Nicola H

given that the qualification can be achieved over multiple sittings , there may be method in the madness... level 1 in the NQF seems to be rather under utilised outside 14 -19 and key skills ( Literacy and Numeracy ) . especially when people are paying for something themselves rather than the government and employers .

the level at which beginners start / are started is always interesting , as many adult / teen none syllabus absolute beginner classes take a planned swipe across work from grade 1 to grade 4 or 5 ( especially those smaller (not London ) beginners classes where the regular class size is a dozen +/- 6 people - London is a different matter with the 20 - 40 people in a class ). certainly Primary etc is designed very much in the realms of being age appropriate cognitively and physically for nursery / reception age children ...

there is just something about those staircases isn't there

PHB -http://www.powerhouseballet.co.uk/ TBR - https://www.theballetretreat.com/ - all but one of the TBR events in Leeds have been at Northern , the exception beign the Corps de ballet day earlier i nthe year which was ' across the road' at Yorkshire Dance ...

i defy you to sit on certain modern theatre seats for much more than 30 -45 minutes without having to move ... I do find the seats in the 'Stan and Audrey' as certain people are wont to call it ( whistles discreetly and looks towards @Terpsichore ) especially bum-numbing but i've just realised i've never actually sat on them without first having taken at least a 90 minute class if not more - as Saturday's visit ot the mixed programme was prefaced by PHB class and sharing at TBR is prefaced by class ... ( also somewhat strange for a definite 'amateur' to have spent more time dancing in a space than in it as a theatre - but probably normal for for the TBR family unless they are truely dedicated and voracious consumers of the productions put on at Quarry Hill )

Tuxedo is a US american Vulgarism for 'black tie' / dinner jacket ...

saw Saturday's evening performance along with @Terpsichore and as mentioned Terry Etheridge (- following the class and audition he had given for Powerhouse ballet in the afternoon ), @sophie_rebecca and finally met @Jan McNultyIRL ... in running order The Kingdom of Back - danced beautifully and comically on key but i think it lost it's way in the middle and several minutes could have been cut with no lost and perhaps even a gain overall Mamela - a creditable first piece for Mlindi , danced well - but then again this is Northern a company with great dancers who seem to enjoy a good team spirit , the costuming combined with the fact most of the male NB company members were sporting ponytails or man buns due to the big hair that will be required for Three Musketeers added an interesting, and possibly unintentional, androgyny to the ensemble . Shape of Sound - Wow - Kenny TIndall proves once again what a fab choreographer he is , and the work he and the lighting desginer put in to the lighting / set ( there's little in the way of set for this piece just a few legs / flats the rest is all lighting . Danced fabulously

the Common Travel Area still exists though ...

he had a fixed term contract with ENB earlier in the year , he's currently back in the US having taught on a number of summer intensives and iirc he;s got a number of other teaching engagements in the next few months in the US he's also involved , as Bruce said , in one or more films / documentaries about dance he is active on twitter and facebook as well as insta

might be becasue the LGBTQ community have issues wit hthe trocks after they way they treated Chase Johnsey ... My view on that particular issue appears to be be the one shared by Ms Rojo ...

I aim to do do at least one class a week and have more weeks where i do at least 2 classes a week than not , despite being a shift worker with an evenings heavy shift rotations pattern but this does mean a fair bit of travel as Lincoln isn;t well endowed with adult classes ( especially as Streetbeat can;t find sufficient staffing all it;s other stuff as well so most of it;s adult classes have gone into abeyance for the moment : -( ... ) I also am a great fan of the The Ballet Retreat and this year will have done 4 of them by the years' end ( January, June, August and December) and i've been to 2 of the 3 classes so for for Powerhouse Ballet and have somehow also fallen into the steering group / proto-committee by mentioning to Jane @Terpsichorethat i have a background in managerial stuff in the voluntary sector / charities . I've also been involved with https://yorkshiredance.com/project/gender-moves/ which runs parallel to the EU funded http://www.performinggender.eu/ project , but this is contemporary dance based stuff ( also spurred me to look for contemporary classes which are geographically do-able for me ) as for adults and graded classes , the safeguarding stuff is there but not insurmountable , it primarily relates to the question of would the individual have substantial unsupervised access , this is an assessment and decision that individual teachers / principals will be making , hopefully infomred by advice from the relevent NGBs (i.e. the awarding bodies) and people like OFSTED and the NSPCC. It is not insurmountable and if you can commit to the same levles of attendance as are expoected of the younger dancers or as agreed with the teacher then people can and do ...

that is the point of DR it;s meant to offer a level of flexibility that isn't there in in the grades or the VGEs , also levle 2 is there for adults who want a 'qualification' without necessarily doing a VGE

fiz were you in Lincs in the 1980s ? when 8 pointing under your car was standard practice in some places because even if you were a civvies, your neighbours and school friends were likely service families ...

I have to agree with Kate N, you are far safer in the UK even in the most ghetto of areas than you are in the US ... the UK is extrmely adept at coping with terrorism , the current favoured terrorist causes are less active and killing /maiming far fewer than the provional IRA did at their peak ... despite all the Support,. succour and funding routed via NORAID and the like ...

quite literally ... Bourne is bringing his boy swans back again

This does seem to be a growing picture with Northern the mixed program also includes a piece choreographed by Mlindi Kulashe ( with his freshly minted and definitely deserved First Soloist status for this season) https://northernballet.com/support-mlindi also of note for Northern's in house choreographic efforts is a good number of the 'little ballets for little people' have choreography by people who were Northern company members at the time the piece was first produced as well as the time set aside in the company calendar for choreographic workshops and experimentation for the company

comes with the territory of growing and changing bodies unfortunately ..

I think the comments made so far are pretty much on the money. It looks like the OPs DD is having a dip in interest , perhaps because of the way syllabuses are written ( what ballet grade is she doing 2?3? - whereas the 'cool' and actually ' feel like a proper ballerina' stuff is a grade or two and a couple or three of years away in g4 / g5 and IF - which means there;s potentially a dip in interest for all but the most dedicated as the 'play' aspects of the early years aimed stuff has gone , but pirouetteing and/or going en pointe in a 'real' tutu 'like a proper ballerina' is several years away ) without yet having the full understanding of the benefits of ballet for other styles ... I do agree with the poster who said how many ballet classes is she doing, also speak to her teachers and get their take and a try to formulate an agreed position

that is also one of the differences of Northern vs some other big name companies ... it's perhaps a little bit arrogant to say to Northern IS narrative ballet - but that is what they do very very well and what a lot of their 'own ' works are ... but despite differences ( and some of the rep being very much deprecated) the story of Northern / NBT is one of narrative ballet especially under Gable and under Nixon David Nixon's comment does not surprise me as it fits very much with the philosophy of training espoused by Yoko Ichino and seen in the teaching styles of teachers i have taken class with who are associated with Northern / AoNB (such as David Kierce and Annemarie Donoghue) (however some of you would expect nothing less of me than total Northern Fangirling - especially given what , where and whom @sophie_rebecca, myself and 40 odd other people spent our bank holiday weekend doing ... ) " ballet is like walking, it's just stylised " (DPK at the weekend)

There are ways to QTS without getting a PGCE - there;s still some Bachelors in education around (although i think they are mainly primary these days) and i'm not sure what (if any ) the terminal academic qualification of some of SCITT and 'teach first ' type schemes is . There are PGCEs that don't offer QTS - as they are a level 7 qualification in Workplace or Further Education training / teaching ...

you don;t need a PGCE to teach in a state school you need QTS to be employed as a Qualified Teacher in the 'state' sector ...

and mr Bamford's products are good at digging large holes quickly ... both the teacher issues and comparisons between RNs and Medical Practitioners are places where you end up in a deep hole quickly

put the keys down and step away from the JCB !

wheels out the trolley with the deckchairs and popcorn machine ...

i think Jane's advice is pretty sound , especially if you don;t have the time or inclination to do some research on the content of the bag ...