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  1. well that will be her entertainment today - she will love watching that. I did take them to see I think it was the Birmingham Royal Ballet company class on stage a few years ago (it was cheaper than watching the actual ballet so we could afford it) but she was very young so can't really remember it. Never thought to look online to watch a company class. Thank you
  2. thank you everyone - greatly appreciate the advice and information.
  3. I will have a look at her other videos
  4. oh ok, my daughter is in ISTD grade 4, probably taking it later this year. thank you
  5. thank you Tango Dancer - that looks so cool ... and difficult!
  6. great, thank you. I will show her your posts and reassure her to carry on doing what her teacher says and not be tempted to copy the others in festivals. Pas de Quatre - I have no idea what a jete entrelace is (will google now) and I think it highly unlikely she will ever be able to do a pirouette in an arabesque but good to know the reasons why the correct technique is so important.
  7. the more I google, the more confused I get!
  8. thanks Tango Dancer - yes that is what her teacher always says, better to do something technically correctly even if it doesn't look as good than to do it badly
  9. thank you BalletBear. Her teacher is very hot on correct technique so I was assuming she was right and that perhaps it was just people could "get away" with twisting but have only recently realised how often I see pictures, even of professional dancers, where they are almost looking like a side leg lift than a proper arabesque so I started to wonder if it was just a different way of doing it.
  10. ok I am just a mum so haven't got any proper knowledge but this is something I have been puzzling about. My daughter has always been taught to keep her hips square in an arabesque with both feet/legs turned out. But more and more I see pictures, and dancers in festivals, who do an arabesque where their hips are actually twisted upwards if that makes sense. If my daughter does that then her leg goes much much higher but I didn't think you were supposed to do that? Mind I have also seen lots where the leg they are standing on isn't turned out so... So can someone please enlighten me as to what the hips should be doing in an arabesque? thank you
  11. oh I am sure they will be popular. she has devoured Lorna Hill Sadlers Wells books. I told her about them this afternoon after seeing your post and she got very excited and gave me Christmas money to pay for them.
  12. I have just ordered these for my youngest. Thank you
  13. what about something like this? I have no idea what it is like, just seen it. https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/jennifer-homans/apollo-s-angels/GOR004385575
  14. I think technique books wise would be quite difficult as all the boards vary. We have a ballet dictionary and a tap dictionary. Both I bought through the ISTD. They are quite thin pamphlet type books though rather than book books.
  15. My daughter says the young readers edition of Life in Motion is brilliant and she thinks perfectly suitable for year 8, also opens it up for not so confident readers more.
  16. ok ones I have found floating around in my daughters rooms. No ballet shoes in Syria - Catherine Bruton. Not read yet so no idea what it is like A Girl Called Faithful Plum by Richard Bernstein Ballet Shoes for Anna - Noel Streatfeild Misty Copeland Young Readers Edition Life in Motion Pirouett by Robyn Bavati Dancing on the Inside by Glen C Strathy The Secret of the Ballet Book by Navita Dello The Tsar's Ballet Slippers by Angela Riley Music Boxes by Tonja Drecker and Peril on Pointe. Am about to put The Secret of the Ballet Book, The Tsar's Ballet Slippers and Music Boxes on ebay. Might be getting rid of Peril on Pointe too but need to check with one of the girls first.
  17. I have just found some others upstairs to suggest too but have jusst noticed the time and I need to go and buy bread and dinner before picking my daughter up. So I will be back later with info
  18. well I would err on the side of caution and go with the young readers edition myself as I have no idea how different the other version is. I think if you have a particular interest in something like dance then you will read biographical work even if it is aimed at a different age group. Let me take some photos of pages and see if I can private message them to you so you can see what you think.
  19. my daughters are 10 and 12. We have Misty Copeland's autobiography young readers edition, Peril on Pointe, The Tsar's Ballet Slippers which went down very well here. Might be a bit young but The Secrets of the Ballet Book (think it is called that, will check when I go back upstairs) was good too. Otherwise the younger one (who prefers ballet, eldest going off dancing rapidly) is working her way through the Lorna Hill old Sadlers Wells books. A Girl called Faithful Plum is in the cupboard to be read as well. That one is about a young chinese dancers life. Will see if I can think of any more. Got a couple I need to put on ebay actually. thanks for reminding me
  20. Home bargains used to do fantastic ones but they seem to have discontinued them in my local branch. Worth a look though
  21. my daughter just dances because she can't NOT dance if that makes sense. she lives for dancing (and reading) but she knows she won't be a dancer when she is older.
  22. sadly we would fall in the "not able to afford it but not struggling enough to qualify for help". Plus I really don't think she is good enough for anything like that anyway. She certainly won't go on to be a professional dancer. Perhaps I use our not being able to afford it as an excuse instead of not being good enough.
  23. my youngest would love to do something like this but it is a bit out of our price range sadly. It does sound a great opportunity though
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