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  1. It could be she has a shallow foot and needs a different shoe. The box of a pointe shoe is just like any box, (match box, shoe box) and has three dimensions, length, width and depth. The latter is known as the profile for pointeshoes. So even if length and width are correct the wrong profile will make it impossible to be in the correct position en pointe.
  2. As far as I know VFB weren't receiving any funding, and survived purely on income from tickets sales.
  3. It is worth auditioning just as a "practice run". Then if she gets offered a place that's lovely, but if not it is good experience anyway. A common misconception, particularly among the children, is that as JAs they will learn harder more exciting steps. This isn't so, it is about meticulous polishing of basic technique. Still lots of fun for the right pupils.
  4. OK thanks I didn't know NCDS does that. Laban has something similar.
  5. I thought Northern Contemporary Dance School only took at 18. One of my former pupils graduates this year.
  6. https://www.lsevacations.co.uk/Home.aspx https://www.ucl.ac.uk/residences/ucl-summer-residences Here are links to a couple of the University sites in London who rent out the student accommodation during the Summer vacations. They are central and fairly cheap. There are others too if you search online.
  7. Emeralds, no I didn't mean a maximum. I was not posting an opinion, merely passing on the information that stating a minimum height in audition notices is not uncommon.
  8. In Germany, following on from the previous posts. But this height limit is common in parts of Europe with a corresponding minimum height for men. Also in some companies worldwide. The are others who need smaller dancers so a maximum height may be specified. Always read audition notice carefully. It isn't discrimination, new dancers have to blend with existing employees and fit the costumes.
  9. Jane Landon who graduated RBS in the 1960s was 5ft 10ins. She was in the same year as Wayne Sleep and they were good friends according to his biography, quite a contrast! She joined Sadlers Wells Touring Company and I saw her dance several times - absolutely gorgeous. Eventually she moved to Germany where there have always been more taller dancers. In many auditions nowadays the minimum female height is 5ft 6 ins, 1.68 m.
  10. Is there a library near you that might accept them as donations? My late mother was a keen follower of classical music. Although only an amateur player she attended various residential weekends with lectures and had a season ticket to Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. When clearing out her belongings I found a box full of music scores. I couldn't bear to dump them so I enquired at Bournemouth library music department. They gratefully accepted them. The librarian said any that were good could go on the shelves and others or duplicates were often donated to music students.
  11. Do you still have the receipt? It should show the exact model, size and width, so you can check whether it is different to the shoe. Although if a mistake was made it might have been before they put it through the till.
  12. In today's Times 2 there is a lovely double page article on Olga Smirnova who will be appearing in Dance for Ukraine on Sunday.
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