 783 743 and we will find the right class for your dancer.

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