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...Their basic level of co-ordination is different. The kids who went through Citystep as fifth graders pick up steps quicker. They're used to thinking in counts. They are used to thinking in terms of right or left or up and down," Roth says. "I can teach a step in half the time that people in school programs do," she adds...
Having experienced dancers has proved so beneficial to the program that organizers this year founded the Step Ensemble, for third year veterans of Citystep. "The Step Ensemble is an incredibly talented group if kids," Roth says. Their training includes an intensive dance workshop in addition to working on the steps for the show, Roth says...
Despite the success of this year's group, Roth, who will co-direct the show next year, says she is uncertain whether she will continue the Step Ensemble. "I'm not sure we're going to do the same thing [Step Ensemble] next year because the group of kids this year was so amazing that we didn't want to let them go and they didn't want to go," she says...
...feel at times that it was a struggle to get kids there because often parents take their kids away on weekends or sometimes the parents need kids to watch younger kids," Roth says...
Further problems ensued because some kids were reluctant to come after missing a few sessions, Roth says, "Kids are sometimes ambivalent about coming. They are afraid that they won't catch up with the group or that they missed the crucial step." In attempt to mitigate this problem, Citystep instructors make an effort to work with these children before or after the rehearsal in "extra help sessions...