The Manchester CAT is an excellent scheme, well organised, good communications, professional teaching and support, high standards, nice kids and thoughtful streaming with excellent extra curriculum courses and professional dance company experiences and intensive weekend tuition and holiday courses. Well worth it if you can make the commitment and do the hours. It is mostly contemporary with a hours ballet and conditioning to compliment.
Last year selection took place over a number of stages:
1. An open workshop of 2 hours which led to an invite for those selected to a final audition
2. An all day audition workshop, cumulating a choreography exercise with a panel observing throughout the day
3. Children were advised at the end of the day if they had got through to final interview stage and then had an interview with parents & 2 of the panel to evaluate their availability and suitability.
4. We received a formal letter within a week advising us of a place
