The Crying Child in Dancing School

The crying child at dancing school
This, no crying, goes for everyone, not only the students, the parents, your teachers, your receptionist but most of all you. Do Not Cry at the Studio.

We all have our ways to get the crying child into the classroom. I usually let all the parents come in at the beginning of the first lesson (and maybe even the second lesson) while I talk about how much fun we are going to have today. It is better if the parents don't carry the dancer into the dance room. That makes it harder to pry them out of their arms and onto the floor. If they are already standing on the floor it is a lot easier to get them on their places on the line or on the color and then say:

“OK, everyone who doesn’t have on tights and a leotard or ballet shoes or tap shoes (or whatever the class is) has to leave now because the DANCERS are going to dance. That usually does the trick. The parents look at you like "ME??? I was going to watch.”

Hahahahahahah   "No, you aren’t going to watch", so get on into the lobby or go to Starbucks for coffee or whatever you want to do while I'm working/dancing.

By this time the dancers have had a chance to see you are really nice and the music is playing and everyone is dancing and we are all having a great time. Usually works. I like to start off with the “Tickle Me” dance with marabou ticklers. They love it and it gets their minds off being sad because we are getting tickled. 

This is so common that this year I did a Song called “No Crying in Dancing School” that will be out in the summer of 2015.  
Remember: There's no crying in dancing school!