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  1. Hello Pas de Quatre, thank you for this. That's very helpful. we have a slight geographical issue we are SW london - and we are allergic to Westfield! sure there is a lovely park nearby?!
  2. Hi, We have just received an offer from YDA for their Saturday associates course. My dd is age 8. Does anyone have any experience of this course? we are set to audition for LJB on 8th September and will also need to give notice on our current grade 3 RAD saturday class as can't do it all! anyone experienced both LJB and YDA (WLSD) with Anna? I have no experience of either!
  3. Has anyone auditioned for English Youth Ballet? audition this Monday in Wimbledon for Nutcracker. Love to hear from some yes's for the Year 4 London J.A's! Maybe there were just a few places?
  4. Thank you S&P! A very good friend of ours is a JA, she's a year old than my DD - eg going into Year 5 at school in Sept and done a year at JA. She says that my little one is very young and not to worry and focus on rhythm, musicality (we do piano and music and sing so should be okay there?!) and flexiblity - we have little of this at present! it was rather alarming when a girl in the audition dropped into box splits and the russians had their legs next to their ears! my DD is very used to exams etc and didn't mind and just had a lovely time in the audition. I any top tips would be very welcome - for an 8 year old going into academic Year 4 at school. we live in SW London. Grade 3 RAD currently. x
  5. Thank you. I imagined they did all get a letter of encouragement, i questioned it because i read on this forum about a few letter types. see you next year and also some no thank yous. In a way a no thank you would be constructive if one had wrong feet/hips etc because you can't change your physicality. some issues they spot would be black and white I imagine so there might be little point in re-auditioning if so. but you would never know. anyhow - it's all positive and we will carry on at the RAD and our local class. my DD is very petite (my cousin is a ballet dancer and married one!) and follows after her - I did notice that at the audition she looked very petite all over so it's likely a strength thing plus flexibility we had done no stretch training - eg never done a split etc! we also have little feet - not sure if they are after dainty small feet or bothered about future height these days?! so - I think more practice, getting stronger, flexibility and developing a bit and we'll apply again next year. any tips please on other great associate courses to apply for now to tide us over next year? eg LJB, EYB etc, Tring?
  6. Hello! I am new to this forum. Been reading with great interest and great to see such sensible advice and tips! We auditioned for London, all very last minute and hence we were totally unprepared, but my daughter loved her audition and didn't stop dancing afterwards! We have received our letter this morning, it's a sorry this time due to many children auditioning and limited places. She is age 8 and in Year 3 at school, going into Year 4 this September. The letter says the RBS are aware that young dancers develop and progress at different times, and therefore no applicant is ever dissuaded from applying in the future. i assume all the no thank you's get this letter? I am trying to ascertain whether this genuinely means please do reapply next year and in meantime continue dance training (which it does say - enjoy continued dance training) and also welcomes us to outreach events - or does every one get a similar no thank you and it's left to you and your teacher to see if there is a more black and white reason for a no eg - turnout problem, feet, eg a physical issue or other - which for example all the extra ballet lessons and gym etc could not help with a further audition. anyhow - it's a positive, polite letter and i feel very upbeat about carrying on with our current lessons (Grade 3 - 2 x classes a week) , jazz & tap, and perhaps see if we can do LJB or other - my daughter i know will take it in her stride and put a positive spin on it to enjoy doing more ballet this year and try again! It's a shame because we are local and JA's would have been very easy for us and my daughter really loved her experience at RBS which is the main thing Good luck to everyone else waiting, they must be out early because I was told the yes's come out first and thought the no's therefore would come out end june/early July as per chat at audition. there must surely be some yes's out there today?!
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