Tigaさんの おぼえた日記 - 2023年8月27日(日)

昨日は娘のダンス大会を見に行ってきました。

娘は幼稚園からダンスを習っています。小学校の高学年くらいから、現役でダンサーの仕事をしている若い先生（女性）の教室に入り、本格的に習い始めました。とても物腰柔らかな優しい先生なのですが、ダンスはとても難易度が高いです。全く踊れない私にとっては、彼女たちがどうやってあの複雑な振りを覚えているのか、謎でしかありません。

昨日のダンス大会には、他の教室の子供たちも多数集まっていました。それに加えて、家族や友達が応援に来ますので、かなりの人数がひしめき合っていました。マイナースポーツよりも、断然人気がありますね。今のダンスは。

娘は母親に軽く化粧を施され、少し大人っぽい装いになっていました。仲間の女の子たちもそれぞればっちり衣装を準備していました。かっこいい衣装を着て、大勢の観客の前で思い切り踊るというのは、さぞ楽しいことなんだろうと想像します。

娘は中学生になってもダンス教室を続けるようです。自分を表現できる方法を、何か一つでも持ち続けているのは、とても良いことなんだと思います。ダンスでも、楽器でも、絵でも、文章でも、何でも良いので。


Yesterday I went to see my daughter's dance competition.

Her daughter has been learning dance since kindergarten. When she was in the upper grades of elementary school, she entered the lesson of a young teacher (female) who was working as a dancer, and started learning in earnest. She is a very soft-spoken and kind teacher, but dance looks very difficult. For someone like me, who can't dance at all, it's just a mystery how they master that complicated choreography.

At yesterday's dance competition, many children from other classrooms were also present. In addition, family and friends came to support us, so there were quite a few people. Now dance is definitely more popular than minor sports.

My daughter was lightly made up by her mother, making her look a little more grown-up. Her fellow girls were all well dressed. I can only imagine how much fun it would be to put on a cool costume and dance in front of a large audience.

It seems that my daughter will continue the dance class even when she becomes a junior high school student. I think it's very good that she continues to have at least one way to express herself. Dance, musical instruments, paintings, writing, anything is fine.