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We are expecting a no, balletmum20, dd's heart set on Elmhurst anyhow! 

Sorry, have no idea Pointeyourtoes but I think your DD has done super well to get a recall for year 9! And as I recall we were talking on here earlier this week about our dd's hearing the panel discussing candidates in the audition? And you said your DD had picked out the ones in the room she thought would get recalls. So I'm guessing she didn't think she would?! Am super happy for you that she did! Fantastic news.

They seem to be flying through the audition dates now with results 

Fantastic news pointeyourtoes! Many many congratulations to your DC!

Were you the 17th in London, BalletQueen, for yr 8? The boys for yr 7 were two days before that and the results came out for that audition today. Perhaps yr 8 London results will be tomorrow?

Fantastic news glissade, first yr 7 yes for WL! Where and when did you audition? Congrats to your DD - she must be over the moon.

Saturday evening brought yet another cast in Rhapsody and yet more debuts in Pigeons. Choe  gives a lovely account of the Collier role and managed to make more of the wrist flicks than either Hayward or Osipova have done. A small detail I know but it is the observance of such small details that contribute to great performances, I am sure that O'Hare must be very happy to be able to muster three casts of soloists for Rhapsody. It certainly says a great deal about the technical standards in the company.  However while Zucchetti  can execute the steps he did  not look as if he was completely at home in the choreography. His performance is at the bravura end of the spectrum but his performance did not look as effortless as it should have done and had a rougher edge to it than McRae's did.

 

Two Pigeons saw Ball and Stix Brunell  make their official debuts in Pigeons. They both danced the choreography as set but brought out details which had been missing or not brought out sufficiently by other casts. This Young Girl  was not the sweet little thing that most of the other dancers had made her. She seemed to me to be more in the Seymour mould  than the others and she made the section in which her actions tell the audience that she has realised that she has gone too far register. With Ball there were occasions when I hardly noticed that he was dancing not because he was dancing badly but because the narrative was completely integrated into his dancing. In the second act he made far more of the section where the Young Man, having been bound with ropes pulls himself along one rope and wraps it round his waist turns and repeats the action, than any of the other Young Men had done. His performance  reminded me of David Wall particularly in that section. The reconciliation pas de deux was beautifully done. Clare Calvert made a strong debut as the Gypsy Girl.

 

Three more performances this week and then we wait to see whether Two Pigeons slips back into oblivion or whether it is revived in future seasons and whether in due course a DVD is issued.  

 

I can't help wondering whether Amos 73's  mystery dancer at the matinee was Stix Brunell? 

I wish I knew too! I did email the school's matinee people at ROH and ask but no answer ...

Hi Aklf,

DD auditioned for Tring on 2 Dec and we got the letter 6 or 7 days later. How long have you been waiting?

Oh, *gulp*. So it might be in the next few days then.

So out of interest, who has trawled back through last year's thread and seen how long it took all the Royal results to come out from the different centres?? 

Email, outofmydepth. We were Sunday in London and they said up to two weeks. The first result we have heard of on here was yesterday for Bath and that audition was exactly two weeks earlier. So I would think you don't need to start manically 'refreshing' yet!

Were the first Sunday (17th) auditions in London the next lot after Bath then?

I'm guessing it will be next week sometime or even week after for the year 7 london auditions which were last Sunday (24th).

Wave that Pom Pom, PV 

Sorry to hear DD didn't get elmhurst this year Lema. Fingers crossed for the funding auditions she has coming up.

That is amazing. I saw you said DD is a mid associate. Did she get through to WL finals last year?

WOWOWOWOW dancefanatic - you are the first Royal result - and a YES!!!! How fantastic. When and where did you audition? Brilliant news, and well done to your DD.

Hi snowflake congrats to your dd. Which audition slot was she in? My DD was 9am. See you at finals!

Have there not been any more elmhurst letters?  Has anyone contacted the school to see when remaining letters are being sent?

The fees at YDA are a lot less than the fees at other vocational schools though, @£3800 per term I think. 

And as far a I am aware they often give scholarships to talented children who couldn't afford the full fees.

Plus, they have just had their most recent lot of GCSE results and achieved the highest in the London Borough, beating schools such as the London Oratory, which is selective. For a small school that has range of mixed ability intake academically this is amazing.

Totally agree Joyofdance. And schools that encourage that I find dubious. Also, the prevalence of social media accounts showing this sort of thing is a real problem. Not least because a photo is just that a photo. It gives no real indication of how good a dancer the person in it is! And how many attempts they took to achiebe the position for long enough to take a picture etc.

Of course flexibility is important, but it should be developed carefully and never at the expense of technique and strength to use it.

HI Pointe-less, yes we were Elmhurst 9am on Tuesday last week and letter arrived yesterday morning. 

Is everyone just waiting for Royal now? How soon do they normally start sending out after the last lot of auditions are done in London? I think they send out in order of audition dates don't they?

Lima, believe me it would be amazing if she did, but I don't think she is their 'type'    

To be honest DD has her heart set on Elmhurst at the moment, but who would say no if the Royal asked, lol!!

I don't think there have been any royal results yet have there? Where did you audition? We were just Sunday so expecting a few weeks wait (and not expecting finals either so not really stressing about it). Thank goodness Elmhurst and Tring came through quickly. But even so those six days waiting were excruciating!!!

Hope you hear soon!

Thanks lema, I already feel I can't concentrate! Last year after finals it was only a couple of days for us but applied for more schools this year. Not even a week since the last audition and I'm guessing another 10 days or so before we hear so I really should switch off! Guess im worried about lots of things, I know to some it probably sound ridiculous as we can't control anything. I think having others to talk to that are going through the same thing makes it easier and perhaps that's what I'm lacking near me. Any advice appreciated!
Amos- waiting on royal for now and summer school!

The waiting is excruciating, isn't it? Ballet queen, which school/s are you waiting for at the moment?