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    People who assume that 'sinister forces' must be at play when they don't get the job they have been angling for.
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    There is a school of thought which says that inappropriate stretching does more harm than good, and I'm inclined to agree with that.
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    Me neither.
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    This is something that needs to be discussed with the young person's dance teacher, because it will depend entirely on their age, physique and level of training.
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    Honestly, the miles I clocked up... !
  6. taxi4ballet
    My dd did two lots of associates simultaneously, fortunately they were different days. No issue with it at all.
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    Life's too short for all that nonsense.
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    Once again our local cinema put the house lights up immediately the curtain fell, so we had to try and watch the curtain calls through a sea of people all getting up, fumbling round for bags & cardigans and making their way out, before the broadcast had finished. I'm going to have words, I think. It ain't over till it's over!
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    Brilliant, thank you!
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    Is there a link to the full cast sheet for this evening yet, I can only find the one that has the principals on it.
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    I'd be disappointed in a dance school that insisted on payment for a half-term when the student was unable to dance for medical reasons.
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    Following this thread with interest. As a youngster in the 1970's, my parents sent me to ballet classes. I wasn't very good at it, being far too tall, round-shouldered, and with no turnout to speak of whatsoever. Despite these inadequacies, my teacher imposed such training on me as I was capable of absorbing. He must have despaired, really! I only recently discovered that I had been trained in the Cecchetti method when I remembered his name. I googled 'Leo Kersley' and found out just who my teacher had been.
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    High class training for talented young dancers in fantastic studios, with a pianist, at one of the best dance schools in the country. That would sum it up really.
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    Dirty Dancing

    taxi4ballet replied to trog's topic in Not Dance

    Brilliant!
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    That's interesting to know about Hammond, it is a few years ago since we were on the audition merry-go-round, and for some reason Hammond was one that slipped through dd's net and she never auditioned there. Can't remember why now, but I don't recall them offering all the courses then as they do now.
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    Perhaps they could be offered discounted ticket prices if they sit in the back row? As an aside, I can't believe I started this thread ELEVEN years ago!
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    Yes, I think for places like Tring, Hammond and Elmhurst it is more difficult, because the first two years of the upper school training are basically their school 6th-form.
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    Quite a few take older students, yes. The more contemporary-based schools seem to prefer it, in fact.
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    When I say that children shouldn't attempt these stretching exercises unsupervised, what I meant is that if they are going to do them, then they need to be supervised by a dance teacher (or other professionally qualified person) who will know which exercises are suitable for the individual, and will ensure that they are done correctly.
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    It would be unwise for a 9-year-old to follow youtube videos and do stretching exercises unsupervised.
  21. taxi4ballet
    I wouldn't do anything at all without speaking to her ballet teacher first. The sort of flexibility required for gymnastics and some other dance styles is not necessary for ballet, and can actually be a hindrance.
  22. taxi4ballet
    Beside a section of roadworks on the M25 is a very worrying sign: WARNING ROADWORKS DELAYS UNTIL SUMMER 2025 I mean - I know they get long traffic jams on that road, but surely not that long...?
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    I must admit that the Step Sisters' costumes did give me a slight 'Elton John at his finest' vibe...😂
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    Thans for that, and for the others who replied. I think in that case, I might contact the cinema, and ask them whether they can refrain from raising the house lights so quickly. We've seen live streams there before, and I don't remember them doing it before, so maybe it was an over-enthusiastic member of staff. I'm not a ballet expert by any stretch of the imagination (my daughter is the dancer), but I think what the performance last night did for me was to give me much more of an insight into the Ashton choreographic style.
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    For those who also saw the live stream in the cinema - at what point did the cinema put the house lights up? Ours put them on at the very moment the curtain fell, so people were getting up and leaving all through the curtain calls. Is that usual in the cinema, or was ours a bit too enthusiastic?
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