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  1. Thanks for the replies and I'm glad some Of you find it it interesting! Lots of useful suggestions here - please keep them coming!
  2. Is there a database or list of not well known companies? My DD wants to "step off the rollercoaster " to quote another lovely thread I've been reading. She's looking to head into another career altogether. However, she would love the opportunity to still perform - part time for fun really. I have a feeling this idea is a bit "having your cake and eating it" but does anyone think it's at all feasible? I know she could still do workshops and master classes and so on but it's the performance aspect she wants to continue with on an ad hoc basis - and not for any pay. Sort of like EYB or something but for over eighteens! What does anyone think?
  3. They don't have a safeguarding policy or much regard for this, which is what gave me cause for concern. I won't say any more here but anyone considering the school feel free to PM me.
  4. DD currently at ballet school but is veering towards more MT/contemporary so may be useful information for the future.Thanks Harwell. is a diploma course like a foundation course?
  5. am I right in thinking Urdang is for age 18+ ?
  6. I will look into it - although if it's Battersea the location could be tricky (depending on class times). Thank you for the tip! Are there any others we know of?
  7. my DD won't have broken up yet - are there any other good Easter schools to be recommended?
  8. the other schools will snap them up! Onwards and upwards to everyone affected. xxxx
  9. We've had teachers supportive of NYB but not EYB due to perceived difference in standards.
  10. Thank you! good to hear experiences from those of you also on the spectrum...... it's so true that actually performing for an examiner is easier for her because she won't see the examiner again. DD has definitely mentioned this feeling. I guess the problem is with the rehearsing/practising with the class and teacher. DD has the dvd and practises religiously in the sitting room at home, but NO ONE is permitted entry into the room whilst this is going on... (fair enough though)! Especially not her older sister when she's home. Sadly, DD often comes out of the sitting room angry and upset, saying she just can't do it. But she does keep going though!
  11. what about at Central, where A'levels are optional I believe? Parents of dancers there who are doing A'levels get the child benefit, but those who choose not to do this extra studying don't get it?
  12. thank you so much for all the helpful replies. I will be talking to her dance teacher after her next class and see what arrangements can be made. I haven't used the ballet.co forum for what seems like ages, and as soon as I post again i get all this support.... thank you everybody!!
  13. Ah, thank you - I will talk to her teacher. Still interested to hear of anyone else's experiences. xx
  14. Hello everyone - my youngest DD has Asperger's (high functioning autism) and the symptoms of this, for her, include anxiety problems and "freezing", being unable to smile, finding it difficult to make eye contact, smile etc - which are are all exacerbated when she is out of her comfort zone. She is currently working on Grade 6 RAD ballet with a view to taking the exam possibly in the summer. As she is entitled to certain special provisions at school to help her cope with her GCSE exams, I am wondering whether there is any possibility of the RAD taking into account her learning disability in a similar way? She works so hard and is a lovely little dancer - just does it for fun and exercise, no ambition career wise, but only ever scrapes Merits in her RAD exams despite all her hard work and potential to be the best in the class, according to her teacher. Her older sister is at vocational school and never had any issues of this sort - sailed through exams, auditions etc with only the "normal" level of worry/anxiety. Dance teacher reckons my youngest potentially could have been maybe even better than her older sister! so her learning disability definitely has held her back - and I am now at the stage where I'm wondering whether it is worth informing the RAD of the situation. Or do they not recognise such issues? I wonder if anyone could let me know, or whether anyone has had or is having a similar experience with their DD? Thank you!
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