margarite
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Thank you all. She does have flat turnout ( let's hope she remembered to engage it properly!), all three splits, long legs, and her solo went without a hitch, so there are some pluses!
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DD has just had her first Lower School audition today at Hammond. She woke up with a runny nose and sore throat, and even though she had a fantastic day, burst into tears after I collected her. She's distraught as she feels she messed up most of the dance audition. In the ballet she couldn't spot properly in turns as her nose was running and she fluffed some basic steps😔. In the modern section she froze and forgot a sequence of steps too. She's used to auditions, and has had both positive and negative outcomes, and taken the 'nos' well, but I think this is the first time she's felt she's not done her best. I've never seen her like this, she's heartbroken. The school and teachers seemed so lovely which made it worse. Any advice or words of wisdom would be appreciated. Thank you x
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Fingers crossed you hear soon - how stressful!
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I'm so sorry to hear that, hope your DD is ok x
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DD is through to finals - fingers crossed there's others on here with good news?
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Definetly try again. Unfortunately there always has to be someone at an age disadvantage, my daughter is a late August baby so it's been a constant part of our lives as she is almost a year younger than some of her classmates! I think it's given her a bit of fighting spirit as she is always the youngest (and often the smallest!!). There will be some in the LCB auditions who won't have birthdays until as late as December too. Best of luck for the future.
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Good luck to everyone auditioning today. DD has been recalled so over the first hurdle.
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Last year from a class of 30, DD was one of 7 recalled. In the recall class there were 30 nine year olds altogether. In the final, the class size was around 30 and a mixture of 9 and 10 year olds.
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Forgot to say - it says on the website that finals are the 19th Nov this year. It's a lovely experience, but still heart wrenching to see the girls whose numbers are not called out
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Hiya, it's a simple half hour ballet class, then they all troop out and the numbers of the dancers they want for the recall are called out. Everyone else goes home, and the recalled dancers from each age group have another, more complex session in front of the panel. Last year DD was recalled and we finally left around 12.30. She heard she was in finals about a week later, which were held about two weeks after the initial audition. In finals they learnt steps and sequences from the ballet. She didn't get picked from finals, but still had a ball. Hope that's helpful.
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DD had her sports day today. She was definitely the most graceful in the skipping race, but unfortunately the slowest ?
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Thank you - I'll ask her teacher to contact them. Well done again to your DD xx
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I think your daughter is doing so well - she has places at two really good associate schemes already so she's clearly very talented. We've had a no from RBS two years running, which I've always expected as my daughter while long limbed, is small for her age which as far as I can tell isn't their ideal. We're still deciding what to do next year regarding vocational applications, as while DD loves dancing, I think we both feel that any added pressure might dampen the joy of her favourite pastime. We've decided not to talk about it until September so she can relax all summer and decide what to do with a clear mind. Glad you're feeling better Xx
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My DD has auditioned for both, and I would say that LCB is harder to get in to. Mainly because it's free, so you get a huge amount of children going for relatively few places ( our experience was roughly 450-500 for 30 places in LCB and around 100 children going for 50 EYB places) My DD was accepted for EYB, only got to finals for LCB, but interestingly found the audition much more challenging for EYB. As far as I know, LCB rehearses at weekends. Hope that helps!
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I do agree with you Mrs Moo, they just want to dance don't they?! Sounds like all the results are finally coming through, fingers crossed for those waiting xx
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We got a no for year 6 too - DD is absolutely fine thank goodness! It's a tough process, and agreed it can make you feel quite despondent - but I'm focusing on how proud I am of DD - I'd never have had the guts to audition for anything when I was 9! She's happy at YDA too. Shame they haven't got the resources to give a little more feedback, it was heartening to get that when she applied for Tring. Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear, hopefully lots of yeses! Fingers crossed for you all xx
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I think it could be a while yet, last year there were three working days between Totnes and London results coming out - I hope I'm wrong!
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We saw it and it was so lovely! DD got to the final LCB audition and had to do some of the dances, so wanted to see how it all turned out! Hopefully she'll be back auditioning again this year.
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Well done - that's a great achievement considering the numbers auditioning! What centre did you audition at? X
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It doesn't seem to follow a pattern, last year if I recall correctly, there was a gap then Birmingham and Eastleigh came, then another day or so then Bath and Totnes, with London another four days after that. Results can come through quite late in the day. Ours came at after 6pm last year! Hope this helps, it's not easy waiting is it? X
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Congratulations to the yeses - especially those on a second attempt! My DD got a very positive no letter telling her to try again, it's her first attempt at CBA, so I expect we'll be back again in November. She's lucky enough to already attend another associate scheme, so won't be too downcast. It's all experience, and good to have areas to work on. Well done to your girls xx
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They come centre by centre in date order. Hope the wait isn't too long x
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Our London result came on the 20th of June last year, so roughly two and a half weeks after the audition. Some were sent the day before, so we had an extra sleepless night to get through ?
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Don't worry about her flexibility at the moment - my DD is an associate at YDA and there are at least two girls in her class who can't do full splits yet. So it's not the be all and end all. Hope it goes well!
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You can also download the Royal Ballet School's annual report from their website which shows the number of children that applied last year, and the number they gave places to - for both JA and White Lodge.
