taxi4ballet

Not all that many of them come within striking distance of us very often either! Milton Keynes and Aylesbury are our 'locals' so to speak, so we do occasionally get to see ENB and Northern, and I think we saw Ballet Cymru in Stevenage once.

Marvellous though it is for the company to be in Japan, I do sometimes wish they would tour the UK on occasion...

I'm on a certain large well-known parenting forum under this name, but if you see it anywhere else, it ain't me.

Ah. One might be a complete coincidence, but two? Somewhat less so. Are you going to keep an eye on it?

With the school holidays coming up fairly soon, I wonder whether a visit to an osteopath might be worthwhile, just to make sure there's nothing out of alignment in the neck, back or hip areas. 

It could just be a growth spurt - we were told that the bones grow quicker than the muscles and tendons, and you have to wait for them to catch up. Meanwhile, flexibility is reduced considerably. Another reason to avoid stretching I suppose. Leg bones also have a tendency to grow one leg at a time for some odd reason, so if that's the case, that will throw everything out of kilter.

People who assume that 'sinister forces' must be at play when they don't get the job they have been angling for.

There is a school of thought which says that inappropriate stretching does more harm than good, and I'm inclined to agree with that. 

12 hours ago, Peanut68 said:

I'm struggling to understand exactly what the www.emergingballet.com propsoition is....

What/where/when/who for/taught by who/how much etc.....

Me neither.

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.

17 hours ago, Sunflower said:

Thank you @taxi4ballet that is very reassuring. A very apt username too!

Honestly, the miles I clocked up... !

My dd did two lots of associates simultaneously, fortunately they were different days. No issue with it at all.

2 hours ago, Sim said:

‘Carmen Herrera’s work it’s often just labelled “untitled”... She strips away the meaning and you have to find it for yourself.' 

 

Oh gawd.  🤦🏻‍♀️

Life's too short for all that nonsense.

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!

Brilliant, thank you!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brilliant!

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. 

1 hour ago, Fonty said:

Very sorry to hear that Alison.

 

Back to room 101.  I would like to put in it Tall People.  Particularly those that end up sitting RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE OPERA HOUSE!  I vote for height restricted performances for those of us who are on the shorter side.  

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!

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.

Quite a few take older students, yes. The more contemporary-based schools seem to prefer it, in fact.

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.

It would be unwise for a 9-year-old to follow youtube videos and do stretching exercises unsupervised.