step in time

Hi Its her Life, my ds has been offered a DADA which we have just declined as he has accepted an offer elsewhere. If there is just one DADA reserve list and males/females are not separate then you could already be one further up that list. Tring stipulated on their offer letter that they needed a reply by 03 April. I presume it will not be until after this date that they will contact some reserves. Hope this helps.

Thank you JulieW and good luck with results too. Yes thank goodness for back-up plans. However I just wish the school was a little more honest with the students as for some it has come as a complete shock that they received the dreaded "no" and have not done so well in other auditions. I have heard some students have since queried why and been told they are not the right body shape etc now for ballet or their technique is not so good and totally understand that this could be the case but if this could have been suggested to them before auditions commenced maybe more would have taken the time to investigate an alternative path as their back - up such as contemporary or musical theatre.

Thank you spannerandpony for your good wishes.

Hi I am new to writing on this fantastic forum but have been a lurker for a while. I have a DC in year 11 at WL who was not fortunate in gaining a place at US this year. Thankfully though we still count ourselves as one of the lucky ones as my DC was invited to the finals of ENB and Elmhurst and we also have plan B and C in place if all else fails. Its just the anxious wait for results now for us as many others have on this forum. However some other students in DC's year both boys and girls were not invited to ENB or Elmhurst finals. Many like us have a plan B to try however not all and there has been some frantic last minute application form completing. I just want to let everyone know that it is really really tough out ther these days for our students - even for those who have been lucky enough to have 5 years of vocational training. Just to add when reporting back on how auditions have gone my DC has made exactly the same observations as hfbrew. In general the international students seem to be super flexible, great at turning and full of tricks but most moves are not completed very neatly and there is a distinct lack of musicality. However maybe the big 3 schools feel that it is sometimes easier to mould this type of dancer to what they want and have more success than take on more of the traditionally "safe" Britiish young dancers. I don't really know.