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What's your favourite 'lovey' ballet?
Anna C replied to ToThePointe's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
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What's your favourite 'lovey' ballet?
Anna C replied to ToThePointe's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
The music from Manon is my favourite ballet music (with R&J a close second). Iâve had to stop playing the Manon score while in the car because the final pdd music makes me weep even without the wonderful choreo. -
Musical Theatre Schools with a strong ballet focus?
Anna C replied to Ballet4Boyz's topic in Doing Dance
@Milzmam, have you looked at Tring Parkâs 6th form? Theyâve always had a good academic record and they do a 2 year Musical Theatre course as well as A Levels. https://www.tringpark.com/curriculum/vocational-curriculum/musical-theatre-course @Wimdancer, London Studio Centre runs associates up to the age of 18: https://www.londonstudiocentre.org/courses/lsc-associates- 59 replies
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Iâm not sure vaccination will even be âcompleteâ by July, will it? I thought âevery adult will be offered a vaccination by the end of Julyâ - i.e. offered an appointment for the *first dose* of the two dose vaccine... If thatâs the case then Iâd think the end of October would be a more realistic date for everyone who wants the vaccine to have had both doses. đ
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I assume @hgib23âs dd is auditioning in year 11 for a year 12 place, so is 15/16 and taking GCSEs (or the equivalent) this year? In which case itâs normal to be auditioning for 3 year degree/Level 6 diploma places at (mainly) ballet upper schools e.g. Central and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for degree courses or ENBS for Level 6 diploma) as well as schools like Tring and Elmhurst which offer A Levels as well as a Diploma. There are some degree courses that have A Levels or equivalent as an entry for their 18+ degree courses (London Studio Centre, for instance) but for classi
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Hello Shiloh and welcome to the forum. From memory - and itâs 6 years since my daughter was auditioning for 16+ vocational schools - I donât think the number of years youâve been en pointe will affect whether you get offered a place. It will be about how you dance at audition, your physique, your talent, your technical standard (i.e. what level have you studied and do you know the steps/sequences youâll be asked to perform at audition). Some preliminary auditions might not involve any pointework, although finals certainly will. People who have auditioned more recently will be o
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If you use the search function (top right) to search for Moorland (and choose to search âThis Forumâ, previous threads that mention Moorland will be shown as a list: https://www.balletcoforum.com/search/?q=Moorland&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=9
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Nice to see the lurkers! âşď¸ We are having an interesting chat about life after ballet over here, if itâs useful to anyone: https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/23489-life-after-ballet/
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This is something Iâm always banging on about, rowan - the importance of vocational students having a good bunch of GCSEs to enable them to do A Levels and go down the academic route if necessary. I honestly think all 16+ vocational schools should offer A Levels or the equivalent, rather than starting students on a degree course at 16.
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You donât need to have a dc currently employed as a dancer or in full time training to be of value here, Pups_mum - over the years Iâve âknownâ you, youâve never failed to give brilliant advice. I hope all the âretiredâ parents here stick around; we all have valuable experiences to share and there *are* positives alongside the negatives and the things weâd do differently, second time around. I donât think itâs a bad thing that weâve been honest on this thread; itâs made me feel better to hear from other parents who have felt as I did, and hopefully itâs helped others too.
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Yes, this is so true. I felt guilty that Iâd been fooled by a pair of really good salesmen, with the gift of the gab and full of bold promises, because I thought that a funded place (waiting list and unfunded boarding being the other two options) was my ddâs best chance at 16 and one she was desperate to take. I never wanted her to resent me and say that I hadnât even let her try, but I beat myself up for a long time for letting her go to that âschoolâ. Now when I look back, I can accept that at least I wasnât alone in being fooled and that a lot of the information I needed was
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Unfortunately, in the UK, not all of these institutions ARE schools in anything other than name - I know of more than one âUpper Schoolâ that is literally a private business, with one owner/director who employs/employed family members. There is no obligation for such institutions to be inspected. They donât have to have a Board of Governors, and as the full-time pupils are 16 and over, itâs a bit of a grey area about who to complain to and how. I really feel that ALL full-time dance training âupper schoolsâ should have to be independently inspected, and that should include acco
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Go with your gut feeling, Mrs R. On the few occasions I ignored mine, I regretted it immensely. Ask for peopleâs honest experiences of schools and look at the big picture; how many students complete the course, how many get employment/good upper school offers, would the class sizes/teaching style/communal living suit your child. Donât be fooled by good salesmen or impressive looking policies on injury, bullying etc without knowing if these policies actually happen in practice. Remember that dance training is a journey, not the end destination, and that it brings many transfera
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You beat me to it, SP! âşď¸
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Iâm âretiredâ in that dd started and left 16+ ballet training due to a training-ending injury. She is physically only able to dance part-time now so returned to academic school for Aâlevels and is in her 3rd year at Oxbridge. Sheâs proud to be a member of the universityâs competition dance team. She had many happy years as an Associate at Central and Tring CBA and passed her RAD Advanced 2 with Merit while taking A levels. Iâm an avid ballet-goer and Royal Ballet fan so spend a lot of time reading reviews and discussions over in âPerformances seenâ as well as moderating here i
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