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  1. Tulip
    My daughter definitely wanted to go at 11,as she thought that was the route to she had to take to become a classical dancer. Even when times were bad, she didn't want to give up vocational school even though she missed home and her family dreadfully
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    BFF that's all lovely, but in regard to the question in the title, what would you have done differently if anything?
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    Also Royal Ballet Ss has an extra opportunity for an audition and my daughter was approached by Elmhurst during a summer school, but she was about to start her GCSE's at Tring. Prague master ballet classes is very serious and has professional dancers attending. Some summer schools can be for fun though.
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    In a theatre, there will be a stage crew, lighting, front of house staff and cleaners. I do worry because I do believe the arts once again will suffer v
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    My question was regardless of how we all feel, I am sure these changes will have a huge impact on companies and theatres. My fear is will we see small companies disappear, or will they only employ under 25s, because for more experienced dancers, surely there is a hierarchy of wage???
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    I agree with you Lisa, but of course to pay the wages the cost of living will also have to go up. We will all see this soon in bars, restaurants, hairdressers etc. Given in one hand taken out of the other. In the theatre anyone over the age of 25 will be on a wage of £7.20 anyone who is more senior will then need their wage to increase and so forth. I bet theatre tickets will increase to cover all of these costs.
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    A disability to me is having a physical or mental condition that can affect everyday living. Some conditions need more support than others.
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    Is that £7.20 though because that is what the new minimum wage is for 25 and overs? Also if £7.20 is the lowest wage more experienced dancers regardless of age would have to be on a wage that was above that.
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    I'm not just talking about employing dancers, but also hiring theatres and crew. Minimum wage for over 25s has just massively increased from where it was before. I worry that companies that were already struggling financially are going to just disappear???
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    With the knowledge we have now of associate programmes, private teachers etc, I would not have let my daughter go away at 11. She would have stayed at her little school along with her two brothers. I feel that my daughters whole life has been about ballet, she has missed out on some things that you get from not going away. This forum has opened my eyes to what is out there regarding ballet training and companies.
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    Just wondering how companies who are already struggling financially, will be able to accommodate this new living wage in the UK?
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    I've got the best knobbly knees ever, that you definitely won't beat Petalviolet ????
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    I did actually say all about the body and everything else. Just recently there was a company audition in Germany, so, so many students auditioned only for them to look more closely at just seven, and I don't know how many were selected after that. Along the years I've heard teachers comment, feet aren't aesthetically nice enough, not perfect shape etc to students. These students are good enough as it turns out, but not necessarily in ballet. So many dancers and so few jobs. Ballet companies have so many dancers to choose and from all around the world. If any child has a passion for ballet, then of course they should audition. We are only parents, we are not teachers or trained dancers, so mostly we get it wrong. I gave up guessing years ago, but I also tend to roll with it all, the ballet world to me is such a confusing world.
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    atacrossroads, I hope you don't think I was suggesting that I believed in only the perfect physique for ballet thingy. I was just trying to say, that is what directors for schools and company's are mostly looking for. I'm just a mum and I don't judge other people's children I don't judge my own daughter for that matter. I responded to the title of this discussion, is it all about the body, which I responded by saying that yes it is along with everything else for ballet.
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    It is all about the body and the everything else. I've heard it said again and again, 'they have a perfect physique for ballet, just so much easier to work with'. That's life and just the way it is. I prefer to see long limbed light dancers as an audience member, I don't like them too thin with bones sticking out, but on the other hand big isn't right either. Dancers are athletes, as are runners, gymnasts etc, they all have the right bodies that get them to the top of their game. Top track runners all seem to have long bodies and legs, nimble and powerful.
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    My daughter was an SA and was never asked to put her knees against a wall, that's a new one on us too.
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    No problem Tillymint, I hope you get lots of valuable information from here x
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    Elliot Clark is right on your doorstep, and it has an excellent reputation
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    Well done to your son Julie for using his skills in a different way.
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    Also to add of course the Sh..e word is clearly a swear word in Liverpool or anywhere else for that matter. More a case of who you are listening to or mixing with.
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    My daughter has danced in Liverpool plenty of times and St Helens and no one has used words such as sh... Or cr.p Her teachers have always spoken professionally and I'm glad because I do consider both words mentioned as swear words.
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    Only 12 at Northern
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    There may have been a link between the two schools years ago, but not now.
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    There is no link with Central or Northern and students are not sent to audition, that is a fact. Northern take 12 students from anywhere in the world, it is tough to be accepted there as so many apply. Students apply for lots of different reasons.
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    I'm sure it's ok to make mistakes at this age. WL will surely be looking at physique, musicality the right attitude etc. good luck to all your little ones, it's a very long hard journey
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