Jocelyn's dance class

Jocelyn took a dance class last Fall and loved it. It was taught in the basement of a neighbors home (the sister of a boy who played on Samuel's T-ball team, actually). It was a perfect situation. In a home, which was down and around the street a bit. Small sized (only 5 girls) and the teacher was preparing for her dance student teaching. She is a dance major at the Y and has taught their interpretive dance classes before so she taught it the exact same way for a lot less money. Although she was shy the first week or two she certainly warmed up to Miss Sarah and the other girls.

But when it came time for the "recital" for the parents she freaked out because their were male parents watching and would not move a step. She cowered in the corner. So I sat and watched the others dance. It was a little frustrating to go hoping to see what she learned all semester but the teacher reassured me she was not like this throughout the dance class. Phew.

Sadly, because she is now student teaching, the parents are looking for another teacher. How can I teach my daughter not to have stage fright? It's kind of foreign to me. I mean, I DO get nervous before I get in front of an audience, big or small. Don't get me wrong, I feel it. But once I am up there, it's easy. However, I don't remember when I learned to overcome that. Any suggestions? She did the same thing in swim lessons......