@MidwestMTMom and @muttsandMT my D is a junior now & attends an arts high school. we have always struggled w/ the schedule and doing shows or doing training . Even though she gets training at school with all her voice and dance, she could stand to take more dance. However there simply isn’t anywhere to fit it in. She tried last year & ended up missing so many classes that she had to drop the class.
I would say from my experience as my D is like so many others, doing theatre since elem school, try to get dance in if possible and as much as you can . It seems to be the weakest link in MT students from what I see at her school, Unless your child started out as a dancer and switched to MT. I just think more dance will make things easier down the road for him/her & could possibly make a difference when it comes down to 2 talented kids who can both sing and act… It could be the tie breaker, ya know? I think it is the reason my D was recently waitlisted at a summer MT college intensive. She belted & acted her way into the final selections and since the school is known to be dance oriented, I think the dance call got her waitlisted. I’ll never know but she thinks so too and she was there lol!
Anyway we are gearing up for this crazy ride next year so it’ll be interesting to see what happens!
And yes CC is both a blessing & a curse :))