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Going on holiday for a week with no WiFi, and therefore no Ballet.co!! Eeeek- drove me crazy not being able to post or read the forums!!

I think Bethany Wareing (Genee Dance Challenge level 2 winner) also competed. She's a lovely dancer, we go to the same youth ballet.

Marianne, do you know roughly how many Year 11 RBS SA places are available, and how many audition, please?

ahh, they've been rehearsing at the studio where I dance!! they took their lovely harlequin floor with them when they left this week to go on tour- i quite liked it, it was nicer to dance on than the wooden floor!!! oh well hopefully i'll go to see A Christmas Carol sometime soon!

Is there a modern/jazz class for 6th form ballet auditions at Tring? If the auditionee has not studied modern, will this be taken into account?

I tend to use ouchpouches until my shoes are broken in, then just toe tape, and I agree that it is easier to 'feel the floor' without the pouches. However, i wouldn't like to wear new shoes without the pouches- i think i'd get really bad blisters...

ok, thankyou. another young dancer recently said to me 'Why sew the elastic there?' ( over the front of the foot) I was utterly baffled, thinking 'well, where else would i sew it?' but thanks for the idea, i will try that.

In rehearsal yesterday at youth ballet, one of my pointe shoes repeatedly slipped off my heel, which drove me absolutely mad, as I kept having to yank it back on my foot without the teacher noticing... I have very narrow feet, and my shoes have elastics across the instep, any hints on stopping the heel from slipping?? Should I sew on a thin elastic that loops round my foot from the back of the shoe?

Yes, Aurora, I did find that quite odd- I probably wouldnt be allowed to attend for that reason.

oh i am sorry, silly me!! Just checked the Tring website again, and the dates etc for easter school are there!

ahh that's reasonable I guess! is that for a week?? (my non-dancing sister recently went on a school residential, so its about my turn to go away somewhere fun, hehe!!) I don't think the Easter course dates are on the webssite yet, which is why i asked.

ahh that's reasonable I guess! is that for a week?? (my non-dancing sister recently went on a school residential, so its about my turn to go away somewhere fun, hehe!!) I don't think the Easter course dates are on the webssite yet, which is why i asked.

thanks Hfbrew, I think i'll go for the Easter one, as ive just realised that the Christmas course is the week before school finishes- we dont finish until about the 22nd!!If you don't mind me asking, roughly how much does the Easter course cost?

Thanks for all the replies. What is the Easter course like in comparison? Due to finances, it would probably be either the Christmas course or the Easter one- although the Christmas one sounds lovely, it is quite expensive for only 2 days...

Hi, can anyone who has attended this course give me some info about it please? What standard were the classes etc? I am 15, and so is it mostly younger children who attend, or would there be other students my age? Obviously the £200 course fee is rather expensive, so I'd want the course to be challenging enough to not seem just like 'a bit of fun', if you know what I mean! Is anyone else's dd/ds thinking of applying this year? I'd love to meet some of you there, if I did decide to go!

Just had to pull my dd out of her drama production - she has been burning the candle at both ends and last night they met in the middle and melted - the poor thing ended up doing a pirouette on her bum instead of her feet

aww your poor dd, Taxi!

Today's 'oh heck...' ; recieved the rehearsal schedule for a drama production i'm doing. Rehearsals for the next 6 months are every Monday-Thursday, with 4 consecutive Sunday rehearsals. I dance on Wednesday and Thursday, and do a youth ballet on Sundays...

Oh and my soft pointes seem to have vanished off the face of the planet. grrr.

Sorry it's late but happy birthday, Anjuli!

Love Wicked & Les Mis! and am in a production of Miss Saigon early next year- probably my favourite musical because it's sooo powerful- I was getting emotional just reading the script! Id love to play Ellen, Now That Ive Seen Her is such a beautiful song to sing.

For me it was also lovely to see Ruth Brill who we have known for some time as a Cygnet. .

Yes, I had the pleasure of chatting to Ruth last week at a youth ballet, she is really lovely, and a very fun teacher, too!

What kind of things are assessed during the physio??

oh Anjuli that is beautiful- thankyou for sharing it!

ahh thats fabulous :-D courtesy of my spellchecker, my French teacher must think im utterly dreadful at spelling- it managed to slyly translate quite a few French words back to English on my homework, without me noticing...

When I am not dancing, I particularly enjoy writing poetry, (most of which is about dance, but anyway...). A few months ago, a friend mentioned to me about the Poetry Rivals 2012 competition. So, after much deliberation, I sent off a poem, forgot all about it, and to my surprise, today recieved a letter to say that my poem was selected to be published!!

I wrote it in sheer frustration at about midnight one night, after what seemed like hours of trying to get to sleep...

It is midnight.

I am alone.

The world is silent.

The world is sleeping.

I am awake…

A fiery dragon

Bathes me in His heat.

I kick off the Duvet.

I am in the Arctic,

Not a warm, cuddly

Polarbear in sight.

My heartbeat echoes

Through the blackness.

Beat. Beat. Beat.

A relentless panther,

It paces agitatedly.

I. Can’t Sleep.

Another sound.

A tide ebbing and flowing

With my pulse .

The fan purrs,

A spider cocoons

Its helpless prey.

The tiny, agile bee zips with ease,

Metamorphosising

Into a soft,

Graceful butterfly,

Her intricate wings

Wafting heavily as

My breathing slows.

Outside my window,

Fairies wings’waft,

As their crowns

Adorned with icicles

Glitter in the moonlight.

It is one-am.

I am still alone.

The world is anything

But silent

As the midnight orchestra

Lulls me into dreamland…

Anyone else enjoy writing poetry?

Im interested in attending the Enbs audition course- is the standard of the 'audition' class particularly high? And do you get to look around the school? Might hopefully see you there, pointytoes22!