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Do go back and look at the NAPM site, now that it is back up and running, as there is so much information on there about musical theatre courses/auditions and there is some misinformation quoted here eg which colleges offer diplomas versus degrees, student numbers, course content, some of which has fortunately been corrected. All the colleges have their own slant on MT including the balance of the three disciplines. Only a handful balance the three disciplines equally - some focus more on dance but still offer a Triple Threat course. There are threads on NAPM about several of the main colleges individually. The CDMT also offers information and I would get your dc to contact each college directly (if they or you have questions) as Covid has changed many things over the past couple of years and what was true this year or in 2020 may not be true for the 2022 intake. The colleges are very helpful and you get the information from the horse's mouth. Good luck with the journey everyone! It's an exciting, if somewhat nervewracking one!

Moveit 2020 has been cancelled apparently. Exhibitors have just been emailed. 🙁

Thank you for the welcome! I have messaged ds. He felt in retrospect there is less drama/acting than some other triple threat courses. There is one acting class per week plus voice and text (monologues, speech technique) There are private singing lessons plus two group lessons plus MT singing. One commercial jazz class per se but other jazz classes have commercial in them (if that makes sense). Daily ballet plus tap and contemporary. The days are long (as they are everywhere) and packed. Strong ballet dancers can do v well at Laine. It's ISTD based for those still doing Adv exams - and you can get DDI (now DDE) qualification plus emerge as a singer too! Just to add that I have spent some time now looking at this great forum and it seems wonderfully supportive with amazing insights and advice. As dd is younger and wanting to train vocationally too I am sure I'll find the site extremely useful and may have more to ask or add. Thank you!

My ds graduated from Laine last year. Ballet features very much for everyone and like all the classes is streamed and includes over Advanced. He has a friend in Matthew Bourne, one going to American in Paris, good friend (mentioned here) is a principal In Matthew Bourne, another going into Cats and lots in 42nd Street (some starting off as ballet dancers). All the ballet staff are ex-Royal principals (he says). Contemporary staff trained in Paris plus Alvin Ailey - so high quality staff. DS trained alongside lad from Royal Ballet and several ex-Billys in his year. Betty Laine really does love a good ballet dancer and sees ballet as the bedrock of all dancing. It's a great dilemma to have and I wish your dd best of luck on deciding. DS loved his time at Laine and has had two contracts since leaving. His younger sister, a keen ballet dancer too, now wants to follow in his footsteps. I think the advice to go with your gut feeling is probably the best one!