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I'm sure they sell very similar in the ROH shop (haven't looked recently but definitely seen them in the past). They hardly have any clothing on the online shop - maybe they're just in-store!

i was in the ROH store last week and don't remember seeing those though they did have a range of other shirts. have you tried eBay?!

you guys are so lucky, I have to wait until I get back to the studio in September for my results ????

thank you for posting nana lily! I'm documenting at the end of each day and then I'll probably do a general overview post at the weekend

Thank you for posting Anondancer I really enjoyed your blog. I struggled to find the link. Hope this helps others

 

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now I'm confused.... interested parent - has it been changed I can't see that it has??

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I am documenting each day here if anyone is interested: www.lifeofadancibgfangirl.wordpress.com

I would say that non syllabus classes are much more useful and valuable than exam work, as I think it better prepares you for auditions where you have to pick up combinations etc.

I'm planning on doing a blog post about my week at rambert so I'll post it on here so you can all have a read x

Hi, I'm doing the adult 5 day intensive at Rambert next week, I was just wondering if anyone else had done an intensive there before?:')

just ask, you never know they may be fine with it i ombred my hair when i was 14 i think!

all the best with RDB!!

definitely depends what mood the examiner is in I think haha!! most tend to be easier than the syllabus work because there are more complicated steps in the syllabus that aren't in free work I think!

I just wanted to add that my DD is doing Int Foundation and we bought the DVD to help her get an idea of what's involved, but the DVD doesn't mention the free enchainement section, which she didn't know about until about a month ago (exam is on 2 Sept). As she likes to be well-prepared for everything, this is something she was not expecting and it's hard to practise unless teachers give you different combinations frequently. (I completely understand why they include it, but it was a bit of a nasty surprise when she found out about it!)

free work can be a nightmare in the exam if you don't get enough of them in class! my teacher is also one for springing surprises on us before the exam.... however in my experience in my inter foundation and intermediate exam the free enchainments i got were MUCH easier than i was expecting, we got given some really horrible ones in class so i guess that prepared me. if you can, get a list of all the focus steps so you can learn them all and get comfortable with different combos.

Well done! I hope it was okay!

What was the pointe work like in it?

thank you i hope so too!!

there's only 5 pointe work exercises plus the reverence, they all went fine except the releve exercise in the center, definitely need to work on those!

the barre work is pretty easy, just rises in first, echappe releves to 4th, releve passes, pas de bourees and coupe foutte raccourci and then just temp lies and releves in the center, if you get enough practise at them you'll be absolutely fine once you get around to the exam.

the ISTD one is 'pre primary' I think which looks alright!

lots of snacks and water to keep her going! appropriate shoes, a change of clothes is always a good idea too! that's all I can actually think of...

not gonna lie id never considered taking the box out... idk if I'm brave enough to try it aha! but thank you I might give it a go

I bought them because I needed them for my exam and didn't have a pair of pointe shoes to break down and I'm determined not to give up on them yet haha! how do I go about taking the box out?!

I didn't start pointe until I was about 14 in grade 8 and basically had to beg my teacher aha! DDs teacher will put her on when she's ready.

The main sites I use are Dance Direct, Move Dancewear and Porselli, they have all been really good in my experience!  

Hiya, so I've had my Grishko soft pointes for about 2 months now, they're still pretty hard and very noisy. They get pretty hot when I'm wearing them obviously and when I go to put them back on, all the glue has like stiffened and gone really hard so I have to kind of manipulate them around to get my feet back in.. sometimes they end up with dents in the front of the shoe where I guess the glue has dried strangely? 

I'm not really sure if this makes much sense but does anyone else have a similar problem and is there any way to avoid it...? It's like I have to re-break in the shoes every time I put them on.

i don't go back now until about the second week of september so that will be the earliest i'll get the results! :/

I think I have to agree with miss Lewis about huge poofy buns!????

does anyone know how the casting is done for the bigger roles like do they select who they think would be suitable for it or is it 'if you want this role come and try this' situation?

how much P&P?

I think I've over-thought it too much by now, I think it was alright-ish! not looking forward to the huge long wait to get the marks back