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Thank you for all the tips!! DD is currently at dance but I will share them with her when she comes back????

Grade 5 ISTD though I'm not too sure about RAD

Yes they are anondancer and most of DDs class find them quite a struggle!!

Hi all, DD is twelve has recently started Grade 5 ballet and is struggling with her grand jete en tournants. Does anyone have any tips for her to help get them better as she is taking her exam at summer/xmas?

Ps. she is often a little dainty when she does them as she doesn't want to fall in front of her whole class.????

For grade 4, you have to be under 12

Hi all DD has now auditioned twice for LCB and had a recall but never a yes and her current dance school only hold performances once every three years. She would love to have more experiences on stage and she has done one ballet competition. I've searched on the Internet for ballet performances she could audition for which involve children but can't find very many. We just keep reading about LCB EYB and NYB .Does anyone know of any (mostly based in London and specifically ballet) performances she could audition for??

Thanks for all the super fast replies!!

DD has Instagram and uses it for day to day life just uploading pictures of her and her friends and some photographs she's taken. However, recently she's realised many of her friends have a separate account based on mainly dance and she wanted to make one. Though the only problem is she's not sure it's a good idea due to the fact that she may get a little teased at school for it. Also, none of her friends at her dance school have it, only her dance friends outside of her local school.

Does anyone have any experience with an account similar to this? any comments about it would be fab! Thanks in advance!

DD loves hers and uses it to strengthen her ankles and for turning. You can get them on Amazon quite cheap i think

My DD felt the same balletmumealing but really enjoyed the actual lesson!!

Anyone else's DDs doing a master class with Emma Maguire for LCB??

Sorry for the super old conversation but does anyone know how much a 13 year old would pay to do the associates here??

Got the results back today and found out DD got 92!! V v proud Dance mum

Francesca Hayward as principle all the way!

Does anyone know if the standard is particularly high at SBM summer school as DD doesn't want to feel out of her depth there (she is 12 and a grade 5 in ballet)

Thank you francesizzi did your DD find it challenging?

Has anyone heard the 2016 dates for the summer course as they don't seem to be up on the website yet? Or am I just being to eager and checking way too early?!

Thanks I will definitely call in sometime soon,

Has anyone done the under 16s classes before in ballet?

DD is currently 12 and studying grade 4+5 ballet istd. Does anyone know which group she would be in for dance works classical ballet eg. Intermediate/ advanced?

DD has recently taken an exam in ballet in grade 3 istd though she has said that she messed up her free work and wanted to know how many marks free work counted towards for her final mark, does anyone know the categories and amount of mark for the grade 3 ballet exam?

Anyone know if you have to be en pointe for the Easter course??

As a family we have been with DDs ballet teacher for 16 years so we always like to get her an extra special present for Xmas though we have gotten her almost everything -or so it feels- and we have no idea what to get her this year! Any suggestions??

They are beautiful!!

Yes DD said he seemed to show a bit of favoritism/ focused on one dancer a lot! I think the dancer was quite advanced for her age and picked things up quickly!

DD loved this class and like many other DC she sometimes didn't understand what the teachers were saying! We had no idea there were WL staff watching! DD thought the class was hard and there were a few vocational students there. She also said that the teacher expecting a lot from them and there were lots of associates there.