LoobyLou
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Agreed. Try a range for starters. I always had Freed and am a big fan so for my daughter we started trying those but turns out she has "Grishko feet" - like your daughter Noobag! Grishkos are great for really narrow, bendy feet. Noobag - funny, I read your post at the top of this thread ???? and was going to suggest you try Grishkos for narrow feet...then realised you posted that last year and that you'd probably be sorted by now ????
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I didn't know you could do that! Thanks shygirlsmum ????
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Thanks Bluebird, I'll give this a go. As princessballerina says, it's so difficult for them if they've never done it before, too many things to remember all at once!
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Thanks princessballerina. That arabesque pose is giving us the same problems for the same reason - she is grade 1 too. Is that a lack of strength or balance thing, or just because they haven't come across it yet in class? Will try the chair trick!
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I echo what others have said above. Things happen for a reason. I didn't get first choice Uni, but absolutely loved where I ended up and had four fantastic years there and made lifelong friends (and got 1st class degree which arguably I might never have got if I'd sailed into my first choice without the initial shock and upset of not making it). And DD1 ended up at local comp, not grammar (for travel reasons), but is loving it there. Facilities are great and she has had so much more dance and drama opportunities there than she would have elsewhere. So never despair ???? X
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Well...I thought I had a good 'ballet eye' but these photos are testing me. I think I've done a good job until I look at them and see arms/hands/feet all in the wrong places! By photos 5 & 6 DD has got bored and won't stand still and pulls silly faces ???? - am beginning to understand why teachers do them. Problem is teacher really busy and stressed out with approaching exams so any advice gratefully appreciated (especially for photo 6!) x
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I used Araldite superglue (its name). Easy, rapid bonding, no time for messing, no smell. Other araldite products do smell. And any other brand of superglue would work just as well, just always gone for araldite as my Dad always used it (in fact this was my Dad's tube ????).
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Proballetdancer: "Most likely though, the very successful brain surgeon will cut off all contact with her parents because they destroyed her childhood dream of becoming a ballerina." ????So true! I was so cross with my mum for telling me in my late teens that she'd made the decision not to let me audition for WL. My teacher had wanted to send me, had begged her to send me, but mum told her there was no way I'd go off to boarding school, that she had to drag me in fact into my tiny primary school every morning crying my eyes out not wanting to go! It was true of course and now I understand but at the time I was mad!!!
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The problem with fabric glue is that it can come unstuck, especially if it gets warmed up, so teacher advised against that as it could cause a nasty injury if comes off while dancing ????????
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Hi, we've just done it! I was a bit scared taking glue anywhere near those beautiful satin shoes but teacher is very strict - no tips no dancing. Spent a lot of time reading about rubbish glues that didn't work, then went with the proper stuff... We used araldite (superglue), it was easy and worked brilliantly. Quick drying too so no holding in place for ages. The only thing you have to watch is making sure you get them positioned right first time - once that glue hits the shoe there is no re-positioning!! I got my husband to hold the shoe firmly upright, glued the suede tips then stuck to shoe starting at the leather sole (matching where I'd cut the tips to the sole) and folding round the top of the box. Job done and it was easier than I thought. They look fab too ????
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So true. Our local dance shop closed last summer (online shoppers ????) and I miss it so much. Always used them, the owner fitted my daughter's shoes since she was 3 and knew her feet - I was absolutely gutted that they closed the term she needed pointe shoe fitting ????. The next nearest dance shop is 65 miles away! I really dislike this move to online shopping (who does that for ballet shoes??!!) as there will soon be no such thing as specialist advice.
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Pups_mum is absolutely right - do not be swayed by meaningless statistics. All the school websites, vocational or not, have details on academic courses offered, at GCSE and A level. From my hunting around, it seems vocational courses offer less choice and limited number of GCSEs offered, some only 7-9, whereas at a larger state school the options to do more, 12-14, are typical and with wider choice. I guess it really comes down to how much your dc wants a vocational training and dance career.
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You can buy them in Boots or most good chemists, don't have to get them from specialist dance shops/sites ????
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Thanks both, a lot is probably also down to the fact that dc are more likely to stand still for the teacher and do what they're told!!! I'll have a go and see what happens...
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Yes, you don't want to upset a ballet teacher! Was planning just to take them at home - is that what most people do or do teachers do them in studio?
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Thanks Princessballerina. Do they have to be done by the teacher? Wanted to sneak in to earlybird registration, if I wait for teacher I don't think she'll want to pay the extra £10!!! ????
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A quick question on the photographs - in pic 3 is that demi-plié facing front? Looks slightly side on to me but maybe that's either their graphics or my eyes!!! ????
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To all those trying for yr 7 places, can I ask what grades your dc were at when they auditioned? Especially those who only started ballet fairly recently.
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Hi Pixie, the nearest to you would be Birmingham, not so very near!
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Hi Flowerpot, I think they hold classes in Birmingham, Manchester, Sunderland and Plymouth. Not sure if they've added any other locations since I last investigated.
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Another quick question - how many children audition each year roughly?
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We worry about it more than the kids ???? ...and then of course there is the beautiful dancer at vocational school that has suddenly got an entirely different body at 15/16 and is out...performing arts as you say takes no prisoners!!!
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In a similar position to you Princessballerina. DD2 wants to try but has not got the long limbs and short back physique, quite the opposite! It's frustrating because DD1 has always had the longest legs, short back, long neck etc but didn't want to do it (audition for extra classes that is, even though she loves dance) and DD2 who has more strength, flexibility, musicality etc etc does not have the same physique. On the live q&a RBS did recently they said at JA level they weren't so fussed on shape as it can change so much later on but do they in reality select the long-limbed over others?
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Fairy liquid (or similar) will do the trick, especially if it's greasy. It's the gentlest way and least harmful so good to try before getting harsher things on the material.
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Thanks everyone! Really helpful x
