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DD’s teacher says that it takes ten times as long to correct a bad habit as it does to form one.

Oh dear, well I got that one wrong. Just seen the email and posts to say next week. DD hasn’t even mentioned it - why do I get stressed? It’s been a long week - late night out and time for bed. Got to be up for rehearsals and dance classes - roll on the weekend of the dance Mum! We love it really!? 🤔 🤣

Recent NYB Instagram post hints that results maybe on the way out! I may be reading too much into this so reign me back Balletco members - it’s the run up to the weekend and I may just be getting too excited! 💃 Coffee needed and back to work and stop refreshing email! 💻

Thanks for confirming this - just back from meeting friends one of whom who works in communications at the Royal Brompton and they were pretty confused when I asked about it. She made some enquiries and the West London trusts are on the look out for her - this includes the ambulance services who have been alerted to her medical condition. I have managed, I think, to insert a picture and the Thames Valley missing persons link. https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/missing-people/urgent-appeal-help-trace-missing-woman-reading/ Let us all pray that she is found. X

Doesn't give us much faith in the reporting from Thames Valley Police if she was actually at the Royal Brompton. I do hope she is found soon. If she is rough sleeping around Marble Arch it is not a safe place to be - never mind the freezing temperatures!

Does anyone know at what time the 10-11 years olds will be auditioned next week in London? Have letters gone out yet or will it be e-mail? Thanks.

Just heard about a boy who auditioned for MAs only and been offered a finals audition for WL. Good luck!

That is definitely higher than previous years as the total of WL and MAs does not normally add up to that. Fantastic achievement to those who have finals auditions.

Not all of the 850 are going for WL assuming the figures in their Annual Reports - some only audition for MAs.

And on the other side not all those with full turn-out, great flexibility, ideal ballet body, great musicality, been through JAs, offered scholarship places for the other vocational schools in the UK get offered a place at RBS. If you don't try you will never know and getting in is just the start as you strive to stay at the top throughout your training and professional life, should you get that far. Good luck to everyone applying this season be it for associates, vocational or summer schools.

Sorry to hear about your no and all the best for the YDA outcome - from what I have read it is very hard to predict what each school is looking for. A yes for RBS Spring is definitely something to celebrate. Hopefully if she follows the exercises suggested by the physio she can build up strength over time. Good luck to her whatever happens in the years to come.

@Dancer123 I can see from previous posts that your daughter goes to associates - surely the teachers there can advise you.

Now that there are four weeks in the summer I understand from DD's friends that there were more Associates offered places last year in the context of more places around. We don't know anyone who applied for the Easter course - Associate or otherwise - so they are still waiting for the summer.

DD just put on a plain matching skirt over the leotard, just to make it a bit different and it fitted the music and choreography, for one of her audition solos. The trouble I had getting the matching skirt - but she was really happy so that helped!

Two years ago it was mid February that SS places were announced which was before places at Finals were known but last year it was after the Finals results, I think, at least a week after the Finals audition (despite saying February). They gave the increased number of applications with the additional weeks as the reason for the delay. So who knows when they will send SS results this year! With the addition of the Easter Intensive and the option to apply for one or other there may be more opportunities for UK applicants. Fingers crossed for those waiting to hear!

It was for a different performance so maybe not!

We had an incident recently when after already moving people further along the row so we could get our seats someone came to say we were in their seats. She showed us the tickets which were our seat numbers. Despite my rather poor eyesight I picked out that although they were the seats they were for the following week. I have to say we felt very sorry for them as they were all dressed up for a night out with no doubt travel and dinner costs and would have do the same the following week.

Recently I turned up to take my rather pricey ROH seat - birthday gift from DH - to find someone in the seat. It was just before 7.30pm but time to settle before curtain up. I had to get an usher to speak with them as they said they had a ticket. They said the same to the usher but when asked to show the ticket said their seat was elsewhere - thankfully they just walked off but no apology. Everyone around was quite shocked at just how brazen she was.

We use a thick cotton thread that is soft and similar to wool - works well - from Hobby Craft at around £1.80 a ball.

Not dance related but DD plays piano and a number of years of grades and not having the technique to play the piano as I had expected (only able to do scales and her exam pieces and very poor at sight reading) I discussed this with her teacher and we gave grades a break and she started to actually learn to play the piano. Unfortunately the teacher moved and we didn't find another one. However after a break she started playing again last summer and was able to sight read well enough to play pieces. She started back with lessons in September with the plan to just play but after a few weeks asked me to buy a grade book and is making great progress. The right teacher with the right attitude is so important. The first teacher accepted the need to back off grades and the new one has inspired her to take them up again! Maybe the new year is a good time to reassess.

Does anyone have a spare ticket? Can't pay too much and needs to be upstairs. Please PM me if you do. Thanks.

I wouldn't think so but you never know. Not sure if it was RBS or Elmhurst but a full-time place was offered after summer school to someone who was a no at the audition round. There is nothing to be lost by exposure to those who are on audition panels - one day they may see something they like that they have missed before.

Yes but if you look in the details of each course underneath it notes this for Hong Kong only. My understanding about a full time audition is that it is not a separate one but if you are interested they will look at you throughout the week.

It would appear to be similar to a summer school week with one class of 28 in each year group but mixed girls and boys, with more girls than boys, so slightly less places. Those on the wait list should hear at the end of next week if they have managed to get a place. Not sure if Associates were actively encouraged to apply (as with summer school where both Associates and those offered places at WL were encouraged to apply or offered places) or if they are also auditioning for full-time places. The information is contradictory as to whether both the London and Hong Kong course participants have the opportunity to audition or just the Hong Kong ones. The spring course takes place well after the finals for WL however they were still offering places at the summer school last year.

Lots of cross-over between Ballet Boost and Dance Forward with other good teachers such as Stephen Beagley and Begoña Cao. While I want DD to get good technical instruction at a course I think it is the overall experience that they give that makes us go for the ones we do. The one time I have been disappointed with a parent watch session at the end of a course was a demonstration of the work that had been taught by an RBS Associates teacher. I know she is a great teacher but the choreographed piece was below the ability of the class so I am not sure they got too much out of it.