TwoLeftFeet

Length of the feet is something we have also sighed deeply at... my daughter has insanely narrow feet and is street size 2.5. Not only has she height to contend with, she also finds it extremely difficult to get pointe shoes in her size and box width (x) as they have to be ordered in for her and sometimes it can take 6-8 weeks! Don't even get me started on street shoes lol 🙄

Congratulations ArucariaBallerina on your offers. Thanks for posting regarding heights, it's encouraging to hear there still might be growing left to do

Thans Balletmummy18. DD will wait until next year and audition again, she'll still be 16 and with another year of training between now and then hopefully she'll be in a better position... I hope!

Hi there and thanks for asking. DD auditioned for one UK school and was offered a place but has decided to train for a another year before auditioning again. She will still be 16 in September 2020 so its all good. Her height however, has remained the same and I'm not expecting that she'll grow any more... whatever will be will be I guess so we'll just ride the wave and see where it takes us.

My dd changed to Block eurostretch a few months ago and she also finds them quite painful to wear around her big toe also (the top joint of the toe, not the top of the toe) . She was used to wearing Gaynor Minden which I believe is a very different shoe in the way they are made. She had no problem at all in the Gaynors but going back to a "regular" shoe really is proving difficult. She is wearing Bloch toe pads and also using lambswool but found no ease of pain. Balletgremlin have you changed from another brand shoe?

Thank you very much for your help ladies.

We are looking into upper schools for 2020. My dd was RAD trained and then moved to a Russian styled school. She prefers the Russian style by far and would like to apply for an upper school that teaches in that style. I'm not finding many in UK so far so wondered if there were more.

But from what I've read neither are full-time upper schools though - very happy to be corrected if I'm wrong...

I have researched Russian style ballet full-time upper schools in UK and have found - are there any more out there? London Russian Ballet School Bristol Russian Ballet School Kings International Ballet Academy What sort of style do the other more popular names teach i.e. ENBS, Royal, Elmhurst, Tring, Royal Conservatoire, Central School of Ballet, Northern Ballet? Europe: I have mostly looked at Germany where the majority seem to be Russian style. The main four being John Cranko, School of the Hamburg Ballet, State Ballet School of Berlin and Mannheim. What other German option are out there that you have come across? Next, what about other European schools favour Russian style?

Sending you pm.

STILL SEARCHING - THANK YOU

Hi Dancing Feet - could you let me see a photo or a link to the style and colour please? Thanks

Thank you Balletdancer360 - do you have a link to which one and colour? What price are you looking for? Thank you

Looking for Petite Adult leotards in good condition. Particularly interested in high leg cut, Claudia Dean, Yumiko and Wear Moi. thank you.

Meadowblythe, I also would be very interested in hearing your take on the schools that provide the best guidance as we are beginning our search for an upper school. Jane, I'd love to know what school your DC attended. So many red flags all pointing to a career that involves a lot of struggling to even be seen. Its getting harder and harder the more I read to know what the right decision to make is, however, in saying that, its better to go in with your eyes open. Thank goodness for this forum and for all who post their experiences good and bad so that those coming up behind know full well what to expect.

Would anyone's 14/15/16 year old DD going for the first two weeks of the summer school like to chat/make friends with my DD. She is 15 and doesn't know anyone going - it might make things a bit easier if she knew someone also going on the first two weeks. Shes quiet and shy, loves books and animals! PM if interested

thank you so much I really appreciate it

Swanprincess would you have any idea at all how many hours a day ballet is studied?

Brand new Capezio black practice tutu 10391 with tags. Size says Adult S *however* this is clearly not accurate as my 15 year old daughter is a Adult Petite and this doesn't come past her knees! I would say it would be more the size of a child age 8-10. £30 plus postage. I can email or text pics - they are too big in size to post here. https://www.capezioeurope.com/practice-tutu

Meant to say, the email was the result of video audition.

Just got a result email - check your boxes ladies and gents

http://en.john-cranko-schule.de/admission/ here is the link to the admission process of the school. Their website is very explanatory and is in English. Other tabs will tell you more information. I don't know anything about the other one sorry.

Thank you all so much for your advice and support. We took her to be measured yesterday - the last time we did it was in August last. She measured 159cm - 5 feet 2.6 inches!! I actually cried with relief and I still can't quite believe it. Heres hoping for at least another inch before we try auditioning again at the end of the year.

I haven't seen minimum heights for schools mentioned on the forms or indeed websites, although I certainly have when it comes to Company applications. The forms for Europe that we filled out did ask for height and weight both for DD and heights for us as her parents. I would love to know if there are any 5'1" ballet dancers accepted to UK schools so that we can focus on applying to those schools... anyone?