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  1. My DD slept in her first pair for weeks. How very exciting.
  2. Contact KS and they will explain the 3 year programme, timetables, performances etc
  3. Children residing or attending school in London are free on buses with their Zip card. You would need to contact TFL to prove they are sitting A levels I think, but it may have all changed
  4. My DC wanted a career in dancing and viewed upper school as the stepping stone to getting a job, so they got copies of the timetable and talking to other students especially 3rd year and looked to see how many days are dedicated to creating showreel and CV and support for auditions.
  5. Its been a while now but if it’s RAD then I believe Grade 7 is dance only, no barre and a very enjoyable exam pulling all your technical syllabus together in to a performance. vocational exams are in my opinion big confidence boosters and huge achievement for dancers and they pull on their syllabus training throughout their career and choreographers can tell RAD heads, chechetti arms. Intermediate I’d suggest is the one exam a trained dancer deserves to have under their belt - it’s a fabulous foundation for any dance form.
  6. I believe Wayne Sleep was the first of many professional male dancers to perform en pointe in Tales of Beatrix Potter .
  7. A teacher at summer school helped out, we put all the possible requested positions with shoes and in bare feet together then using an iPad recorded the positions in good light. Worked a treat.
  8. Thriller is one that springs to mind because they can walk through audience, crawl around floor then join in for chorus on stage. My DC high school had over 100 join in quite a site
  9. May I suggest you telephone The Royal Academy of Dance and ask for a list of fully trained teachers I presume Imperial, Chechetti BBO head officers have the same lists. Some teachers wont do festivals. You know your child, some schools concentrate more on syllabus and on exams, some are more business like and like competitions to advertise their school.
  10. Depending on your circumstances maybe ask yourself is my child a boarding school child at 11? Mine wasn’t, but by 14 she was ready and off she went.
  11. Have the schools all been proactive ensuring their graduates show reels are ready to go before they left the studios?
  12. Oh bless her, receiving a correction should be a positive thing so she can work on that area. A good teacher will explain spotting, pulling up and so much more and she will still be working on this for years to come. You know your child, if festivals put her in a pickle then leave them for now. A good summer school in the next couple of years will probably have her turning with more confidence.
  13. Every grade is in preparation, do you mean they are on pointe during exam?
  14. Wow some seriously experienced and qualified teachers. I wish them every success.
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