Need Help From Dancers/ Parents of Dancers

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Discussion Overview

The thread revolves around a request for data points related to pirouettes from dancers for a 6th grade science fair project. Participants share their own experiences or those of their children, providing information on the number of pirouettes and ages.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a parent, shares that their daughter has collected 12 data points and is seeking more from dancers.
  • Another participant mentions their own experience, stating they can do 3 pirouettes at age 21.
  • A different participant notes they can do 5 pirouettes at age 30, recalling their past dancing experience.
  • One parent shares that their daughter can do 3 jazz pirouettes and 2 ballet pirouettes at age 15.
  • Another participant mentions their daughter has taken dance for 15 years and can do 5 pirouettes at age 23.
  • Several participants suggest ways to gather more data, including interviewing dancers at a dance school or creating a sign-up sheet at the dance studio.
  • One participant expresses gratitude for the responses received, noting that the total has increased to 39 data points.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges regarding the best method to gather data, as participants offer various suggestions and personal experiences.

Contextual Notes

The discussion is centered on a specific project for a science fair, with participants sharing personal experiences related to dance and pirouettes.

Who May Find This Useful

Parents of dancers or individuals involved in dance may find the shared experiences and suggestions relevant for similar data collection efforts.

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My 6th grade daughter has a science fair project she is working on that needs 50 data points (dancers). So far she has about 12. If you have ever taken dance lessons your data would count.

She needs to know how many pirouttes a dancer can do and their age. They can be either jazz or ballet pirouttes.

The information she needs is
first name
last initial
number of pirouttes
dancers age in years

Thank you! --- Every single response will get us closer to 50.
 
I haven't danced in years, but I guess it counts.Brittany F.
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21The number isn't very high, but we didn't do pirouttes often in the classes I was in. Anyways, hope this helps!
 
O.k., it has been a long time for me as well and I am assuming you mean number of pirouttes in a row?

Shawna F
5
30
 
my daughter answered for you not sure if she can answer for bothAshley T
3 JAZZ
15Ashley T
2 Ballet (hasn't taken ballet since she was 3)
15
 
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Thank you to those that have answered !! :>

We are still a long way from my daughter having 50 data points -- so anyone else a dancer/parent of a dancer?

When I told Hannah I had posted here and received 3 responses she got a big smile. 50 seems like alot to gather when you are 12-years-old.
 
Terri C
7
31
 
My DH, Mike G. danced professionally with Boston Ballet. At age 30, he could do 5.
 
When do you need all the info by?
 
I can ask my daughter later & get back with you.
 
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I think we need everything by the April 15th. The Science Fair itself is the very beginning of May. So that should give her plenty of time to put everything in presentation form and write her conclusion.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
 
Have you thought about calling a dance school and seeing if your daughter could come in and "interview" the dancers there?
 
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  • #12
candiejayne said:
Have you thought about calling a dance school and seeing if your daughter could come in and "interview" the dancers there?
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She has been taking dance lessons for 8 years, the 12 that she has collected are from there. She seems to have a hard time asking the dancers she doesn't know.
 
If she is too shy to ask, maybe she could make a sign up sheet and hang it in the dressing room or another obvious place at her dance studio. She could have columns for the information she needs and tape up a pen on a string so dancers she doesn't know can participate.
 
If I can remember, I'll ask my daughter's dance teacher and maybe they can take down some info for me to pass along to you. She has classes on Wed. and Thurs.
 
my daughter asked some of her friends today when they danced at a benefitPayton m
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11ryanne K
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16Ashley p
3
16Katie E
3
14Brittany f
3
17ashley c
3
15ashlynn A
3
11
 
My daughter took dance for 15 years. I asked her and she said:
Jill
5
23 (her age now)
 
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WOW -- she is up to 39! It doesn't seem so impossible to have 50+ now.

Thank you all very, very much!
 

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