emsloves2dance

emsloves2dance - the new minimum age for IF is 11. If your daughter is already 11 then she can take her IF in November. Grade 6 or 7 also have 11 as minumum age. My IF students range between 11 and 13 and then I spend a year preparing them for Inter and also teaching them Grade 7 (they take the Grade 7 exam that year). The following year they take Inter, when they are between 13 and 15. Occasionally a talented child will jump a year, so that they take Inter when they are 12. I have one student who passed Advanced 1 with Merit at 13. I would have preferred to hold her back a year, but it was either then or not at all, as I didn't have an Advanced group the following year. I'm not sure that it really matters what they do as long as they advance and widen their horizons with different styles and dance regularly.

HI Dance*is*life

my post was in April 2012 wasn't sure if you had realised, she did Grade 5 that June, Inter foundation in the November and Grade 6 a couple of weeks ago so no problems with age for us she is progressing quite happily

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Does anyone have a long chiffon skirt they no longer need that I could buy? Either black or burgundy with elasticated waist dd has her rad grade 6 exam coming up and needs one :0)

Hi my DD is a York Scholar (also aged 12) i have no idea how many spaces they have but they have 3 groups they are staggered but start around 12:30 to approx 4pm.  They do 2 classes either repertoire or contemporary then a normal ballet class hope this helps    

Well Done to your DD Brilliant News x 

Hi my dd does their associate class and from what I know of them its very good. I know they have one of their cat students has just been accepted at royal upper school.

Oooops don't know how i managed that face its meant to be smiley .... Not very technical ! X

Congratulations All4dancers we are so happy for your dd she is a beautiful dancer and deserves this opportunity ) xx

Thought it was Superb !! Dd went looking for C... in the interval but couldnt find you all ....hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and managed the carpark ok ..... Xxx

Hi ballet co...

We are getting ready to go to the theatre to see Birmingham Royal Ballet perform Aladdin DD's first proper look out since becoming unwell last November... I am slightly nervous about it all going smoothly, getting parked and walking with crutches to the theatre and her having a long evening!!

I'm sure it will be worth it

 

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Hi Alexa, have you considered her auditioning for York Scholars? (louise browne scholarship centre) they hold weekly associate classes, DD attends and loves it and the quality of teaching is excellent, if you have a look on their website auditions are in may i think x

Huge well done to your DD Klaris x

Thankyou Kat09, rachaelb12,tutugirl, Juliew we can always live in hope... Theodore well done to your son a lovely journey about to begin for him ...

Sorry if i misunderstood your post spooky but i wasnt making assumptions as Dd received her letter and it clearly states there is a reserve list so maybe things have changed?

Taxi you just have to laugh lol !! X

Thanks charlie4dancin yes very proud of her, shes done fab whatever happens but as people say when one door closes another opens and she'll keep trying, i dont come on here often but i think its amazing how all of these children just keep on going !! They are a credit to themselves :-)

Thanks Ribbons....not much hope then really, she could be 1st or 40th !! DD keeps hoping but in reality it seems unlikely ..... If only i could win the lottery !

There was 13 in her audition 6 non vocational and 7 from other schools x

She was auditioning for year 9 x

DD attended MDS funding audition but unsuccessful...she is on the reserve list but there were 45 at finals and we were not told how many awards they had.

Does anyone know of anyone who has got MDS from reserve list in past years? Or how many go on to the reserve list? Thanks x

Congratulations...we have been really impressed whenever we have ordered from you, your attention to detail and super fast delivery is first class .... Thankyou x

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Well done to those with a yes, fab news !! Sorry to hear of the No's keep trying !

JA Dad you must have great willpower i wouldnt have been able to wait !

DD was offered a year 9 place, attended MDS final but not successful, shes on the reserve list, but are not hopeful as we are aware there are only a few MDS awards available and 45 attended finals :0(

Stardancer that was really nice of them....hope your dd enjoys it x

Associate Handbooks were e-mailed earlier this week ......just in case anyone hasn't checked their e-mails

Is it normal for pointe shoe fitters to give "lessons" and exercises? I have never heard of this before!!

Hi Jellybeans

I think it may well be normal particularly if the fitter themselves has been a dancer.....where i take DD for her shoes the lady runs the shop through the day and teaches after school she was a dancer herself and from the very beginning has given DD exercises to work on and also checks previous pointe shoes, just by looking at DDs she could tell dd was not up on the box fully on one foot in comparison to the other it was only slight but had it not been pointed out dd may never have known, she has an excellent teacher however she herself had not noticed this although it was very very slight but it was there to see !!!! now that dd is aware of this she makes a concious effort to ensure she is fully over.......so i think it is very useful to have somebody spend the time....each fitting has taken approx 1 hour and it reassures me knowing that she is spending the time getting to know dd's feet but also that she offers advice and strengthening exercises although i realise that not all fitters will have been dancers so we are very lucky

Ditto to everyone else's comments....although I don't get the time to come on the forum regularly I do play catchup and your advice has always been fab !! It's nice to learn from people who have been there previously x