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Unfortunately it was a no for us this year. Well done to everyone and a massive congratulations for the children that got a place. 🥰

Thank you. Only 18 minutes to wait. Not anxious or anything. 😊

4 hours ago, HopelessMummy said:

Good luck x

Anyone heard???  Chewing my nails…

On 14/11/2021 at 14:50, MAK said:

It is slightly ambiguous but is the same wording they have used in other years and as Margarite has said, after Finals your dc can potentially be offered main company, tour, waitlist for either of those options (places do come up) or a "not this time". Good luck!

Thank you for clarifying that for me. I don’t mind and I think neither does my dc. Obviously we’d love to be offered something but she’s gotten this far and that’s massive already. Good luck to all and fingers crossed! 

On 05/11/2021 at 16:30, RachH said:

Realised there isn’t a thread for next year’s LCB performance so thought I’d start one! My 9 year old (auditioning in 10 year old group as turns 10 at the end of this month) is through to finals on 21st November, hoping to find other parents who I can obsessively check emails with for the results. 😬 I know there is one more round of auditions to go this weekend too…

Please can I also ask, what do the children have to do in the Finals?  Is it the same as the first two rounds or is there something different for the Finals? Thank you  

8 hours ago, MAK said:

It is slightly ambiguous but is the same wording they have used in other years and as Margarite has said, after Finals your dc can potentially be offered main company, tour, waitlist for either of those options (places do come up) or a "not this time". Good luck!

Thank you for clarifying that for me. I don’t mind and I think neither does my dc. Obviously we’d love to be offered something but she’s gotten this far and that’s massive already. Good luck to all and fingers crossed! 

21 minutes ago, margarite said:

To the best of my knowledge, based on past auditions, about half the children at finals get either main cast or tour and the other half get a ‘no’. 
My daughter got a no from finals one year and a yes to main cast the next.

 

At finals the children are taught dances from the production so the panel can see who fits best into the roles they have.

Thank you for clarifying that. I got the sense from their email that the finals were to decide production or touring. Their email said: ‘From this final round, the panel will select dancers to form the LCB Company and Touring Companies.’

So it is still one more cull to go. I’ll have to calm my nerves!  Good luck all. X

Can I please ask, if you make the finals what will the 21st November audition be for? Does it mean you have a place either on production or touring company and they’re just determining which one or is it one more final cull?  Thank you 

What are the chances of getting a yes, if you’re on the SWL for London? I just want to manage my daughter’s and my expectations. It’s so exciting to have gotten this far and we’re not daring to dream too much. 

Does anyone know how to see how many views you’ve had on google drive please? 

On 08/04/2021 at 11:09, Lily Craggs said:

Due to the limited amount of places for this year You’d assume there would be more than normal for next year. But if the school still has to social distance students in the studio maybe there won’t be ??? And the junior engagement programme will be going for another year ? 

What is the junior engagement program please?

40 minutes ago, In at the deep end said:

I'm guessing not as many people appear this year??

I thought the same thing. 

39 minutes ago, BellaF said:

 

Do you think your DC has improved in the period since the videos/photos were taken? Did they get SWL?

 

I think I'd be tempted to redo if it isn't too much of a hassle.

To be honest, I think she’s gone backwards since the lockdown because all her lessons are on zoom and she’s had very little studio classes - probably the same as everyone else. But I’ll do them again. I was interested in what everyone else was considering doing. Thank you! X

Can I ask whether you would use the same photos and videos as you submitted last year?  Our teacher is shielding and she took our pictures for us last year but not the video - I did that myself (with the guinea pigs chuntering in the background!). 

Thanks everyone. I think I know what we have to do now. I am really grateful for all your advice. It’s been so hard to navigate this dance world especially if you’re not from a dance background and have just come abroad. I just want to do the right thing for my DD but also the right thing culturally. Thank you! ❤️ 

6 hours ago, Pas de Quatre said:

For a child of 9 it doesn't sound as if this school is a good fit. Only classes and exams with no performance opportunities is not good ballet training. There are many excellent Associate programmes and some pretty awful ones too, so it is impossible to generalise. But why is this teacher talking about her own Associate classes, does she accept pupils from other schools or is it just an additional coaching class for existing pupils? Something doesn't add up.

She accepts other pupils from other schools for her associate program as well as students from her school. She wants DD to attend but we can’t make it work around school at the moment. 

9 hours ago, Colman said:

This seems sensible. If the answer was more-or-less  “change your timetable” I think I’d have a very careful think about the overall situation but hopefully it’ll be more positive than that.

When I went back with the challenges we faced changing times with our tutor (we needed one to help DD get up to speed with the UK education system), she just told us to change tutors. That was not particularly helpful as we’re waitlisted for several already. 

I should add I told her we intended to stay with her for ballet, our commitment there won’t change

Thanks all. The thing is my little one is only 9 years old and her current dance school don’t do shows or festivals. It is just purely lessons and exam. I feel she’s losing the will a bit because she loves to perform but doesn’t like the competition of festivals. At our old school abroad, she had both and I think she found it stressful but loved the annual show to be wirh her mates and work as a collective. She doesn’t have that at this school at all. I asked the teacher (in a bid to be transparent) about associate programs she would recommend and she would only recommend the Royal Ballets JA program which is so hard to get into and her associates program which we cannot fit in because of her school commitments (and I’ve tried to change those every term without success). 
The school itself does offer other dance styles but they finish quite late (8pm) and some clash with her siblings and travel time there and back is a factor. I did try to be upfront and say that we wanted to try some other styles close to home (just for the variety and also for the opportunity to do a show every couple of years) but she was adamant that she would not endorse it and it’s not the done thing. This has left me in a quandary. 

May I please have your advice. My daughter loves dance and has been doing ballet for some time. She’s keen to try other forms of dance but the timetable at our current school doesn’t work with her siblings and just life in general. We’re keen to continue to do ballet at her current school when things go back to some sort of normality but maybe try tap or jazz or contemporary elsewhere. Her teacher says it’s not the done thing in this country to do that. I’m not from here so not really sure and wanted to find out if that’s the case. Thank you. 

18 hours ago, Canary said:

Parents may be able to pm you with contacts etc if you could give us a bit more information like whereabouts in the country you are and your child’s age and what syllabus they follow at the moment. Most parents know about their local schools and programmes. 

Thank you for your suggestions. We are based in Kent in Westerham and happy to travel. She’s 9 years old and follows the RAD.  I think the fact that we haven’t performed for 3 years now, she’s kind of developed a bit of ‘fear’ of it. Whenever I ask her if she misses it, she says; ‘I’m not good at that anymore. I don’t do well under pressure.’  

Can I please have your advice.  My dd loves to dance and when we lived abroad her dance studio had a yearly performance and she also did some festivals. We have now moved back and her current dance school (I think it’s quite old fashioned) don’t do any festivals (which kind of suits me as I find them quite stressful) but also don’t do any yearly performances so we never get to see her dance unless it’s at home. I’ve asked the teacher whether she can recommend some associate programs that we can join with a view to meeting other kids and maybe those people might do a yearly performance. The teacher has said that anything outside of the school is a conflict of interest and the only one they’d recommend is the Royal Ballet in London’s Junior Associate program (which I believe is highly competitive). Being new to this country and having zero dance experience, what would you suggest I do, if we want to do some performances (not competitions) and meet some other kids? 

Just out of curiosity, what other ballet related activities does everyone else do, as well as the weekly ballet classes? 

It’s so hard...the waiting and not knowing. I’m sure the children (and grown ups) will be relieved when we know. Fingers crossed for your daughter and that no matter what she has a fabulous birthday! 

59 minutes ago, Millicent said:

Also comforting to know no one else in group 1 has had an email yet otherwise I would be worrying they had my email address wrong or that it went into my junk folder! 

My nerves are so on edge. Does anyone know if Group 1 will hear this week? A part of me just wants to know so I can get on with my life. 😂

Oh that’s really exciting. I am kind of hoping that I uploaded the video probably. I think we did but I’m second guessing myself. I wonder when we can expect to hear then?  Good lucky everyone.