Primaballerina1

My DD is 12 and is very determined in terms of ballet!! She is in grade 4 and 5 ISTD and she does her foot exercises to strengthen her feet for pointe every night! When she was 9 she had a dropped instep but it was all sorted out before she turned 11. Should she be on pointe yet if she would like to make it far in terms of ballet? Or is it normal for he not to be on pointe??

Hi all. Was just wondering how flexible most associate classes like their students to be when they are of the age around about 12 - 13? Do they expect all splits? Full floor point? Please help as I'm not sure whether my DD is flexible enough!

My DD is 12 and loves ballet!! (She would like to be a profession ballerina in the Royal ballet) but I am a bit worried as she has had two NOs from LCBs productions and a no from RBS JA class. I am not sure whether her training is affecting this. She does 1 grade 4 ballet class (1 hour) 1 grade 5 ballet class (1 hour) 1 extra ballet class (1 hour) which her school call intermediate scholarship 1 non-syllabus jazz class 1 grade 4 modern class 1 grade 3 tap class. - all these classes are with the imperial ISTD syllabus This means she is only doing 3 ballet classes a week! Is this enough of she wants to go to RBS WL in year 9?? We are also auditioning for LJB associates however if we receive a NO from the audition she will have not received any YESs and will still be doing only three ballet lessons a week? I am not sure what to do as 3 hours of ballet a week for a twelve year old doesn't seem like much, does anybody have any advice??

My DD is twelve and is in grade 4 and 5 ISTD ballet and also does modern tap and jazz. She would love to go London Junior Ballet as she is not ready for a vocational school yet eg YDA. Could somebody give us a brief outline on the children's ability at LJB? And other main points on it??

Hi I'm new to balletcoforum so don't know much about it! But I was just wondering whether the London Childrns Ballet Summer school is good? My DD is 12 but we are not doing the senior one as we are away.(we are doing Juniors) it is our first year doing it so was just wondering whether it is good and if it will help her with technique and performance skills?? We are doing it through the audition as we got a lovely 'no' from LCB and did not get a call back either. Could anyone help us on what it will be like at the junior summer school 2015??