balletmum20 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) English youth ballet have released 2 audition dates, aylesbury and southsea http://www.englishyouthballet.co.uk/auditions1.html Edited July 25, 2014 by balletmum20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowmagic Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I can't believe they've chosen Swan Lake for Aylesbury when they did it in Oxford last year. My daughter was hoping she may have been able to try something different if she was lucky enough to be chosen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Have EYB ever been to De Montfort Hall in Leicester, or the Birmingham hippodrome? Am hoping they might audition there, as those are the only bigger theatres within reasonable distance for me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovetoDance2003 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I would think Birmingham Hippodrome would be too big a theatre. They tend to go for smaller regional theatres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taximom Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 They regularly do Wolverhanpton rather than Birmingham Hip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovetoDance2003 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yes! And in our recent experience, Stockport rather than Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoballetdance Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Swan princess I believe the closest may be the Wolverhampton grand theatre auditions xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Oh rats :-( We were really hoping for Aylesbury next summer. Dd won't want to miss any Associates or indeed GCSE revision time for an April performance. What a shame. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 They've done somewhere near Warwick in the past too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 They did Leamington 4 years ago, The practices were at Warwick My dd just completed Nottingham yesterday and its confirmed 2016 back to Nottingham. I'm sure we will here soon the next places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 2015 performances now listed in the September issue of the Dancing Times (but not all on the EYB website yet). Venues: Southsea, Aylesbury, Bradford, Shrewsbury, Southend, Stoke, Stevenage, Buxton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Stevenage??? Hooray! Do we know when? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I knew you would be happy as soon as I read that, Spanner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Stevenage??? Hooray! Do we know when? Er... audition date tbc, performances 16-17 Oct 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Over the last few years When dd was at home there was nowhere within a reasonable commute to audition. Now she is away there is one on our doorstep & one not too far away - typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pups_mum Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Oh no, I'm gutted. Nothing within a couple of hours drive for us again, and DD is running out of time as she will be 17 next year. I would love to know how they decide where to go, as to an outside observer it seems a bit random. A few years ago, they did Southport and Preston in the same season, and they are only about half an hour's drive apart. (Quite a few girls my DD knows did both.) This year they were in Stockport and next year are going to Buxton - again, 2 towns very close together - but then other areas will go for years with nothing at all. I'm sure there must be reasons, but it's very frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Anything about Cardiff?? Was hoping there would be something for the summer as they said they would be coming back in two years:/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Er... audition date tbc, performances 16-17 Oct 2015 Hmmm! Thanks Taxi. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Hmmmm indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcoom75 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 they usually do sourhport and Preston about every three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcoom75 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 pups mum my eldest DD did it at age 18yrs. you're just not allowed to be older than 18 eg 19 and above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutugirl Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Anyone know when Bradford is scheduled please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Bradford - Giselle, perfs 5-6 June St George's Hall, audition date tbc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemongirl Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Stevenage good for us too! Which ballet are they doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Buy your own Dancing Times, you lot!!! Stevenage - Sleeping Beauty, audition date tbc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 SOUTHSEA - Sleeping Beauty - Audition 3 November - Performances 6-7 March AYLESBURY - Swan Lake - Audition 18 November - Performances 24-25 April SOUTHEND - Coppelia - Audition 1 February - Performances 21-22 August SHREWSBURY - Swan Lake - Audition 9 March - Performances 10-11 July STOKE - Swan Lake - Audition - 1 May - Performances 18-19 September BRADFORD - Giselle - Audition TBC - Performances 5-6 June STEVENAGE - Sleeping Beauty - Audition TBC - Performances 16-17 October BUXTON - Nutcracker - Audition TBC - Performances 13-14 November 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Thanks Janet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitwornout Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 :-( none of them near enough for us.DD will be sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danceroo Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Would Stevenage be at The Gordon Craig theatre? Great venue and really close. Annoyingly the last ballet dd did with EYB was also Sleeping Beauty in Aylesbury 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Would Stevenage be at The Gordon Craig theatre? Great venue and really close. Annoyingly the last ballet dd did with EYB was also Sleeping Beauty in Aylesbury 2012! Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie4dancin Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Pups is Bradford not any good it's only 83 miles for us and a train ride away?!? Shame there's nothing nearer although dd probably has too many commitments todo EYB this year shame xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleep123 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Does anyone know what the rehearsal schedule is usually like? I know it must vary from venue to venue but do they tend to fall on a certain day, how many etc thanks. Also little DD has just turned 12 so would fall into the older group- how have other 12 year olds found being in the older group? Thanks for any advice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemongirl Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Sleep - they normally have about 10 days of rehearsals in a local school before transferring to the theatre for dress rehearsals and performances. Each day is 6 hours and it varies between 11-5, 12-6 sometimes 1-7. They are either at weekends or a block of rehearsals in school holidays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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