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  1. Motomum
    Do you mean for ballet? The MDS auditions covered Y7-11. So yes Y8 MDS are possible but I don’t know if any were awarded. The AD did say the spots were very limited at the beginning of my sons audition.
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    My friends daughter received her MDS letter yesterday morning. (Monday) What Tring course results are you waiting for, is it dance, or performing?
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    my son 12, Y8, has hyper mobile spine, ankles, knees, but not hyper mobile hips, so not flat turnout, but he has a beautiful developpe and has learnt to hold a lovely fifth from strength and awareness of what muscles he should be using. And his range of turnout has improved massively. His JA teacher told him to work on strength and conditioning, so that’s what he has done over the last couple of years, and it has served him very well indeed. of course he works on his flexibility and it is quite amazing what can be improved on. Understanding what you have and learning how to use it with artistry and flare is as important as a on oversplit leap and legs touching ears in a la seconds. 😀 I do feel for young girls though, I am glad I have a son, it must be so difficult for them. My son is an MA and they work on core strength and stability that is their primary focus. My son is in Vaganova based vocational training, and they are much more concerned with extremes of flexibility. Still boys have it much easier than the girls. I remember a Russian teacher said to my son once he would pay to watch his grande battements on stage any day. They weren’t the highest in the class, but they were the most perfect in their execution.
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    Hyper mobility is certainly not a prerequisite for a boys place at WL. In my son’s JA year, 2 of the boys most certainly were not hyper mobile. There is much more focus on strength, and awareness of turnout and training a child to hold a fifth position over time. My son is Y8 and does a lot of Intensives with the current cohort of WL students and some of the Y8/9 don’t have full splits on both sides. My son has full splits, but this readjusts every time he grows and he has been told that for boys they have until they are around 16 to get this completely sorted. This is from their RB MA body con teacher. Unfortunately it’s doesn’t seem the same for girls, it seems much harder.
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    RBS ask that it goes through their dance teacher. We also got feedback through sons JA teacher at the time.
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    The two times my son did finals, his dance teacher emailed for feedback and it was given without issue by Mark Annear. Of the other students and friends my son knows who have asked for feedback it has always been given without any problem by RBS. I would always ask for feedback, this for me is about gently nudging vocational training schools to be more transparent and I believe that asking and receiving feedback is part of that process. We as a part of the audition pathway always ask for feedback. I would then raise questions when it is not given. Hopefully the more parents and teachers that ask, the more feedback becomes as standard.
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    sorry yes of course it is means tested.
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    Without MDS, yes places are then full fee paying. Not sure about scholarships, I haven’t heard that anyone has been awarded one. Scholarships can vary, full, partial, just for certain aspects of the training. A MDS place means that all costs are fully covered for the child.
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    My son received a Y9 MDS place offer this morning. Very proud of him. 😊
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    Yes, That was going to be my next response. They also order by age and birth months. So when my son did Prelims they were ordered in three groups for auditions. Summer born first, then Spring, then Autumn/Winter.
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    It’s usually grouped alphabetically, there isn’t any secret to it. Everything RB does is very orderly. 😊
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    I just had reply as a parent with a son in vocational training but at the other end. Your situations really touched my heart for your children due to graduate and for all of your families. I don’t have any words of advice, I don’t know enough about it all, but I had to post by way of support for the devastation that Covid has brought for children due to graduate. What I did think as I was writing. Would a year out be possible, whilst keeping up with dance, and waiting for the situation to settle, or see how the vaccine program plays out. Are there any jobs that might compliment their training and chosen paths that are possible on a short term basis? Also having time after they graduate to regroup, grieve and reframe their expectations for the new hopefully short term future of the arts might be what is needed. Also I’m great believer in a dance counsellor or therapist independent if possible from their schools. This might also help them explore the situation without feeling maybe any family pressure or expectations. (not suggesting that there is any, but sometimes a stranger can be a helpful sounding board) ❤️
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    It is the age the child will be on Aug 31st. If you contact RB admissions they will clarify this for you.
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    Applications for WL SI 2021 close on March 5th. I’ve just put in an application for my son. I think they extended the dates because of coronavirus etc Its not the same as previous years.
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    I watched this with my son yesterday. It was insightful and poignant somehow in the current climate and said out loud what I already think about so much of today’s ballet world, dancers and training. Muriel Valtat is an absolutely exquisite dancer. She executed the Cechetti enchainments so beautifully. It’s interesting that at the age of 12 very soon to be 13, my son’s ballet training as it moved beyond dancing for fun and into the vocational arena has somewhat crushed my sons soul and his love and passion for ballet. Covid didn’t help, it just sped up the realisation. The nearest thing he has found that conveys how he feels about ballet is Balanchine and the dancers of NYCB. My son is returning to RAD in September and fingers crossed performing again with EYB, BRB and LCB when the pandemic frees the theatres again. There is a lot to be said for the message in this film. It could be a great starting point for a full and open discussion about how far removed ballet is and is becoming from what it was intended to be. I wonder if it will be shown in Vocational schools and companies. Thankyou @Jan McNultyit was a pleasure.
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    I looked at them via the 7 day trial for my son, and have paid for the next month. from what I can see and my son says so as well, it is an excellent resource to have. Definitely worth £9.99 per month as a one off or as an ongoing subscription. Going from Beginners/Improvers to Intermediate/Advanced and Professional with Tamara Rojo includes Ballet, Contemporary and Yoga as well. Teachers are clear and informative, well paced, with a dancer also demonstrating the movements alongside the tuition. as a non dancer but somebody who just loves Contemporary dance, the contemporary teacher and classes I found enjoyable and straightforward enough to join in with my son; much to his dismay 😂
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    Thank you @Bluebird22that@Bluebird22that was really helpful. I've just had a read about Olivia Cowley. She has the same kind of Dyslexia as my son where he can't find the words to speak. I've never come across anyone else that had this. It also affects him in other ways. It's also really positive to read she went to a special school and really struggled with academics. She didn't go to full-time training until Upper School.
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    The problem is on sites such as this it is always easier and more acceptable to write about the positives. They are always easier to hear and naturally uplifting. We all have a vested interest in wanting these institutions to be good places for our children to learn and flourish. However the negatives and difficulties that families and students have faced and are facing under this new label of diversity and inclusion are less palatable, more contentious and legally risky for again sites like these to carry. So naturally we hear less about it all.
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    Would really love to hear from parents, dancers and teachers at all levels who have experience of or are dyslexic. how has Dyslexia impacted on your ballet training and maybe your professional career? How has a student being dyslexic changed your approach? What has really helped? Any go to teachers who are skilled in teaching dancers with Dyslexia (and yes they do learn differently)? My son is dyslexic, 12, in vocational training and I would love to hear other people's experiences. I only ever get quoted at me 'Darcey Bussell,' but she has never actually, from what I could find ever mentioned her ballet training in relation to be dyslexic only her academic life.
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    Also now the three dates that ran over November and December are potentially being run over consecutive days. Just before Christmas. Like a 3 day Intensive! My child is on it. The previous Intensive run by @Emma northmoreand @Didy at WL in August was really very good indeed.
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    I could comment from experience here, but suffice to say all the glistens is not gold.
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    I think @Nama raises a fair point. I remember asking my child's JA teacher for private lessons. They said all the time a child is linked to the RBS either vocationally or through Associates they are not allowed to teach or coach that child privately. The reason given 'Conflict of interest.' I also think it is always important to ask questions and request transparency of new business ventures be it dance or plumbing. In the current climate I believe it is no longer OK to just accept things on the basis of 'that's how it's always been.' The posts are slightly off topic now I feel in relation to 'Launching DancEnhance.' Emma Northmore in all my personal dealings with her has always been upfront, open and transparent about wanting the best for the children that train with her and also in any of the workshops that she also runs. I'm sure she will come back and answer any questions or concerns raised here @Emma northmoreif given the chance.
  23. Motomum
    You have taken what I have written completely out of context and jarringly so. You also make assumptions about me based on things I haven't even written in my post. Please be careful reversing the genders here it is completely skewing what I have written. Completely. I would have the same reaction to a woman ballet dancer with large muscles. Muscalature and body fat are not at all the same thing they are the complete opposite. Your implication is just a bit odd. A person can still be large with long lean muscles. Actual body SIZE makes absolutely no difference to me at all. aesthetically however for me in classical ballet, long leaner muscle lines matter, otherwise what is classical ballet all about if not the beautiful line? Regardless of size. Peoples social media is just that, a social platform that invites opinion positive or negative, neutral or otherwise.
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    The advert is Pre covid
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    You raise interesting points. I notice in the Kathryn Morgan video that the AD used a minor elbow injury in her PDD partner to stop her performing and yet when she asked to swap to another male partner it was still a NO from the AD. Challenging the exisint images of particularly female dancers will be an immense task as it seems to me that the culture of thin is so deeply engrained in the system; where would do you start first? I don't know the answer but I remember looking at what young girls were eating when I was a chaperone for EYB and thinking how will they ever have the energy to get through four shows of ballet. For many of those young girls what I saw and heard was how they looked was way more important than food.
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