Anna C

Does it make the tights more pink, taxi?

I wouldn't! :-). You'd probably get streaks. You can dye tights because EYB had dyed some pink tights to get a grey mottled effect for the mice. :-)

Probably a fair amount, but you can't film something nonexistent, so obviously a lot of what was shown did actually happen. It's a bit like someone on a reality tv show saying they were badly edited, but obviously the statements shown did actually come out of their mouths in the first place.

Yay Lil! Xxx

Ha ha! :-) And welcome to the forum, by the way. :-)

Is that you Miss Lewis???! ;-)

Gosh, yes, I wouldn't leave it at that. It would definitely be worth another phone call or email to the Head of the CAT scheme to explain that actually you don't just want your DS taken off the list, and asking what the possibilities are for auditioning at a later date?

I've just followed you too Fiz :-)

Even so, I would like to think that you don't have to be at Grade 8 piano at 11 to go further in music! One of my dd's best friends is very talented at music and plays several instruments. I believe she's studying Grade 7 piano at 13 but the Music department have high expectations for her, although she's planning on staying at our school. I don't know anything about what age you should be at what grade in music, but in ballet, you could - in theory - have rushed through your Vocational exams at the youngest possible age allowed, yet still not get a place at Vocational School - for all sorts of reasons. Could this also be true of music?

Similar really! I did about 2 terms of ballet but although I adored doing my own version of ballet to Swan Lake, I remember not liking some of the other girls at class, and asking to stop. I always danced at home though when I was a little girl. Then my brother took up sailing, I got dragged along, and spent the next 12 years sailing! DD had a Tweenies book though - funnily enough about Fizz having a Ballerina birthday cake with ballet shoes on! She wanted to try it so we took her along. Even as a tiny little girl of 3 the teacher said she had never seen such a focused, serious child at ballet. She moved schools at 7 and became serious about wanting to dance when she got a Distinction at Grade 1. The teacher took her under her wing and that was that! Seems those Tweenies have a lot to answer for.....

...when you plan your family holidays around EYB/Summer Schools. :-)

I don't think you can compare the two, to be honest. Plus it depends on the instrument, of course - my dd's singing exam scores are much easier to read than her piano exam pieces. But even then it's like comparing apples with oranges.

Ha! I'll second that! The chaps in Costa even know what panini I'm going to order and what time I have it! :-)

My post wasn't aimed at just one poster Aurora. :-)

I didn't know you were a Twitterer Fiz! :-)

Well, let's not forget where we all are - this is BALLETcoforum, after all. So it's unsurprising that the conversation usually gravitates towards ballet. ;-) I don't think it's constructive to argue about the grammatical construct of people's sentences. We probably all agree that different things appeal to different people. :-)

Point them in the direction of balletcoforum taxi! :-)

I thought it was odd that I gained over 100 followers in a weekend! Annoying because I like to tweet quite a few people who aren't following me, and now I can't. Although a couple of them are probably relieved about that. ;-)

Most of the older girls in dd's classes locally are once-a-week girls who have a lot of schoolwork and find ballet a nice way of getting some exercise. I think it's a lovely hobby. They are a completely different kettle of fish to my dd but they know her ambitions and are completely accepting of her, despite her being the only 13 yr old. Their ballet obviously gives them something other than GCSE and A'level work to focus on. :-) Ballet is for anyone of any age, regardless of whether it's once a week or every day. Physical constraints allowing, of course! :-)

I've had to protect my tweets since over 100 spam accounts "followed" me over the weekend. Annoying because I can now only tweet people who are following me. :-(

My dd is horrendously clicky; the most hypermobile joints seem to be the most clicky with her elbows being the worst. No pain though - and the physio's view is that painless clicking is normal for some people.

Oh goodness! Poor thing! Wishing him a very speedy recovery. xxx

That's really encouraging, Ribbons. I liked the photos of "Ballo" as the costumes highlighted the variety of shapes and sizes in the RB.

To me, any art form - just like religion - is completely personal, and what one person loves, another finds loathsome. I like my ballet to be graceful, elegant, exciting where necessary, attractive to look at, and with music that evokes an emotional response in me. I prefer narrative pieces. I don't like "gymnastic" ballet; if I want a gymnastics floor routine then I will watch gymnastics. You would probably have to pay me (or at the very least give me a free ticket) to sit through 2 hours of Wayne McGregor's choreography. In many people's eyes I am probably a complete philistine, but it's horses for courses! I like what I like. That is the beauty of art. I can see where Anjuli is coming from, because FOR ME, Wayne McGregor's pieces are Contemporary and not my idea of ballet, and FOR ME, some aspects of ballet are too gymnastic and are losing their beauty. Fortunately, many many people disagree with me, and would rather poke sharp sticks in their eyes than watch "Nutcracker" or "La Fille". Let's not knock each other for having free will to like and dislike aspects of ballet; after all, that's the beauty of personal taste.

Yep, me too. Once casting is done, then drop her an email, and yes - I see no reason not to be honest about the reason. :-)