Amethyst Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Has any of you any experience of this? Just wondering how long after the closing date do you find out if you have a place ? Also it states in the website that for younger ones at Covent garden there is a supervised youth hostel. Roughly how much does this cost? Does it include meals? Are they supervised in travelling to the upper school? Any information would be a help. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletgirlsplease Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 The Upper School summer school is for 16 plus if I understand correctly. Hence they can have hostel places. The younger ones go to White Lodge for summer school. I'm sure someone else can tell you how long it takes for the places to be confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) My DD attended this last year and it was by far and away the best summer school she has ever attended. It doesn't match with school age so Upper School summer school is actually for those from age 15 (year 10) upwards. I can't remember the exact timings but I think you find out around the end March/beginning of April. RBS Upper School has its own accommodation for full time students and the younger ones can get allocated a place in one of these houses, but there aren't a lot of places and they tend to go to the overseas students (of which there are a lot) first and then those students that liver further away. If you are unsuccessful with a place in their own accommodation, they give you a list of suitable hostels/hotels which you can book and I think you get a reduced rate if you say it's for RBS summer school. Either way, expect to pay about £600 for 2 weeks accommodation on top of the course fees which I think are about £500 for 2 weeks. As always, people on low incomes can apply for help with funding. Edited to say: if you get a place in their own house accommodation, there is a house parent to supervise them. If you book a hotel or hostel then you are on your own. They get vouchers for reduced price meals in the Opera House staff canteen so can get a decent meal for about £5. Edited January 25, 2013 by Ribbons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thank you ribbons! That is a great help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 If you want to know exact time 'til a reply, I think I have the paperwork still in my filing cabinet- I will try and look it out. My DS got a supervised hostel place- he hadn't yet turned 15 so I guess it may be because he was younger (we are about 2 1/2 hours away door to door so couldn't commute daily). I think all the other boys in his hostel were overseas from what I remember. Included in the price of the hostel was breakfast and enough snacks to satisfy even those boys with 'hollow legs'; although they were told they should eat main meals at ROH the house mothers were lovely about the teenage boy requirement for 10 meals a day (at least that's what it feels like when he's home) and pretty much fed them constantly. There was a huge fridge completely full at all times (for the 16 boys in the hostel). So it ended up being quite a good deal cos he could otherwise have spent a small fortune on food.... They weren't supervised to travel to the school but tended to go in a bunch so didn't get lost. I did the run from the hostel to covent garden once with him on the day of registration, after that he did it by himself fine. If you don't have one I would completely recommend buying an oyster card (it's easy to do via the TFL website and they post it to you)- you can then load it up on day 1 and then not only is it half the cost of cash it means they don't have to faff around buying tickets/travelcards.... The house mothers were absolutely superb, can't speak of them too highly. Any problems were instantly sorted out (DS bent his oyster card in his back pocket and had to get another, one which they did for him) and communication was instantaneous. Hope this useful.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Celib, I think your description of the 'supervised hostel' is actually 'Wolf House' at Barons Court? If so, it is actually one of the Upper School's accommodation houses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 yes I do mean wolf house (kept calling it wolf hall much to DS's irritation). sorry if it wasnt clear that I meant RBS own accomodation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy girl Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Does anyone knows roughly how early the classes start each day and what time they finish? Wondering whether it is commutable, or whether there are any evening events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Written in error sorry so deleted Edited January 26, 2013 by Amethyst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Sorry didn't read that properly. I thought you was referring to the English national ballet course. Had busy day today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Does anyone knows roughly how early the classes start each day and what time they finish? Wondering whether it is commutable, or whether there are any evening events? I think it was roughly 9am-5pm. There were quite a lot who commuted in and some had train journeys of approx. 2 hrs each way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy girl Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsapassion Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Can anyone tell me more about the actual summerschool ie standard and if they do other types of dance and weather it is every day for the 2 weeks or do they not go at the weekends ... i cant seem to find anyone who has done it or maybe most come from abroad ..thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Hi, am trying to sift through the paperwork from last year, havent got all of it (am sure DS shed bits along the way) but this is what I can find school day classes are 9.30-11, 11.30-1, 2.15-3.30, 3.45-5 (breaks in between) there are 2 classes on the first sat, the rest of the weekend is free. the final sat is a half day as there is a performance. classes included classical ballet, contemporary, character, body conditioning, repertoire, jazz, musical theatre (and pointe and partnering as appropriate) I see from DS's class list that 7 out of 26 were from the UK. He said the majority were foreign. The summer school is BIG there were at least 4 boys groups of about 15 students, and I think more groups of girls. Groups were on the basis of age largely as far as I could tell... according to DS standard was mixed- he said most had a lot of potential but he didn't think all were particularly technically advanced. pastoral care was exceptionally good. I know others on the forum have said their DKs loved the school, my DS was less impressed but then he's very wedded to russian training so perhaps not surprising. hope this helps, any more questions I can help with let me know! Oh and finally, he got his acceptance letter Jan 3rd- have just found it! edited for typos! Edited February 4, 2013 by CeliB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Just wondering, is it pretty unheard of for a British non-vocational/ not RBS Associate dancer to get a place on this course?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belleballerina Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Not at all - I know of a lot of children who aren't RBS associates to get places and they certainly don't always give places to associates as priority. Obviously children who are currently at the RBS most don't chose to do summer school as they are there all year anyway and want to go home. However, keen vocational dancers from other schools will certainly get places! An older girl from our local school has done the course 3 years running - dd's best friend applied last year but was unsuccessful - fingers crossed for her this year! xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippinPointe Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Hi there, my DD did the summer school last year at Upper School and loved it. RBS expected them to be there by 9.00 latest to be warmed up ready for class at 9.30. They tended to finish the day between 5.00-5.30 pm. There were a lot of foreign students, and my DD really liked that she made some really nice friends from around the world. There were 3 groups of girls. Everyone's experiences are different and I can only comment on my DD's experience which was all positive 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsapassion Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 so do they just do one ballet class per day followed by all the other styles..... thank you for all your advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hi, have just had a reply from DS who says they did a ballet class for about 2 hrs in the morning, the rest of the day was the other stuff. Hope this helps! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasdebourree15 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Does anyone know WHEN the summer school applications need to be in by? The forms are available on their website, but there are no dates as to when they need to be submitted...I don't want to miss the deadline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think it is March 1st, but will check x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasdebourree15 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks swanprincess... I've looked at their website a million times but I can't find anything about WHEN the application forms for summer school need to be in by! Are you auditioning as well? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy girl Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Closing date is 1st March. Found it on page 3 of the application form! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 yes, it is 1st March. No, ive decided not to apply this year, because I didnt get in last year or the year before, so it doesnt seem worth the £20 application fee- id rather spend it on new pointe shoes!! xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasdebourree15 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Closing date is 1st March. Found it on page 3 of the application form! x Thank you Sassy! I couldn't find it anywhere! x And alright swanprincess. best of luck for any other auditions tho! x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 thank you, pasdebourree15! hope you get in if youre applying!! Xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest balletmum16 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Does anyone know when results are out for White Lodge Summer School? Thanks x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastel Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 They said by April - not sure if that means by the start or end?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest balletmum16 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Thanks pastle. By April sounds like end of March but who knows! Anyone remember when results were out last year - we're new to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Last year I got mine about March 30th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Autumn days Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The closing date was a lot earlier last year because of the Olympics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ah sorry, just checked my letters. I got my SA result on March 30th, but my summer school reply came January 3rd- a lot earlier than usual because of the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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