Hi I'm new to this forum and looking for any advice or words of wisdom! My situation is this; I have a daughter who wants to go to 6th form ballet training. She trains with her local dance teacher and has done various ballet things over the years. My DD has passed all her ISTD intermediate exams with good marks in ballet, modern, tap and national. My DD is a good all-rounder in dance but classical dance is her passion. We have just started the dreaded audition forms and photos, each school wanting something different!! The further we go on this journey the more heartbroken I think my DD will become.
My husband and I support our DD in her ambition to become a dancer but it's a shame our finances won’t support her in her dream. Much like other families on here we are now realising that even if our DD was lucky enough to be offered a dada, we would more than likely have to turn it down because we couldn't afford the cost of living away from home. Our household income puts us at just over the cut off point for the maintenance grant and we have four children, so this makes it pretty much impossible as the dadas don’t take into account other children living at home. I am fully aware that this subject of funding effects everyone on here regardless of income, from lower income families, middle income like myself, and higher income families. Every household lives by their means and we all have bills and homes to pay for.
I just wonder if there are any success stories out there! It would be good to hear of other people in this situation.