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  1. Hi AllAbout The Journey - My DS got Into year 7 Elmhurst only able to do splits (for a second on one side only) and no box splits in 2018. That year he also made WL finals. (he was only at Elmhurst for a year) In 2021 he was offered a Year 10 place at WL - he couldn't do box splits but could do splits both sides but still not for long and he would get out of the position very quickly! So that is our experience - he was never particularly flexible!
  2. we did a year of vocational training at year 7 which didn't work for us so brought him home and did a combination of classes and working with a coach. He got into WL for year 10. He didn't want to go.
  3. we took our DC out of a vocational school after a year because quite frankly it was awful! so DC trained from home with the amazing Jose Martin - and it was definitely more than good enough as DC was offered a year 10 place at White Lodge. But remember teenagers change their minds! Mine decided to turn down WL place which they had wanted since they were 8 because they loved their mainstream school, didn't want ballet as a career, and wanted to play team sports. That decision was made in a week! It was the right decision for DC two years on and who is ridiculously happy with his choice
  4. For vocational training you should definitely go to José martin and Kerry Birkett who run raw talent. They use a studio in beaconsfield and they are both amazing teachers and mentors. Their email address is info@rawtalentballetcoaching.com
  5. Our experience with YDA they were happy to wait a few days more - they are very nice there
  6. The audition team for the full time school do NOT make the decisions for who goes on the intensives
  7. Summer the boys are taught separately in male only classes - when my son went to the spring intensive the classes were mixed. The spring intensives when my son did them were taught by associate teachers and the summer were taught by wl faculty. But I don’t know what they will do this year
  8. Not our experience and that of other associates - my dc was always accepted as a JA - first time he got accepted off the waitlist three weeks before the day of the intensive but after that accepted - could have been a boy thing though
  9. Completely separate team of people choosing - I think emma Northmore is head of the intensives now - she’s brilliant - separate from associates
  10. Thanks - I just find it frustrating when parents question their children ability on a photo that wl May or may not like or try to second guess why they weren’t picked. There is no sense in it and has no consideration whether they are successful in vocational auditions for lower schools and specifically white lodge. Christopher Powney, hope keelan and mark annear do not pick the kids for intensives - that is someone else - those three pick the children for the school and the two don’t seem to cross .
  11. Can I just say something Who they pick for WL summer and spring intensives has no basis on how well your children dance or what their potential is in RBS's eyes. There is no rhyme or reason and please don't feel it has any baring at all on a students potential. Some of the students who go are amazing and others are not. My DC did go to to WL spring and summer for a few years (years 5-8) - he enjoyed them but in that time he got rejected for full time training with white lodge, didn't get mids, went and left elmhurst etc. We also put down every time that he went to a wl intensive on a form that he was interested and wanted to be considered for full time training. He didn't get in that way and they never gave us any indication that they did consider him. The year that he stopped going to RBS intensives, joined mids was the year that he was offered a year 10 place for white lodge. if you get a place - great - enjoy! Its a fun experience but it doesn't make you a better dancer than your friend in ballet class it just means someone likes your photo! My DC met wonderful people but it didn't mean that while he was there it got him any closer to his dream of being there full time! Also to finish the story off with something unexpected - when he was offered his full time place last year - he turned it down and gave up ballet - we definitely didn't see that coming! There are many intensives - ballet boost, raw talent, dance forward, ybss, malvern etc which your dancers will have an equally if not better time at than wl sorry if I've banged on too much but all your dancers are amazing without the WL intensive seal of approval which has no basis on their ability of dance xx
  12. A few years ago we called as everyone else had heard but us and it was a yes - so don't think it will be a no - just tell the parents to call Adelia the admissions person - she is really nice and very helpful and won't mind that they call
  13. As Tring is a boarding school and have lessons on Saturday they will be open - give them a call x
  14. My DS who has had all his ballet training in the UK was offered a place in year 10 for this year at White Lodge. He was offered his place before the international students were seen for finals due to covid restrictions this year. He didn't take it and has since given up ballet but yes they do take UK students if they think if they will fit - also my DS got to finals in year 6 but wasn't offered a place at WL for year 7 so things change. Don't worry about them seeing students abroad - if they want you they will take you.
  15. we took my DC out of vocational school at the end of year 7 as we weren't happy with the academics, pastoral care or the ballet training. We home schooled for a year and then we put him back into a normal school who let him out to train. In the year that he was back in school he auditioned and gained a place at white lodge which he turned down and a month after that decided he didn't want to dance anymore. It was the best decision for him. The teacher that got him over the disastrous year at vocational school and trained him through his home schooling and back into an academic school was Jose Martin at Raw Talent. He taught my son ballet to the highest level but more importantly became a mentor and gave him space to discover what he actually wanted to do. He may no longer do ballet but it is/was a success story for the happy person he is today. I don't work for Raw Talent but I am a big believer in what they do and am forever grateful for what they did for my son 07587 110166 info@rawtalentballetcoaching.com
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