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  1. I was also wondering what sort of parts an older girl (16, working on Adv 1) might get. I couldn’t see anything about it on the other thread, and as it’s not a classical ballet I don’t even know what parts it has!
  2. The issue with that option is that if she’s doing stuff for adults, then I (or someone else) needs to be there. I’m not happy sending her to somewhere like Pineapple by herself. So then it has to work around my work and other childcare commitments, which makes it trickier than just booking her in for a week somewhere where everyone is DBSd and its set up to be safe. I suspect it’s what we’ll end up doing, but its likely to be a lot less than she’d like to do, just because of my availability.
  3. Frustratingly, The Place and Trinitiy Laban don’t seem to offer any summer courses for under 16s. Central do have one, but it seems to be much more ballet focused rather than the Rambert one, which was about half ballet and half contemporary. I will also have a look at Pineapple but if she’s going to classes that aren’t set up for under 18s then that’s a bit trickier.
  4. Dd really enjoyed it and would go back if it wasn’t a clash. I can’t remember how much pointe there was (possibly two sessions across the five days?) and she found the teaching really good. She enjoyed working with live musicians, too.
  5. Dd loved Rambert summer school last year, but the dates clash with another commitment this year. Can anyone recommend something similar? Ideally lots of contemporary, some jazz and ballet. She’ll be 15 by then, and in terms of level she’s done Intermediate in ballet. We’re London based but would consider something residential depending on cost / location / curriculum / safeguarding.
  6. My dd enjoyed SYB performances but hasn’t done the associates. She stopped doing them a few years ago as she realised that the girls in the ballet school and asssociates scheme were better known by the lady who runs it all, and that she was therefore unlikely to get any role other than being in the corps, which she’d done a few times. It was fun, and the lady who runs it is lovely, but dd now prefers to spend her time on other things.
  7. Has anyone been to the Rambert summer school recently? I couldn’t see anything about it by searching, and dd is considering it as she’d like a focus on contemporary. https://www.rambertschool.org.uk/courses/young-peoples-courses/summer-course/
  8. All sorted - new canvas ones arrived the day before (thanks to eBay) and she was told during the warm up at RAD HQ that she was able to wear them, despite what her teacher had been told beforehand. So all good.
  9. I plan to wash them, but from experience the ground-in dirt around the toe doesn’t come out, though it does fade. I’ve also ordered a new pair from eBay, which if I’m lucky might get here in time. I find getting dd to wear them damp works to stop them shrinking too much. So we’re sorted, either way.
  10. So after a weekend of making pointes into demi-pointes, RAD just confirmed to the teacher we don’t need them. But we don’t have any new canvas ballet shoes so it’s now a race to see if I can get some of those in time (the old ones are dirty and not exam-suitable). I did ask dd if she needed new canvas flats, and she said oh no... I’m just hoping dd’s feet have finished growing, because then at least she can use the demi-pointes for the next exam, which I assume will be after December this year.
  11. My dd was hoping to do her Intermediate exam without soft blocks, but has just been told they are once again mandatory. So a week to buy pointe shoes and turn them in to demi pointes (her teacher doesn’t approve of buying demi pointes). Just a little stressful, not to mention expensive…
  12. She has always hated camisole style scrappy leotards, ever since her first uniform one. I’ll have a look at the ones you’ve suggested, as she always likes cap sleeves anyway. Nothing too mature, she’s only 13! When you say the Just Ballet leotard, any chance you could link it? I’ve had a look on their website but can just see the Freed and Ballet Rosa cap sleeves, which may be a bit low in the back for her, depending how they fit (her teacher doesn’t require a particular style, but she discourages anything too revealing). And burgundy is lovely on her, so that would be perfect.
  13. I think we’ve got that one (Maddie?), she had it for an exam. The bottom worked, but the ruched top slid down too far for her to feel comfortable when she bent backwards, no matter how we fiddled with it. Perhaps that one with the straps shortened would work. Thanks - I’d forgotten about it as she’s grown out of it.
  14. Thanks! I think the right brand of letoard is what she needs - hot pants wouldn’t be allowed, I suspect. All the previous threads seem to be looking at bust support, but this is a different issue, so I’ll have a look at the brands suggested.
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