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Upon seeing my school report my initial thought was "This will make the Ballet.co-ers chuckle!!" For P.E, Mrs S Cheney wrote "Sophie has made excellent progress in P.E this year and demonstrated a wide variety of skills. She has demonstrated a considerable level of effort and usually brings appropriate kit to lessons. She needs to focus on developing a broad range of skills and identify key areas for development." Oh well that is nice then, because I haven't done a P.E lesson since late October- and have absolutely no clue who Mrs S Cheney is!!!!!!

My ribbon was pinned on my leotard too, but personally I've never seen a ribbon above the bun, they're usually below. Couldn't you email dd's teacher, or maybe text the mum of someone else in the exam, to check? good luck to her for the exam! x

If anyone's dd has been on the Morocco course could you please PM me? My mum is very unsure about the concept of me going away without her; she says I am too young but I will be 16, so I think she would be greatly reassured if someone whose daughter has been could give her some info about accommodation, chaperones, the course in general etc. Thankyou :-) xx

Aww, congrats to her, Kat09, she is a beautiful dancer!! (and the only one to get a bursary, wow!!) xxx

Aww! Hope you are okay, wishing you a speedy recovery! Xxx

aww thank you, If Only! Yep, Princess Odette is the dream!!!

Hope everyone had a fab day at Elmhurst good lu ck for results x

whoops, meant months- typing on my phone is awkward

Aww thank you everyone :-) What a fab idea If Only... But id be bankrupt within a few minths ;-) LinMM...... http://ballerinadreamsdancediary.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 but its by no means a video blog- im not that good with computers!! :-P

haha but maybe next year Lil, you never know!! I bet she would do well at Genee!!! lol x and well done to your lovely dd, Gazelle!! big congrats to all other forum members who took part too

Haha fab timing!!! And yes! I think you summed up the whole experience far more neatly than i did; sorry for the minute-by-minute account!!! x

Haha we were posting at the same time, Spannerandpony!!

With pleasure, LinMM So we arrived, in Floral Street at last. After a few photos next to the Opera House and RBS Bridge (with mum getting a bit tetchy that I was doing arabesques whilst she was stood awkwardly with a camera...) it was at last time to step through the Stage Door. I suppose it felt a bit like border control in an airport; our parents werent allowed in, and we were even given posh "Visitor" passes! I also had the pleasure of meeting a particularly lovely Ballet.co member and her dd, you know who you are ;-) Anyway... Amid a flurry of nervous excitement, we were escorted up to the De Valois studio. And Wow, what a studio!!! It was the biggest, most beautiful place imaginable!! Francesca Filpi taught the class, and i have to say, she was a rather fab teacher!! We began barre exercises, which were challenging but very enjoyable. For me, the highlight of barre was adage; i was expecting a soft, slow piece of music, so a lively rendition of "I couldve Danced All Night" was particularly lovely :-) We began centre work with a very pretty adage, then a pirouette enchainement. I was slightly disappointed that we did pirouettes from 5th, not 4th, as Ive been managing triples from 4th recently,but pirouettes from 5th are awkward, lol!!! We did a very complicated allegro; Francesca set a simplified version for those working at Intermediate level (which I am) however I decided to just go for it, and do the advanced version :-P After a gorgeous grand allegro then reverence, it was time for a quick break, before Lauren Cuthbertson's solos class. Lauren was a wonderful teacher; she taught us a solo from Act 3 of Sylvia. The dance was very long and quite confusing, but I loved learning it. Although we only had an hour, we finished the solo, which was satisfying but tiring!!! (my mum couldnt understand why, if it was a solos class, we didnt actually dance it as a solo!!) After a final photo with Lauren, we made a little detour on the way out, to visit the shoe department. (wow!!!) I felt quite sad to leave, but an hour in Capezio for new pointe shoes cheered me up!!! I think the masterclass was an incredible experience, although it was very difficult!! If there is another one I would love to go!! And Tulip, there were no prizes awarded on the day, but they said they will put on Facebook about which dancers have been awarded a bursary to the Morocco week (im not optimistic though- all the other dancers were totally incredible!!) Sorry for such a long post, haha!

Oh wow Lil im so happy for your dd, she is amazing!! :-) Congrats to her x

Hope everyone heading to London tomorrow has an amazing day!! :-D

Aw thank you If Only! Eeek. I just found out who is teaching the Solos class... Lauren Cuthbertson!!! :-D :-D Wow! Super excited now!!

Morocco! Ooh!! Words cant describe how much I would love that any idea how many scholarships/ bursaries for the Morocco week they give out at the masterclass?? Xx

Oh.... Im so sorry to be the bearer of bad news Dancing10, but I emailed Bridget Creaton to ask whether any places are available for Yr 11 because I was going to apply, and she said they dont usually accept new students to Year 11 so i doubt if they will hold auditions for dancers currently in Year 10

Oh, I received an email inviting me to it; there was one advertised on their website in February, which I enquired about, but unfortunately the train times meant I couldn't attend. I don't think this one has been mentioned on the website; it may be on their Facebook page though?

Is anyone going to the Wells Ballet Masterclass at the Royal Opera House next Sunday? Would be nice to meet some of you!

Anjuli, I agree with you. Personally, I would do no more than 1 dance school and 1 associate scheme, in case shows or rehearsals clashed above all! I do think that younger students would find it quite difficult to switch between styles, but maybe that's just me...

Oh wow how exciting, best of luck to everyone!!

Oh how wonderful!! So happy for both dd's!! (and congrats to you too, Bluebird22!) hope they have a lovely time! (i wish I couldve been a JA!)

Just thought i'd mention before I forget... Hinckley Carnival is on September 8th (first day of Associates) so leave plenty of time for travel, especially if you're not used to the area! Sorry if this sounds like gibberish, but you'll be best to come down Ashby Road, not through the town centre (past the police station) because its usually all closed off. Feel free to P.M me closer to the time if you need to, and I can try to give slightly clearer directions!!!!

ooh, thanks for the suggestions Spax, I think Ballet West is a bit far away, but I will have a look at YDA