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Is Pluto a planet?
Yes 43%  43%  [ 26 ]
No 57%  57%  [ 35 ]
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24 Jun 2012, 2:34 pm

Pluto is not a planet.

I took Ballet when I was 3-4. Shockingly, I was very good at it. No one knows why because I wasn't good at anything else athletic. However I quit because I did not like wearing the leotard and tights and they would not let me wear anything else. And there was going to be a recital and the anxiety of getting on stage in front of people, even at the age of 4, was enough to make me quit. I quit before the recital.



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25 Jul 2012, 9:31 am

No, but I did rhytmic gymnastics. Sadly my body was as flexible as a stick.

And no, Pluto is not a planet. I had a dream one night, I was watching Pluto, and I saw it as an irregular fragment of ice. I like it anyway.


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25 Jul 2012, 1:08 pm

Solvejg wrote:
I did calesthenics when I was 6 to the age of 7 and was kicked out due to being too tall.

It is no great loss as I am not the dancing type. I refuse to put my 3 yr old Aspie daughter into dance with all the other girls her age because she is already the height of a 6 yr old and towers a head height over the other 3 yr old girls. I don't want to push body insecurity issues from a young age.


As someone who was big for her age, I applaud your decision! (see my post above) There are lots of other ways for children to develop coordination that don't involve such an emphasis on conforming to a certain "aesthetic ideal".



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25 Jul 2012, 4:19 pm

I like the pluto thing being totally out of context. I find that amusing. Pluto is a dog.

Parents put me in some classes I didn't really want. Ballet, tap, and jazz class combined for less than a year, and then we moved. Ballet and tap were ok, but what I really liked were the stretches, which grew into a lifelong use of yoga. What I liked least about the classes was the noise level and chaos. Practicing at home was better.
I would never be a ballerina but I think the classes helped me be more graceful and helped my balance and awareness of posture...but not body/facial language.



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27 Jul 2012, 9:08 pm

I used to, but then I quit because I was too uncoordinated



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27 Jul 2012, 10:12 pm

When I was about 8 or 9 I took ballet lessons, by choice, for about 6 weeks before refusing to return.

Although I don't remember saying it, my mother still laughs when she recalls me telling her: "I wanted to learn how to dance, not have that b!tch (ie teacher) yell at me".

I still have a low tolerance for that sort of treatment and a tendency to run from conflict so I can imagine how it went lol!



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28 Jul 2012, 8:50 pm

hale_bopp wrote:
I was forced to do jazz ballet when I was a kid, but able to quit after 2 years simply because the girls were little b*****s.

I was good at it, but no-one should put up with that treatment.


I did jazz ballet as well when I was four years old, but I quit because I felt sooo stupid looking in the pink tutu I had to wear. I just felt embarassed with my mom and dad up there in my stupid tutu.
How weird is it for a four year old to even think about that?



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29 Jul 2012, 7:00 am

I got tricked into clicking "no" on the poll :evil:

Never did ballet. Wasn't really into girly things except a bit of Barbie and dress up (apparently anyway) but I grew away from that and never enjoyed being girly.

Pluto is a planet though because that's what science taught me o_o



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29 Jul 2012, 7:21 am

Nope, but I'm always toe-walking.



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24 Nov 2012, 2:55 pm

I take ballet and I love it. I am quite guilty because I am very bad with practice and rarely go over things. I guess I am just rather lazy and for this fact I will not grow to be very good. however since I only pursue it as a hobby this in not dire (still want to grow to at least be able to teach but...) I like to dance around the house and sometimes at school, without thinking I will just dance! I have gone onto pointe this year and love so much even though it hurts. I love the Romantic era ballets and tutus. Ballet is a magnificent art! honestly though my love for it started as only a little girly pretty thing like at 2. thank goodness I hate to let my interests go or else I would quit like everyone else in my class after growing out of it. I am glad that I can love it in a more realistic way now.



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24 Jan 2013, 3:06 am

I did ballet, tap and jazz from the ages 7 - 12 (nearly 13). i loved it and it helped with my balance and coordination, but not with my timing. I was always afew beats behind everyone else.



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26 Jan 2013, 5:44 am

No to both :P.



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27 Jan 2013, 8:28 am

I did ballet but got kicked out for being naughty :lol: