TwoLeftFeet

My DD is thinking of doing the Masters of Arts in Education (Dance Teaching) with Royal Academy of Dance. She is a registered ballet teacher with another organisation. Has anyone done this course, is it heavy going, advice on fees? Any comments or advice on the course appreciated.

Thanks Jan, I'll have a look at those.

Does anyone know of an android or windows app to use for editing videos - I don't have an iphone, ipad or mac!  Thanks

Thank you all, I'll try those.

I'm looking desperately for a very specific Gaynor Minden pointe shoe - 
SK-5.5M2SDH

If anyone knows any online retailers that I could try please pleeeeease let me know.

I have tried the U.S. website and they will take 10 to 12 weeks to get here

Desperately needed, Gaynor Minden pointe shoes:  SK-5.5M2FDH

I know this is a long shot but if anyone has these please get in touch!

Hi Swan Princess - we went to our nearest carpet showroom at the weekend and bought a remnant piece of slip resistant lino, it works perfectly!  Hopefully you'll find one near you too.

Well, we went to the museum behind the Alexandrinsky Theatre - The Museum of Theatre and Music.

It was small but beautiful. One room dedicated to ballet, but it was beautifully presented.  Definitely worth the visit.

Thank you all very much.  I'll visit on Monday 🙂

Hi all,

Could anyone let me know if there is any type of ballet museum in St. Petersburg?  I have searched google and found Opera and Theatre museum but it only seem to have a very small section.  Is there anything else that is a must see for ballet fans?  We are going to see a ballet but would really love to find a museum if there is such a thing.

13 hours ago, Lusodancer said:

ReadyforCoffee - I am new on this board and found your thread because I am looking for a place for my daughter to train come January, or next fall. She is 16 and now in a pre-professional conservatory program and also doing highschool online (just switched over). I am curious what you ended up choosing.

Hi Soltova,

 

Are you specifically looking at London ? If your daughter is in home education under the High School system of the US, then you would have other independent  institutions outside of London offering vocational training courses with a variety of different methodologies, goals and qualifications  for considerably less than London prices . My daughter is currently in one in the Midlands and it costs me much less than is quoted above. She does full time vocational training , principally aiming at ballet as a career and does home tutoring in academic subjects. I pay lodgings with a local family as she is 16 now (but started at 15), but some of her colleagues are already living independently sharing accommodation.MY DD has been in a specialist vocational school since age 11 and has swapped a baccalaureate style European education with dance included at Junior High level for the High School, British A levels, but she is bilingual so has coped with the transition.  

 

What are the long term aims/goals/ strengths of your DC? Ballet; contemporary;  jazz/ showdance/ musical theatre? Because different institutions have mixed teaching but different outputs into  the professional arena. So it is important to analyse the the potential to meet the aim  before exploring the professional courses available. 

Hi Lusodancer - I've sent you a pm

13 hours ago, DrewCo said:

I would be ecstatic to see Kim in Don Quixote!  Hope you all have a great time--and may everyone sitting in front of you be short ...

Haha thank you - I sure hope so too!

thanks everyone for your help.  I've had another look and there are absolutely no 1st row seats available in any of the tiers so even sitting separately won't help.  I think at this point I'm lucky to even get the ones I've found, there are so few seats left, so it must be a good one!  The show features Alina Somova and Kimin Kim.

thank you for the replies - unfortunately the show is almost sold out and these are the only 6 seats together, there are only the last 6 in second row of the dress circle but they are more expensive.  There are some in the stalls but it makes for a very pricey birthday treat!

There are 6 of us going to see Don Quixote in the Mariinsky.  We've never been before but could anyone advise if 1st tier Right side Box 8 Row 2 would be a good place to sit?  I'm just hoping its not too far away and its not obstructed.  Also, any tips would be great also!

If anyone is selling pull on ballet skirts like the Bullet Pointe ones particularly in black please let me know.  Looking for xs adult or xl child.

Thanks.

On 16/07/2019 at 07:11, Alessandra said:

My DD is green too,  she's 16.

Hi Alessandra, pm your daughters name if you would like and I'll my daughter to say hi

10 hours ago, Aklf said:

Not sure what the age groupings are but my dd is 14 and in blue group. Would be good to know the upper and lower age range for each group. 

I'm afraid I don't have any answers, but my daughter is 15 and in the green group.

Ugh, my dd is green!  

Hi Minoblade - did your son get his group colour yet?

18 minutes ago, FlexyNexy said:

My Dd is already in vocational traning but overseas. Starting 2nd year after summer. She had a list of schools she was looking at that was reduced substantialy when it came to auditions. Are you looking only UK?

Will pm you.

51 minutes ago, Mummy twinkle toes said:

Not saying it is the case but perhaps they thought she was younger. My Dd1 is petite and often her age is mistaken. She is also Russian trained but does RAD too as a few schools did not understand what level she was. Some schools do not appreciate that Advanced Russian is Advanced 

3 hours ago, FlexyNexy said:

my DD was 14 at the first intensive but Vaganova trained and asked to take her pointe shoes off while others danced without issues. Still puzzling for me.

Ladies, may I ask what full-time schools your girls are looking at for 16+ training?  My dd is also vaganova trained and would really prefer to keep this up.

9 minutes ago, FlexyNexy said:

2017 there have been 3 groups. The classes are on larger side but that would not be so much problem for me as long as she is getting enough corrections etc. (like you would expect). Our issue was the quality of classes for 2 consequitive years now. My DD was placed in wrong ability/ age group and after few days she was coming home that she is not doing or learning anything and the class is very basic. I query that, whether they can put her to older group acording to her last exams she done, but I've been told that "maybe" they could move her for the second week as the groups are already set. I feel because she is very petite and August born, they grouped her into lower class not on level she is but her age. She was not allowed to do the pointe class because the teacher said so (despite being already advance level and very comfortable en pointe number of years). Still don't understand what was the reason behind it. So advanced Level 1 child was dancing with small children (just because she fitted into the group with the "look") it even looked odd on the recording i made during parents watching day.

That year i believe some parents even wrote to the school complaining that the program was not challenging enough. 

We decided to give it go again last year and she said it was not challenging enough and after 2 days she walked out and refused to come back. I got tired of paying for her having "fun day out". She said intensives should be intensive and she didn't feel like that about ENB SS.

She did however enjoyed the contemporary class in 2017. 

 

thanks for your feedback FlexyNexy, its very useful to a newbie   I hope things have improved since then... time will tell

12 minutes ago, MAK said:

DD1 attended for one week last year and the ballet class was split into two groups and when we watched was around 15 dancers. Character and Contemporary etc were bigger but not overly so in my opinion and there was certainly individual attention and corrections. She loved the week!

Oh thats great, thank you for the input, I feel a little more relieved now!

1 hour ago, FlexyNexy said:

we have declined last year for the same reasons. And the year before my DD walked out 2 days into the programme....

Oh my, was it because of the large class size?