RachH

@PurplePirouette - brilliant news! Well done to your DD! Which dates are you doing? We’ve gone for June...

@PurplePirouette - the email came from summerintensive@abt.org and it was exactly 1 week after the audition. So fingers crossed for good news this weekend for you!

This year they are doing a virtual intensive and possibly in-person too but the virtual work for us - 2 weeks on zoom. Times are a bit tricky as it will be 6-10pm due to the time difference but I think it will be really fun! My daughter auditioned on zoom a few weeks ago. https://www.abt.org/training/dancer-training/summer-programs/summer-intensives/

After discussing with my daughter’s teacher, we’ve decided not to apply again this year (for year 5) and to wait for 2022 applications, when she’ll be applying for year 6 and it should be in person. She started at London Junior Ballet associates last September and is having a brilliant time there and is very settled. I do think she’s improved a lot, particularly when I look at the photos from over a year ago, but we’ve decided to give it another year. She has lots of fun things to do this year including EYB Swan Lake and the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive. Best of luck to you all though, I will be keeping an eye on the thread and cheering you all on!

@Calea - that’s fantastic! Many congrats to your dd. What great news.

@PurplePirouette - fantastic news, congrats! 🥳🥳

Our results came through on Friday (exam in SE region on 29th November). DD was delighted with her distinction. 😁

Does anyone know the target date for results for exams taken in Nov and Dec this year? I can see them on the RAD website for Jan/Feb 2021 (although doubt many of those will go ahead) and just wondering when we might expect my daughter’s grade 3 results. Her exam was on 29th November. I guess there will be a bit of a delay due to the Christmas and New Year bank holidays...

We’re in Sussex and my just turned 9 year old attends the London Junior Ballet Associates every Sunday, as recommended by our local ballet school. She loves it and has progressed rapidly since September. She has enjoyed performing with the English Youth Ballet - and will be taking part in Swan Lake in Bromley next July (although not sure if they are taking any new dancers as the performance was cancelled this summer). I think EYB may also be auditioning (on video) in May for a performance in Crawley in Nov 2021. There is also Southern Youth Ballet to have a look at locally.

We got a comment about please try next year for Mids/White Lodge (my daughter is 8/yr 4) so a typo there!

No for us too. Good luck everyone else

How exciting! Maybe she's down to the last few? My daughter's were watched twice about a week apart, but not at all in the last few weeks (since mid-September). Fingers crossed for you.

Results update for group 1 - stand down team until the end of next week! 😬 (Yes I emailed back, all the while worrying that by being annoying I might be reducing DD's chances! and got this lovely response) Hello Rachael, Thank you for your message. We are still finalising the results for the London group, but we hope to have those out to everyone by the end of next week. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Many thanks, Kim

Mine really enjoyed Sunday too! It was a bit worrying just to wave her off into the building but sounds like she had a great time. It seems like group 1 go to go to a different studio to do Pilates after their class. My daughter particularly enjoyed the repertoire class with the older children.

Yes, this is the email Hi Rachael Thanks for your message. We are aiming to let all applicants know their results a month after their video submission date. This may vary slightly, but you will not have to wait until the end of the audition process in order to find out the results. (Unless you are in the last group!) I hope that helps. Thanks,

London is group 1 I think they only ask for a second recording if they can't access your original one.

Maybe they wanted to get all invitations out and dealt with for all 4 groups before moving on to releasing results? And perhaps the auditions team are having lunch now, before they start sending results out this afternoon... We should know one way or the other by the end of this week - surely!!

I understand from the year 6 chat that if the RBS couldn’t access a video they were contacting parents directly to resolve the issue. The auditions team were lovely when I emailed them to ask when we might hear the results, so I’m sure it would be fine for you to email to check. If anyone else wants to ask them again about group 1 results then do let me know what they say! I submitted my daughter’s videos a few days before the closing date but they weren’t viewed until a few days after, Good luck!

I know!

So group 1, should be this week... Anyone think it will be tomorrow? However keen I am find out one way or another, there is something nice about this time of not having had a no yet! Anyone else?

It’s on their knees so not much room needed

It's this one on 15th-19th (lots of different types of dance): https://www.tringpark.com/associated-courses/summer-dance-course-2-2020 We're also looking at her auditioning for Paris (POB) summer school as we have friends there we could stay with - but not holding out much hope - I think is as hard as RBS to get into! Maybe RAD earlier on in the summer as an alternative - she was down to do that this year. My daughter was supposed to be doing EYB Swan Lake this summer but it got postponed to next July - so there will be lots on if hopefully it all goes ahead!

It was me who emailed the RBS to ask when results would be out! My daughters 1st choice was London 24 weeks and 2nd was Eastleigh so that's why I asked as I wondered if we'd have to wait until all of the auditions were over because of second choices. But no, they said 1 month after submission closing date for each group. So that would mean 4 weeks is up next Tuesday and 1 calendar month next Thursday. I really thought we may hear this week though! We've just booked my daughter and her friend onto the Tring summer residential for next year - looks great and comes highly recommended from another parent who's daughter has just started fulltime at Elmhurst.

Maybe the person watching had a dodgy internet connection!

Doesn’t look like anything is coming today then for group 1 - maybe tomorrow...