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Everyone doesn’t get in, a close friend of ours was not offered a place in year 7 some years ago. We have no personal experience from the school, but just wanted to add this to the discussion. I won’t repeat what I’ve heard about the school as second hand info isn’t helpful to anyone but as with any school, definitely do your due diligence before committing 

Most sold. Only the pink leotard is still available 

Grishko warm ups sold 

Bosaddo heat retaining warm up trousers/Trash bags in the sold out colour ‘Milk’
Cost £89 new

8-10 years (similar in length to Bullet Pointe trash bags in XS so lasted my daughter until she turned 12)
76cm long (legs)
31cm waist across (has drawstring so is adjustable)

£35 incl 2nd class signed for postage

Lilac 9502, soft Meryl, size 14

White 9502 soft Meryl, size 14

Rodo (pink) 9502, Lycra, size 0

Turquoise 9502, soft Meryl, size 14

£35 each including postage (2nd class signed for)

All of the above are barely used as my daughter wears a uniform these days. Only used a handful of times each as the size was never quite right for her. 

Baby blue knitted Grishko unitard warmups, suits ages 10-12. Approx 125cm from top of leotard. Leg length approx 75cm. Only used a handful of times

£35 including postage (2nd class signed for)

1 hour ago, Ruby Foo said:

From experience ( 3x summer intensive)

95% ( approx guess) of Summer intensive are international students - many are first timers. My Dd had only 5 or 6 English speaking students to mix with, of which several were at RBS already. My opinion ( I have no inside knowledge) is that it’s a chance for the school to see worldwide talent they haven’t seen already ( through the uk associate schemes). Internationals tend to want summer courses because of the academic requirements / term times internationally and, I guess, they make a summer of visiting UK. Internationals don’t seem to be so omnipresent at Eastertime. My opinion only - that at the higher levels 13+, the international students are at a very high standard indeed especially where pointework is concerned. My Dd struggled having just passed inter- foundation. Her fellow students from S.Korea and Japan were easily Adv 2 standard and looked like mini professionals. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter a jot because everyone takes their own time to develop and gain the strength needed and meantime, there are loads of other great opportunities out there which my Dd enjoyed just as much, if not more.

We had a very British week for our daughter when she was 10, maybe they take more UK dancers in the younger years? 

Sorry I meant Wednesday when the course starts . Thanks!

Has anyone had any communications since 18 January when the invoice was sent? We paid and have had nothing since, we are not even sure when to turn up on Monday! I only just realised this today… 

On 26/09/2023 at 20:12, Neverdancedjustamum said:

Be careful with Dancia too. We’ve only gone there twice and both times I felt like we were rushed and that the fitters were determined to only let my DD try on a couple of different pairs. When we went there for her first pair, the fitter insisted that if it’s for a first pair, my DD should only try the Grishko 2007 and a Bloch pair I can’t remember the style name of.   This was before they even saw her feet. It might just have been our experience but I’ve never felt like the fitters there were committed to trying to help us find a good pair, perhaps both times the ones we got were tired as they were distinctly unenthusiastic and didn’t offer much in way of communications or advice. 

Same, only offered grishko 2007 when my daughter was new to pointe. Fittings tend to feel a bit rushed at Dancia, it depends on who you get as some are very helpful and experienced and others seem to be novices?
 

Freed have always been amazing! So helpful, nothing is too much trouble and they are so knowledgeable.
 

we had a disappointing experience at Bloch recently, I’d go so far as to say that the fitter was rude. The new shop is beautiful though 

On 06/02/2024 at 18:56, JenniferM18 said:

I saw a post on a prior thread of someone getting in with iPhone photos taken in their living room, so I don’t really think it matters! What they are looking for I think goes beyond the quality of the photos, so don’t stress. We had professional photos done at the last minute but they are horrible and were done very rushed. My daughter looks mad in them and they don’t show her personally or skill whatsoever. So not holding out hope either.

Can confirm iPhone photos at home are not a barrier to getting a royal ballet intensive offer. Good luck everyone 

We are giving up our place, as we are going to be away, and I assume the waitlist will move very shortly 

I just do the summer application with my husband’s email… 

Has anyone heard anything yet? We only applied today but keen to hear if some places have already been offered 

Were you happy with the autumn intensive? Considering applying for spring, we have a few days left to do so… we are hoping for hard work and busy days (if offered a place) 😃 does this sound about right, or how was it?

Results are out

Dd has loved the RBS summer intensives and has been a boarder all the times she has gone. She loved it for the social aspect! On watching day I did notice how some of the international students really seemed to be treating it as an audition, as others have pointed out in this thread. Just incredibly switched on, ‘performing’ the barre etc. No surprise that two of them were given a direct entry for next year’s SI. 
 

it is incredibly expensive and ballet wise I don’t think it’s the most intense one, they make them work much harder in others according to dd

Last year we found out on 29 November… I don’t remember when the deadline was

11 hours ago, Peanut68 said:

I’m certainly not more knowledgeable but my thoughts on partnering is that there is a suitable someone out there for all….companies can more widely reflect the real world with a mix of body shapes & sizes & yes this will mean a variety of weights that might need to be lifted. Science suggests therefore relevant muscle strength will need to be matched. It’s just gym sense not rocket science. And we all benefit from admiring artistry, athleticism, technique & dramatic acting from a wide range of people who closely reflect the real world bodies we all have 

But there will probably always be an upper limit for safety and also being able to dance the choreography as intended? You can move the cut off limit further up, and we will still end up with this exact debate at some stage. 

But what about partnering? I know the Russian schools in Russia have a maximum weight limit for partner work, to protect the men from injury. It’s not just about having a certain look, it’s also about functionality ? Can someone more knowledgeable weigh in?

Another vote for silky, they don’t fade (we use a wool/silk detergent on the hand wash cycle) 

12yo here, size XS is baggy on her… still growing into the two we ordered (I can’t remember what styles they were, they are two different ones and both are too big)

I see the studio’s side, they are counting on us financially. It’s a tricky one as we are definitely hoping that she can return to dance sooner rather than later, she just really needs a break. I don’t want to say exactly what is going on as I think some people on this forum know who I am… 

Hi,

My daughter is faced with being signed off dance for a while for medical reasons. We would miss the rest of the term at the very least, hopefully she will have recovered in time for September.

We have already paid deposits for summer intensives, which she won’t be able to attend either. That’s not ideal but we can live with that as the deposits have not been too extortionate.
 

We have however not paid our dance school for the rest of the term yet, as we pay on a half termly basis. Under normal circumstances we have to give half a terms notice, which I think is standard, but in this case obviously that won’t be possible.
 

We stand to lose a lot of money if the studio insists we pay for the remainder of the term so I wanted to ask for your input with this. Do we just have to pay up, or how would your schools handle this? 

We heard that too. Only vocational students came off the list as far as we know