ballet and cheerleading

[Guest ilive2danz]

As a cheerleader we're told to be very stiff while doing are cheers. Will this effect my dancing since in dancing your supposed to be relaxed? Thanks in Advance!!!!

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[Guest tutuclouds]

I dont think it would affect your dancing as long as you make sure you stay relaxed, wouldn't it be just like doing jazz, only a bit more stiff??? don't worry im sure yout ballet wont be affected, or at least it should nt be! rob

[Guest aeangel008]

hey there....I cheered for 7 years, and quit it to start ballet 2 1/2 years ago. I thought it would affect my dancing too when i began, but it doesnt. It wasnt that hard of a transition for me...i hope it goes smoothly for you too!

[Mel Johnson]

Cheerleading is detrimental to ballet when Parkinson's Law starts to take over. "Work expands to fill all available time"; this dictum works out badly when practices and games start to eat into class and rehearsal time. I wouldn't worry about being told to "be stiff". That's non-dancer talk for "pull up".

[Victoria Leigh]

There are going to be some people on this board who may be quite surprised at this, but, I was a cheerleader throughout 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. After that, however, it no longer fit into my ballet schedule. Not quite sure how I managed it the first three years! But, it was a fun experience, and did not seem to hurt anything.

 

I will add this, though, and that is when I was doing it they were not doing some of the extreme acrobatic things I see today, which could be a bit more dangerous in terms of injury potential.

[mom1]

Ms. Leigh,

 

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