neil

My son auditioned for WL/MA in London on Friday 15th and I have just had the email saying he hasn't been recalled.

We've been offered a day place, waiting list for boarding but no funding. Sadly this is no good for us

I received an email with details for RBS yr 7 boys audition date and time this morning.

http://londonchildrensballet.com/training/ballet-boys/

From the above:-

We are delighted to announce that Erico Montes, First Artist with The Royal Ballet, will once again lead the Ballet for Boys sessions for us this coming year. 

Dates: There will be 8 classes on Sundays between January - April 2016

First 4 classes: 10, 17, 24, 31 January

NB. Occasionally classes might have to change due to Erico's busy timetable. If this happens we will email you so please make sure to clearly write your email address.

Venue: TBC

Times: Sunday afternoons, exact time to be confirmed

Cost: The cost per class is £6, totalling £48 for the term. In cases of financial need we are able to offer grants for the programme. If you wish to apply for a grant please do not submit this form but contact the LCB office instead. 

In cases of financial need we offer grants. If you would like to apply for a grant, please request a form from us when registering.

*DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: MONDAY 21 DECEMBER 2015*

Just wondering if anyone happens to know the date for trings funding auditions as its not on the website? Thanks

They said yesterday that it would be towards the end of February.

neil

How did it go those auditioned today at Tring?

We are just getting ready for tomorrow morning, excitement in our house at the first audition finally being here.

 

And was it tights or socks???

I was there with my son today. The traffic on the M25 was absolutely awful and only some judicious flouting of posted speed limits saw us arrive at 9am. If he gets called back for a funding audition I will consider staying nearby the night before.

We had a tour of parts of the school after a brief address by the principal and staff where they were keen to emphasise their academic record.

My son was one of 3 boys and wore tights. There were 9 or 10 girls I think and I haven't asked him what they wore. He probably wouldn't have noticed anyway

Apparently the audition went fine.

Hope this is of some use

Neil

Well done everyone! Unfortunately my son didn't get an invitation to the Elmhurst finals. We will have to see how he responds to this disappointment.

We were at Elmhurst today too. Seemed like a lovely school but the competition looked very tough so I am not going to hold my breath for my ds. He definitely looked less polished than most.

There are so many variables, though. It seems to me that it is virtually impossible for an outsider to guess how the panel will decide who to take forward to the next stage.

My son was in the same audition class as yours. I wasn't there so have no idea how it went but he had a good time, had a(nother) day off school(!) and if they want to see him again then great - if not, then so be it.

As far as I know everyone gets an audition. Bear in mind the closing date for applications is Friday so I am not surprised they haven't sent audition confirmations yet.

The audition dates are on the website.

I am not sure why this is but I think MAB made a valid point about the lack of enthusiasm for ballet by the general public. Ballet is still seen as elitist (unfortunately) and that keeps all types of people away. Some of the black people I know are interested in ballet but they ( like many of my other friends) don't feel they know enough about it and somehow feel it's something for which you need to get all dressed up. This kind of reasoning makes for occasional attendance on special outings and doesn't lead to regular attendance at performances I'm afraid.

My brother and I went to a football match recently and then a couple of weeks later we went to R&J at the ROH. I'd gone to the football straight from work and was therefore wearing a suit, but the ballet was on the weekend and I had been in London all day, so was in jeans and a t-shirt. I thought at the time I'd got this the wrong way around...

Mind you, given the relative costs of the tickets, maybe not.

I thought there had been some recent cases where groove copying resulted in an infringement, notably the "blurred lines" one

Yes maybe - I don't know the ins and outs of that one.

What I was intending to suggest was that there could be ways around. But then I thought a bit more about it - perhaps if you are doing a Lion King theme inspired dance using the groove from Hakuna Matata it could be back to being infringing again.

I think it is only right that copyright owners should decide how and when their works are used.

Having said that i saw a dubious advert for M&S this evening which had Uptown Funk as the backing music - except it wasn't. They had used the riffs, chord sequence and drum track but not the melody. You can't copyright a groove so no licence required.

I think the title is fine especially if one applies Betteridge's Law...

For the win

Legs'n'feet ftw!

The funny thing about my son is that he is super focused on ballet as a profession.. but for his Tring audition solo is going to perform a modern dance.

I don't think he really know what he wants...and I can sympathise as I am the same.

Is anyone else going to the Tring open day tomorrow?

Originally my son only wanted to audition for White Lodge and Elmhurst but we registered for the open day at Tring tomorrow because I felt it was important for him to keep his options open. Hammond is too far away for us.

However, subsequently my wife and I decided to apply for Tring anyway, which we have done. We have the audition date through, and suggested to my son that he needn't go to the open day but he still wants to go. I think the allure of a "sandwich lunch in the Mansion" is a major factor!

We did 6x4 as they were the cheapest from photobox, and added a passport photo we had knocking around at the back of the drawer. Perhaps we haven't put enough effort into this...!

There doesn't seem to be a deadline as such, but they (and Tring) reportedly fill up the audition dates as they receive the applications.

I don't know what happens if they fill all the available audition slots.

I have booked a Premier Inn for the night before. It was £35 for 1 adult and 1 child inc free parking. We are about 3 hrs from Birmingham so would have had to leave very early and risk traffic issues etc.

ROH have just tweeted a promo code to get a free copy of the R&J digital programme, should that be of interest.

Not sure on the ethics of posting the code here.

In September, we were told that it is assumed that all children will carry on to the end of year 6 but if there were any who weren't benefitting from the programme they would speak to the parents about whether they should continue.

Thanks Lou

do you if it's a specific report I need to get the school to do or just DD's last one - that only has scores of 1 to 4 for each subject. No words :/

Last year we just sent them the normal end-of year school report once we had received it. We will do the same this year.

Yes much better thanks.

I think the heavy costume and mask contributed. He was extremely disappointed to have missed the end of his final performance.

Plural? There was one missing on Tuesday.

On Tursday my son was taken ill just before Act III and couldn't go on. They had already sent the cover home so they had to go ahead with just one.