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The training does sound brutal but we have to keep in mind those are the kids ours are going to compete with in gaining places at top schools and then jobs... Are they equipped for that? I'm not sure...

I was on the DaDa information website and I discovered that you have to be 16 to apply for a Dance DaDa but 18 for theatre!!! Does anyone know what Musical Theatre schools are considered as? Dance or Theatre? Thank you all!

When my DDs auditioned for Tring, both in January but on different dates, they were offered a place (unfunded in both cases at we don't live in the UK) but one got a boarding place and the other one didn't! Pretty obvious to me that even if we had had the money, being a day pupil at 11 in a foreign country was a no-go... But anyway, my point is boarding unfunded places go really quickly...

You can go all the way to White Lodge by car and there is a car park, mimi'smom.

Hi Twiggy, my DD was supposed to start today too but we couldn't get accommodation and we had to cancel which is a real shame... Would love to hear your take about the SS though! Good luck for today!

You still haven't fixed the problem with kids who haven't been hurt. And also my DD snacks before ballet not after and the option doesn't exist so I can't answer...

But why does ENB not pick graduates from ENBS? I just don't understand...

Our 3 DDs use Plume P72 from Dance Direct. They last well over a school year and we end up binning them because they eventually lose their colour. I wash them every day in the machine at 30° and let them dry overnight...

There you go. http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/7190-new-stretch-split-sole-pointe-shoes-from-bloch/

There you go... Americans love British stuff and British love American stuff and everybody loves/hates the French!

American TV shows... My kids and I are also guilty even though British and living in France...

Hi, I tried to answer for my DD but she's never hurt herself and the survey is forcing me to chose where she did! You have to fix it or people like her won't be able to fill it... Cheers

Sylvie, I hate this situation too as my daughters will soon be in the same position but isn't it how it actually works in all areas? Networking seems to be the best option to get a job...

Welcome to the forum, Harwel! I'm sure you will find a mine of information on here as well as kindred spirits! Enjoy the journey!

DD2 tried them last week and didn't like them at all. Not a problem of support but her toes were bending in the shoe and her big toe was supporting all of her weight...

In her non vocational school, DD2 does 6 one and a half hours lessons in ballet, 2 contemporary ones and one floor barre a week after school... It is feasible but she doesn't finish most evening before 7.30 or 8.30...

I posted this quote a year ago... Last week, DD2 tried a pair of split soles pointe shoes! The strange concept exists now! They are Bloch. The outer sole is split but not the inside one. DD2 didn't like them but it had nothing to do with the split sole. They have a bit of soft material at the base and because she doesn't wear any protection in her pointes shoes, that bit disturbed her. And she felt, they were not well fitted to her feet. Her toes were squashed. Having said that, she wears made to measure pointe shoes normally so she's very difficult now with other brands...

From what I know, really good for jazz and not so much for ballet if one wants a ballet career...

Got the email today too!

Thank you Katymac! Wonderful help as I'm in the middle of doing a spreadsheet with all of them!

But quotas in any country not just UK would be a fake sense of protection. Who would want to recruit dancers who are not the best? The solution is not in protecting by quotas but in making sure potential is developed to its best, isn't it?

POB is a boarding school... But different cultures do different things and boarding schools in France close at the weekend! One needs a host family for the weekend but it applies also to French kids who live in the South of France too far to go back each weekend. And kids who don't live in the Paris area need a referent who can pick them up in case of a problem... Not easy for any family whether French or non French! No problem thequays, it's a common misconception... I just had a look at the list of end of 2013 school year and definitely foreign names there...

Hi thequays, where did you get that? POB school does not recruit only French kids. There are a few foreigners in the school and nothing on their application form states that you have to be French to apply! Actually I don't remember anything about nationality on the form... I believe people discourage themselves from applying because schooling is compulsory and follows the French system... And because everything is in French... I suppose the fact one has to apply before turning 14 also scares foreigners.

I have big reservations concerning la Palucca... Knowing kids there, it's absolutely not what it use to be and is known here as a school not to go to to become a ballet dancer, ok for contemporary with strong ballet base though...

Hamburg-very good school, extremely high level, takes only the best with an excellent placement and a very solid technique... People audition there from all over the world...