On 16/05/2019 at 15:11, Dancer123 said:

Congratulations Swanilda! Glad someone got good news. Do we think that’s it for movement? We were hoping Year 8 London but guess if current Mids all assessed to stay on is there even any year 8 places??

Thank you, I am sure there will be more movement.

I understand that the MA1 class is year7 and 8 girls, MA2 is year8 and 9.  There are about 16 girls in each class.

There should be places for year8 students too. If year7 girls were (theoretically ) half of MA1 group, it looks like year8 cohort might be the largest.  I don’t know the exact split and don’t know for sure how progression between MA1 and MA2 works in reality.

SWL is open until 1 October.  It is worth to call RBS Associates office to check on the status.

Good luck to your DDs! Waiting is very hard.

DD year 7 Mids offer a few days ago. SWL does move. 

good luck to those still waiting 

4 hours ago, Dopedeedoo said:

Hi all, many congrats to all those dc who have finals - I tried to like posts but it just freezes, but many congrats to all, a great achievement!! It was a no for us. Dd will be sad, and I’m sorry that it probably massively reduces her chances of MAs too. 😞 but she has elmhurst finals and tring funding audition do not all bad 😁😁

Your daughter is a wonderful dancer! Wishing her good luck for Elmhurst and Tring! 

I heard that Birmingham results are out

Good luck to all waiting!  Does anyone know how many auditioned for year7 entry? 

6 hours ago, ExpatB said:

 

I just saw the Associates dancing at the fair on Saturday, I took a good look and trust me, there were all kids of bodies there. 

I think the only thing they had in common was that none of them had any extra weight on them. 

 

It’s true, JA girls are all very different. There are lots of discussions on the forum about the legs but in truth once the dancer is on point we have the illusion of extremely long legs. I watched the new Swan Lake and all RBC dancers have very long arms and necks.  It is known  that musicality, artistry and enjoyment of dance are taken into consideration 

Good luck to all children !

On 01/05/2018 at 14:12, Meglorien said:

It says 2013. I tried to find Shirley Hancock before posting, and I wasn't sure where to find her. Then I saw a website, and it also seemed to be only for injuries. But maybe if I phone them, I can get a consultation anyway. Thanks for your reply.

‭020 7402 7700‬ here is her number, she works near Marble Arch 

DD is offered one week WL residential, she is year5 and very excited.  The email arrived on 28 Feb.  

19 hours ago, MAK said:

It's the usual "no" for us - came by post. Good luck everyone, I'm sure we'll be coming to watch the lucky few in April 😊

Sorry to hear MaK, It is hard for children, keep strong and continue dancing. Good luck with other auditions x

58 minutes ago, Petalviolet said:

There will be a mini pv on tour!! Haha - she will be thrilled after just getting to finals last year!

Petalviolet, congratulations to mini pv. My dd was on a tour last year and it was an incredible experience for her X

1 hour ago, margarite said:

OMG DD got a yes for main cast

Margarite congratulations, my DD will be in the main cast too, she will be really happy x

dancer123, Hope your DD is strong and will continue to enjoy dancing. She will be more lucky with the next audition 

Great news Margarita,  will see you on 19th.

My DD will be in the finals too. X 

Please have a look at the last video posted by the London Children’s Ballet  https://www.facebook.com/lcballet/

a glimpse from the auditions

https://www.londonchildrensballet.com/current-season/auditions/

Today was the first and recall rounds for 9, 11, 13 year old girls

http://www.mastersofballet.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Masters-Of-Ballet-Academy-578290265639441/

My DD really enjoyed the Masters of Ballet SS at the Sadler's Wells theater.  The teaching faculity, organization and the venue were fabulous.  I will apply for her to attend the SS next year. 

On 01.10 some groups (of 30) had 2-3 boys and some groups had girls only. It might equate to a 35-40 girls per place competition.  In any case the process was so well organised and the audition class was lovely.  All kids came out beaming with joy.    My DD is too tall, I checked online - 4 ft 8 in cm = 142.24 cm, but we went anyway.  She now has her ballet photo on the Albert Hall website, that was not expected, a nice memento from the audition. The fee well invested 

https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2017/october/behind-the-scenes-at-the-nucracker-open-auditions-for-young-ballet-dancers-to-star-in-the-nutcracker/

200 today and 150 on 08.10 and the registrations are still open. It was a really lovely audition class today. 30-31 kids are going in every hour and half.  The panel will select 8 boys and 8 girls and results will be emailed in 2 weeks.   Good luck to everyone! 

We are going today too 2:30-3:30 slot

Audition registrations for 8 October are still open

The audition will be a one-hour session

Specification for audition:

School years: 5, 6 and 7 (from September 2017)

Maximum height: 142 cm (4ft 8")

Rehearsal schedule

2 days intensive during autumn half term in London

Fortnightly rehearsals in London during November and the first part of December

18 and 19 December in Birmingham

JA year 5 girls are invited to audition for Arthur Pita's The Wind ballet. Such an amazing opportunity to perform with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

Hi Sarahw, Thank youi for sharing the link.

DanceMum83, based on 2015/16 RBS annual report 1160 candidates came to audition for RBS JA program last year of which 1011 were girls. 117 girls were admitted across year 4,5,6.

In London we had 355 candidates and 26 intake, That equates to only 7 percent admittance rate or 1 of 14 girls being invited to join.

149 boys auditioned for 48 places across all 8 centers fot year 4,5,6. In London 65 candidates compete for 15 places. 23 percent or every fifth boy were lucky to join the program.  This year there were 1300 candidates and statistics will appear online at the beginning of next year.

There are no published split of how many girls were invited in year 4,5 or 6.  You will be able to see it on 9 September at the begining of the class. Congratulations to you and your daughter and her teacher. There is a lot of work done by the team. X

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On 08/02/2013 at 17:16, Chassé said:

Just wanted to echo what others have said about Shirley Hancock, she is very good, and does all the physio assessments for my CAT. She gives everyone individual strengthening exercises each year, and mine have always been incredibly useful. 

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