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Thank You Sim! I have passed it on to my son. I'll let you know of any success.

An advert of sorts I suppose where 2 3rd year students (Amy McEntee and Ruaridh Bisset) from Central School of Ballet performed at the London Palladium in Joshua Kane's A/W 2017 fashion show for London Fashion week.

Indeed Tulip! Mine is a tall willowy one! But getting stronger !

I went last night too. I was very proud of my boy who has just finished first year. It was lovely to see some of the pieces from the ballet central show again too. If you are going today sit in the tiered seating as you can't see very well from the floor as it is level with the stage.

When I asked my son who is a first year at central he said " but they're all different" . From what I can tell they have ballet every morning after a warm up. They are in at 8.15 to warm up 4 days with a slightly later start on Thursday. They also have an hour and a half ballet class on Saturday morning. They then have contemporary 3 x a week pas de deux x2 a week , Once a week : allegro (boys ) pointe (girls ) rep boys or girls Spanish ( mixed) Singing boys or girls. Dance studies mixed They are separate for ballet , mixed for contemporary Finishing time is between 3.15 and 4.45 but he's doing AS English from 5 til 7 3 evenings a week other AS subjects are at other times eg Saturday pm. Anything between half an hour and two hours for lunch. Hope that makes sense .

I'm hoping to see them at the Lowry. Could be my boy up there the year after next! Ps Spax txt hank you for your support this time last year? X

Hi nutcracker-x, there is a dance CAT at the Lowry in Salford. http://www.northwestdance.org.uk. Centre for Advanced Training They haven't updated the site with this years dates for open days and auditions but it's usually the spring and summer. Good luck finding what you want.

Ah ok I thought it was one in Stockport. Sorry.

Fit to dance in manchester seem well stocked. They have 2 shops one is 58 Port Street in the Northern Quarter, and the. Other is 69 manchester road Altrincham. They do have a website fit2dance.co.uk which might be worth a look.

I'm not suggesting anyone on here would know from first hand experience but does anyone know what sort of dancing would have been taught 100 years ago, in Infant schools in the uk? It is our centenary year and we though some country dancing type event would be fun in the summer. Sorry for the hijack! We are currently spending some of our PE funding on a dance specialist to train both children and staff. All schools are sharing 150 million which is ring fenced for PE.

My lovely GP just asked me to make a donation to a charity of our choice. The form was quite detailed for Central. It took about 20 mins and they fitted us in on a Saturday am.

This is the only review I can find so far. http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-space-inside-the-lowry-salford/

For those interested in seeing the end of year performance of the lowry dance CAT it is being repeated on the 15th and 16th Jan at 8pm at the Lowry Salford. It is called the Space Inside and tickets are£10 from the lowry box office or online. http://www.thelowry.com/event/the-space-inside1 The performers are aged between 13 and 19 as some have returned just for this performance. It was very well received in July. Sorry if this is the wrong place for this but I know some people aren't aware of the CAT. Please could it be moved if this isn't correct. Thank you.

My son did the overseas audition so it was a mixed group and they just did different splits right left and box. This was last year .HTH He missed his original audition because of injury hence being with the overseas students when he is from Manchester!

Has she had a look on the northwestdance site? The Lowry Cat is also excellent. You have to be 12 to audition for the scheme but they do have a weekly class for younger children . Pm me if you want anymore info. I just live down the road from didsbury.

Tulip, I know! Luckily I teach infants but I have to be careful which games I join in! What year is your daughter in? My son is in 1st. He's just texted to say that he was given free tickets by a teacher to see the full dress rehearsal of don Quixote today so is currently sat in a box with another student at the ROH .Lucky boy!

LinMM you can watch it on the itv website I did a search for pirouette.

Ooh thank you for that I've just seen my son in the background ! Which was nice. And on topic I am nearly 50 and can't go on a roundabout or play blind mans buff anymore without failing over.

My son who is off to Central this weekend has has said that he has never once been teased for doing ballet or for doing dance. He went to the local comp here in Manchester which does have performing arts status and has a very mixed catchment. It makes me sad that boys in 2013 are being ridiculed or discouraged from whatever they want to do but it makes me realise how lucky my boys have been to attend school with such supportive teachers and fantastically supportive peers. I must let the school know!

I've also sent a pm.

The deadline for audition applications is today. Good luck everyone applying.

Should I post this in news and information too?

For anyone in the North West interested The audition for 2013 admission to the CAT scheme at the Lowry in Salford takes place between 10am and 6 pm. The last open day is on Sunday the 12th May at the Dancehouse in Manchester 10am -4pm. The open day is free to attend but must be booked in advance online at www.northwestdance.org.uk/CAT If you can't attend the open day you can still audition again apply online as above. For more info contact 0161 876 2018 or email CAT@thelowry.com. I can answer some queries but I'm only a happy mum of a Lowry Cat student not anyone official. Hope someone finds this useful.

Congratulations to your ds too complete novice! Whereabouts in the country are you? We are manchester and my son is starting in September too. He will be 16 in june. I thought it would be good if some could meet before they go if we are near enough. Keep breathing!

When he was having his physio assesment she said 30 girls and 15 boys this year.