that is true, but if a dancer wants to do a certain style you have to let them. Yes she needs to learn other styles to get better, but if that style is what she is good at and what she loves you can't say anything against that.
instead of just continuing telling her to get into ballet class maybe it would be better to find a way to get her to love Ballet more so she is more likely to practice that. telling a child point blank to do something only goes so far if they are interested in doing something else
A dancer may want to do a certain style, but as a parent, you have to force them to do other styles...I know when my daughter was 10, she only wanted to do jazz/lyrical/acro routines , because those styles, are her strong point. She knew she would always place top 3 and win titles with those styles. It was me, as her mom, who also said, you have to do a tap & ballet solo, as well as jazz/lyrical/acro routines, she wanted to do. She didn't want to do them, but now years later, she agrees it made her a better dancer. And about 60% of the time , her ballet solo, placed higher and titled over her jazz solo. It's up to the teacher and mom to push their dancer out of a certain style and force them to try different styles. Abby may think she's hurting Nia and Chloe,by switching them, between styles, but she is actually helping them. With them being able to switch between lyrical to jazz to acro, every week shows how strong of a dancer those two are. Abby is actually hurting Maddie, more then helping her...With Maddie's dances, which are great, you can pretty much except a different costume and different music,but the same choreograph. Melissa, just wants a win for her kid,so she doesn't she the damage going on. If Maddie was my kid, I would say ,no more lyricals. Do more jazz, tap, acro solos with her, take her out of her confront zone and let her get top 10 or top 20 or not even places! Let her not get first and let her know it's okay to not always place top 3, and stop making excuses! They are hurting that little girl, more than they realize. Her breakdown durning the season finale, sent off warning bells for me. She is going to have a hard time accepting positive critique, if Abbby/Gia and Melissa, don't stop telling her she's the best dancer of the world and makes no mistakes...