TinyNEDancer

Hi @Bonnie2011, i'll send you a PM now 🙂

... to fit a 8/9 year old. Quite particular on colour so will apologise in advance (we don’t want white, red, burgundy, dark green, pale pink...)  😏. She would love a Claudia Dean one in time for her birthday in March. Would also consider Degas.

Thank you 😊

On 12/02/2020 at 07:24, Bubbles said:

Hi, my DD decided to turn down her place on this occasion. She has her SAT's 2wks after the show, so decided this year wasn't the right time for her, so we declined the offer, due to the long rehearsals days & travelling times. She instantly regretted her decision, but there will always be another opportunity. 

I wish your DD good luck with the show & the whole experience. 

There will be other opportunities. It sounds like the right decision for you. Thanks, DD is very excited to start 😊

14 minutes ago, SissonneDoublee said:

Elastic on shoes is fine for rehearsals, and they will show you how to sew in ribbons for the performance shoes. It’s not difficult... 12 year old DD does her own now!

Ah good to know! Thanks 😀

Just now, TinyNEDancer said:

Thank you! That’s helpful! 
 

We thought of some of those things for Christmas but that’s good to know we’re on the right lines! She hasn’t had a chance to wear her new leotards and skirts yet so she’ll be looking forward to that 😊. 
 

Thanks again! 

Aargh! We don’t have any ribbon on shoes currently...! That will be new 😀. And tricky?! She has various pairs for her RAD class and her associate programmes, but none of them ask for ribbons. Is this something I have to... sew... accurately?? <faints with panic> 😂

6 minutes ago, SissonneDoublee said:

Ballet shoe wise, whatever she normally wears will be fine for rehearsals, although she will need a new (or at least clean) pair with pointe shoe ribbon instead of normal ribbon. I seem to remember that you buy the ribbon from them, as they like everyone to have the same.
 

A few non-uniform leotards are nice, along with the usual wrap skirts or shorts. My DD found warm-up booties and overalls really useful, as the days are long and do involve a bit of waiting. A decent sized lunchbox and water bottle are a must too!

Thank you! That’s helpful! 
 

We thought of some of those things for Christmas but that’s good to know we’re on the right lines! She hasn’t had a chance to wear her new leotards and skirts yet so she’ll be looking forward to that 😊. 
 

Thanks again! 

Those of you whose children have done EYB before... what ballet shoes do they wear? And what else might they need to provide? 
 

This might seem a bit random, my DD is excited to get started, and as she has a birthday coming up soon I wondered whether, if they need specific items, she could maybe get them as part of her birthday presents. 
 

Thanks in advance all! 

@Bubbles what did you decide? Did your DD accept her place? I might see you there if so!

3 hours ago, HopelessMummy said:

Ah. I've obviously missed some threads!

 

And I've now found the answers thank you. The only other thing- are the children, if selected, required for the entire time for the two weeks regardless of the role they have?

 

Thanks everyone!!

 

 

 

My daughter’s schedule runs over 14 days (including performance days) but they don’t run concurrently. Mostly Friday after school, Saturday and Sunday, until the school holidays and then there are three days in a row, but not necessarily over a weekend. It spans about 7 weeks in total. 
 

I hope that makes sense?! 
 

Miss Lewis has been really good at answering questions so far. We have to arrive late to one particular rehearsal due to an existing ballet commitment, she approved this for us. 
 

Good luck! 

If you search under English Youth Ballet as well as EYB then there are quite a lot of threads. There was one started as recently as December i think, and the earlier ones too. 
 

If you do want to know anything specific though just ask away... sure someone could help you 😊

42 minutes ago, HowMuch! said:

Her application for audition is sent in. I just hope she gets through to finals again! 

Fingers crossed!

Thanks so much, everyone! I really appreciate your responses.

I'll be interested to follow what you decide, @HowMuch! Lots of luck if your DD decides to go for it

Thanks so much @HowMuch! and everyone else. 
 

I am planning on contacting them myself, but in the meantime, can anyone tell me how much (apart from a lot!) of a commitment it is. What does the timetable look like? Evenings after school (how many), weekend days and holidays? Just so I have an idea if that’s ok. 
 

DD has her usual ballet and other dance classes, as well as musical theatre and 2 x associate programmes, which I would anticipate this would replace (almost all of the above), In the unlikely event she was successful. An idea of how many hours/days would be super helpful! 
 

Thank you so much. 

That’s good to hear, thank you @HowMuch! 😊 
 

Pleased you enjoyed it. Is your DD/DS applying for the CAT scheme? What age do they apply? Do they have an expected/minimum grade? Thank you! 

We were keen to go to this but had exam coaching classes she couldn’t miss last weekend, and the exam today!

Hopefully we can get there next year 😊

Thank you @2dancersmum and @ponklemum  that’s really helpful. 
 

Hope you’re well, @ponklemum, we might bump into each other again in the summer?! 

Hello

I’ve done a search to see if I can find the answer on this forum but I can’t so I hope someone can help. 
 

I am just wondering what the numerical mark boundaries are for the award categories (not sure if I am explaining this correctly!). DD has an IDTA Tap exam coming up and I believe she can be awarded (although I might be wrong):

fail/pass/merit /distinction

I was wondering if the marks needed for each were the same as RAD?

Also, she is doing a Medal Test at the same time. Apparently the marks will be given as fail/pass/commended/highly commended/honours. Will there be a numerical mark too? And what are the numerical boundaries for this one?

i hope this makes sense! Thank you ☺️

There is a thread on summer schools, I’ll try and find a link to it. It’s been posted on fairly recently though so probably quite easy to find. It might be useful to you? 
 

Off the top of my head I can think of Moorlands, Malvern Ballet Seminars and Ballet Boost. They have some entry requirements not nothing too onerous I don’t think. 
 

There are lists on other websites too. I think Just Ballet has a good page. 

11 hours ago, Spamcat said:

@In at the deep end I highly recommend Elmhurst, my daughter is in year 4 there and loves it!

On another subject, did any other young dancers on here apply for the Royal Opera House chance to dance Easter school? I am intrigued to know what they mean by a ballot. Do they mean people vote for who gets in and if so how do they know who they are voting for if there is no audition?

 

I think it means that the children in the ballot have a chance of their names being (randomly) selected (as opposed to being voted on), but i'm not 100% sure! We didn't enter DDs name as the rehearsals clash with EYB... Good luck to yours Spamcat!

33 minutes ago, In at the deep end said:

Thank you TinyNEDancer! It will probably never happen, but I just wanted a little mental preparation! DD teacher is helping me take photos next week, so I thought it was about time I started a little research of my own 😉 Unfortunately, although my friend's daughter loves BBA in Devon, we just can't get there on Sundays. Birmingham is a long way, especially commit to every week. Radstock is the most convenient, but unlikely to get a place haha!

Apologies for starting up this thread again, but I guessed several of you might know the answers to my questions 🙂

It’s not a problem! Happy to answer any questions we can. There are two other threads about Elmhurst and Ballet Boost that we started once we had accepted offers. They might also be useful. Ask away though. People were so helpful to me this time last year, I’m not sure where I would be without this forum! 

7 minutes ago, In at the deep end said:

Thanks for your answers! We're near Bristol. I know someone in BBA Devon, and have seen the timetable there. I'm just trying to weigh up which would be do-able. I'm not expecting her to get in, but don't want to waste anyone's time by auditioning for somewhere we couldn't commit to, should the chance arise! 

I was going to say, the BBA timetables are on their websites, helpfully! Sure someone could send you a copy of the others on this forum. We’re in the north rather unhelpfully! 

3 hours ago, In at the deep end said:

Hi everyone! I apologise for the stupid question, but the time has almost come to start applications for RBS JA, Ballet Boost BBA and Elmhurst Junior dancers. I'd like to see them all, just to get a feel for each and I think it would be a good experience for both me (no dance background!!) and my daughter? 

Could I confirm that Elmhurst is every Saturday? The others are about once a month? Many thanks x

Where are you based? Some of the answers depend on which centre you would be going to! 

Ballet Boost is roughly once a fortnight. 

Elmhurst is every Saturday, term time only. It’s a great programme 😊

Hi all

We will be in London over Easter weekend. I was wondering if there were any ballet workshops/classes open to a 9 year old, that anyone knew of? I’ve found one but the younger age is 12. Also open to ideas of anything else ballet related we could do instead. We are going to a performance at the ROH whilst we are there so it would be nice to something else too... 
 

Thank you 😊