Tina Twinkle Toes

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Home Information and Term Dates Timetables - Claremont Timetables - Wembley Retail Dancewear Tina Twinkle Toes Andweina and Lucy Love to Dance Teach Me To Dance DVDs Contact Us	Interview with Tina Twinkle Toes Dancescene staff have a lot to do with the local dance scene in Perth. We have recently interviewed a number of aspiring young ballerinas in Perth, Western Australia and this term we feature a very highly regarded young dancer and one with her eyes focussed firmly on achieving her very best. She is passionate about ballet and excited about her future in dance. We thought we’d ask her some questions that might be of interest to other young dancers browsing this web site. If you have a particular question you would like to ask our dancer this term please use the ‘contact us’ link on this website and our dancer will respond. For privacy we haven’t used this dancer’s real name and have instead chosen to call her ‘Tina Twinkle Toes’. What age were you when you started dancing? I was three years old when I started dancing. What is the highest mark you have received for an examination recently? My last exam was Advanced I (RAD) and I passed with Distinction. How many classes do you attend a week to maintain such a high level of fitness and good technique? I do about twenty hours a week. I take classes in classical ballet, contemporary dance, composition, Spanish, theory and music. Do you want to be a ballerina when you leave school? Yes, I would love to dance with a professional ballet company one day. What sort of training do you recommend someone wanting to be a professional dancer should undertake? I think lots of different styles of dancing help to make a rhythmical and confident dancer. Maintaining a regular stretching and conditioning programme is also a very good idea. Do you have to be a particular build to be a successful dancer? Well, generally ballet dancers are very petite but there is a growing trend throughout the world where dance companies are selecting dancers on the basis of possessing an X-factor along with brilliant technique – so perhaps the build is not as important nowadays. Having said that, I don’t think dance companies are going to select dancers who are very overweight. What advice would you give to a young child starting ballet classes? It’s a good idea to start dancing when you are young because children can gain flexibility quickly. When you’re older it gets increasingly difficult. Can you remember what you loved most about doing ballet when you were a young child? Definitely, I absolutely loved the beautiful music and the amazing costumes, especially the tutus. What was the worst thing? I can’t think of anything actually. I have always loved dancing so much, but there are some children who don’t like the extreme strictness of some ballet classes. Does a ballet dancer have to adhere to a particular diet and if so what sorts of things should dancers eat a lot of and why? A ballet dancer has to eat a healthy and well balanced diet, not only to maintain an ideal weight but also to maintain good energy levels and to stay healthy. Fruit, vegetables and some carbohydrates are very good for dancers to provide them with consistent energy. Thank you Tina Twinkle Toes for your helpful comments.
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