17/09/2026
Another one I hear quite a lot.
“They’d love to dance but they’re not very confident.”
That’s ok. Like genuinely, that is ok.
Children don’t need to walk into class already confident. They don’t need to know what they’re doing. They don’t need to be the child who runs straight in and joins in with everything immediately.
Confidence is often the thing that grows because they start.
Because someone notices them. Because they’re given time. Because they’re not made to feel silly for being unsure. Because the room feels safe enough to try.
And honestly, 6, 7 and 8 is still little. They’re still working out new places, new adults, new children, new rules, new noise, new everything.
Some children bounce in. Some children observe first. Some children need a few weeks before they properly feel like themselves in the room.
We get that.
At SGDA, we care about good training, obviously. But we also care about the child in front of us, and how they actually feel in the class.
So no, they don’t need to be confident to start.
That can come later.
We have a few spaces for dancers aged 6-8 this term. If you’re not sure where your child would fit, message us and we’ll help.
