Foreverdrivingtodance

Good Luck to all Year 7 finalists!! your kids must be amazing!!!!

A boy from our school has his finals tomorrow & for girls they are this Fri & Saturday.Must be so nerve wracking! Good Luck to them all!

So how would they decide then?? or is it just a quick look then they are in a bin somewhere.....

How do you think they make their decisions? Is it mainly on the physique or is the Grade you are at. Or if mainly aimed at international students as a good chance for them to see those who otherwise would not get there. cupcake would they have known your DD had WL so not much point her going to SS as well. Wonder how it all works behind the scenes!!

so does everyone they got WL finals get a SS place?? I know someone who is at the finals this week but has not heard about SS

YDA Associates.DD loves it.

Yes I wanted to go into it with my eyes open & know whether its something DD can realistically pursue or enjoy more as a hobby

Bestfootforward how did you find out that your DD did not have the right turnout.Was that whilst being a JA?

oh no!!! more waiting!!!

I have a thick skin & have not been offended by anything you have said. Its only because her teacher keeps going on about seeing physio that set the wheels in motion, it would not have been something that would of occurred to me.Now have contact details of a good dance one so am now really interested to find out!! Its confusing as we are getting mixed messages from various teachers that she goes to.Nothing will stop my daughters love of dance & I will always encourage her & we will keep auditioning I am sure. She loves every minute of the classes she does & things we go to (its me who is lazy & cannot be bothered to trapse around sometimes). After her JA audition this year may drop a class in the week just for a rest. I am a firm believer it if its meant to be it will happen & if not there is another path she will follow. Have really appreciated all the support & advice & will keep you posted!! (if anyone is still left on this thread!!)

Think that gives us all hope Tabitha. Her teacher at YDA is going to have a look at her on Saturday so we will see what she says! x

Physio has rung to cancel appointment! great will have to wait until next week now!

Have managed to get a physio appointment today so will see what they say.Bravely spoke to her teacher yesterday who said in 2nd & froggies its fine, sometimes moving through other positions. What should I be asking physio?? she will probably think I am a complete nutter taking a 9 year old!!!

*know not no!!! rushed typing!

amos73 that sounds quite similar!! not sure they work on it too much in class. Just feel like they are just always being shouted at to turnout but no sure DD really has a clue what she should be doing!! She goes to YDA associates & they do lots of exercises, which when we practise at home I can see her leg 'turning out 'we have only been there since September.We are quite late to taking ballet seriously ie more than once a week.So felt we had a lot of catching up to do.Just re-read her report from YDA & Klara Houdet who danced at that Paris Opera Ballet said lots of lovely things & that she had all the correct physical attributes. I no nothing about dance!! but maybe she would have mentioned it in report if it was a big problem.They have a proper assessment their on the 04.03.17 so perhaps I will wait & see what they say & then ask about physio. To the naked untrained eye can I tell what her turnout is like??

Thanks so much! just a bit stressed today I think. Just find ballet so 'particular'!! just all these qualities that you are meant to have (small head etc) just seems so precise. To be a good footballer no one cares what shape legs you have!! Just think there must be soooo many lovely dancers that miss out on chances for reasons they cannot help. I am trying to enjoy our dance journey, but sometimes easier said than done!!! Also I was rubbish at pretty much most sports etc at school & do love the positives ballet gives her.Fitness,friendship etc

Sorry for being so negative! (her teacher is Russian & quite critical).I think as we are in our 11+ year & she is pretty clever just feel we are trapsing to quite a lot of ballet lessons,associates at the moment & trying to fit in school work.& she has 2 brothers with lots of stuff they do a husband who is away a lot so its pretty much me trying to juggle in all.Its exhausting! she loves dance so much she would carry on forever think its just the impact it has on family life sometimes. also I think the way her teacher sometimes deliveries news is not great, as if she was an alien species with utterly deformed legs!!!!

When her teacher rang up to get feedback they did not mention turnout but said average flexibility would that have been in reference to it, or if her turnout was awful would they have said??

Thanks for the comments, this is what I was thinking if turnout is physically not there, there is not much that can be done about genetics!!!! just feel we are putting in so much to ballet & ultimately think it will end up being a bit 'pointless'!!! obviously she is doing it for enjoyment & wanted to go to a vocational school, but if its always going to hold her back in the long run its better to know sooner rather than later x

Should I bother with the physio?? would the RBS be able to help sort it out or would they not accept someone unable to use their turnout??She is 9!!

Do all of your with children that have made JA's, RBS, Elmhurst all have had natural turnout? Think my daughter has other attributes good feet, high arches, physique & musicality but this is probably the one area that is not great according to her teacher. Does she have a chance of making it. She got SWL for JA's last year & we will try again this year. Would they have looked at that?? she is very flexible but their feedback was 'average flexibility' would they have looked at her turnout??? Her teacher said I could take her to a physio, but is this worth bothering with????

If my child got a place not sure I would care how they got it!!!!

opps wrong thread!!

yes what sort of things do they do at a pyhsio assessment. Touching the wall with your knee???!! What sort of position are you in to start with?? if you don't have amazing turnout do you still have a chance?? or is it all about the turnout?