Darkbeans

Of course if they definitely took in 7 year 3s last year, and the yr4/5 class has a max of 11/12ish(which it seems to have done in the past) , then they won’t take in much more than 5 yr3s and 4s into that class IN TOTAL. Essentially the odds are long 😫. Perhaps I should stop frying my brain about this now!!

This was asked by someone back in the Autumn at the JA Insight Day and Sylvia Hubbard’s answer was that they don’t have a fixed number that they take in to the class and they don’t take a fixed number of yr4s/yr5s. They just take the ones that they really really like - so they could end up with a class of 10, 3 of which are yr4s and 7 are yr 5s or vice versa.

She was in Group 2 audition. In the third line of 4. I asked her if she thought it was in height order and she said she wasn’t sure as there were two little girls who were much shorter than her after her in the line. Who knows?!

My DD auditioned today and came out with a big beaming smile - she particularly enjoyed pretending to be seaweed 😂! Interestingly she said near the start they took off their shoes and socks lined up in their 4 in front of the judges and stood in various positions - nothing complicated - first position, parallel, parallel facing the side etc. Holding each position for quite a while. I guess looking at feet /posture/body etc?

See you at Dartington on Friday 😊. If they do do stretches I would guess it will be at the end of the class when everyone is nice and warm and a bit stretchier. I didn’t think DD could do box splits then I saw her sat in them at then end of her class recently! Gave me a surprise!!

The RBS email says no tights, pink or white socks only. Tbh it just says wear their normal ballet kit and have an enjoyable lesson 😊! After all they’re only little, and most of them won’t get in, so having a nice day is surely most important? RBS will be able to see what they need to see regardless of outfit, I would think?

The info provided for RBS says ‘clean ballet shoes with simple elastics.’ I’m going to send DD in her leather full sole shoes.

Having said that we’ve just received our info email now!!

We’re waiting for info too for DD, she’ll be auditioning in Totnes. The audition is on Friday 4th May but I could do with knowing the time etc so I can let the school know if/when she’ll be in that day.

Thanks Jan 😊!

Hiya, I second swimming. I should say I have utterly no technical knowledge when it comes to exercises for toning up, but I have noticed that my daughter has lovely toned arms and shoulders compared to many of her dancing class mates. She swims 2 hours a week.