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Just out of curiosity, if any of our dc had a dada for Upper school then nothing happened career wise would they be entitled to financial assistance to retrain at a college in a completely different subject such as doing a btec? 

I am seeking 2 or preferably 3 tickets for Saturday if any out there, this is dd's last show so gutted I couldn't get any. As we live 3 hours away other nights aren't an option as I can't get time off work on weekdays 😢

Thank you Pixiewoo, can I ask the cost please, I can't find info anywhere. 

Can anyone please let me know their experiences with this associate scheme. I see its for age 11-18, Dd is 16, are there many others at the top end of the age scale? And do they all participate in the classes at the same time so all ages in together? 

Thanks for all your replies and as always I have concluded it is a very individual choice as students can be successful via so many paths. My Dd has decided to do A levels so she can strengthen her plan b and continue dancing on an evening locally and with associate programmes. She will then reaudition at dance schools at 18 and uni's for plan b ad see what happens. 

3 hours ago, Picturesinthefirelight said:

We seriously considered this option for dd but she was awarded a Dada and stayed on in the end. 

 

Firstly, don’t quite give up hope yet.  There will be a lot of movement between now and the summer. A girl in dd’s year at lower school was offered a Dada from the waiting list the first week of July. There will be some holding multiple offers or waiting for Dada results from elsewhere, when dd auditioned last year the Dada recall at one college wasn’t until mid April. 

 

With regards to Btec or A levels that’s very dependent on her. I think that A levels gives more options when it comes to higher education and dd loves her A level study but that level of academic study isn’t suited to everyone so for example my ds will be applying to do music Btec. Your problem will be that the standard of dance Btec vary wildly. Where I am in Staffordshire we have two excellent ones run by dance schools that have a great track record in getting students into leading dance colleges on either degree or diploma courses aged 18. Some of these institutions can organise home stay for students out of the area. Those courses run by normal FE colleges however can be very different and of a much lower standard. 

 

 

We have asked and we were told she isn't near the top of the waiting list so we don't hold much hope for a dada. She would definitely want a dance school offering a btec rather than just an FE college. 

She loves ballet and contemporary equally but she doesn't rule out eventually working the cruise ships so is happy doing jazz, she just doesn't want to sing. She would love to get into rambert, London school of contemporary dance or trinity laban for example. 

My dd is currently in lower school at one of the vocational schools and been auditioning for upper schools, she has been offered a couple of places but not been awarded a dada so she is going to have to come home and decide what to do next. Her main aim now is to do a dance degree when she is 18 in 2 years but we don't know what is best to do in the next 2 years? she could go to a local college and do 3 academic A levels and just dance on an evening locally ( a big drop from being a vocational school)or she could do  BTEC level 3 in dance? (possibly a lower standard from what she is used to?)Anyone have any advise on how to decide, she is frightened she may never make it as a dancer but has no clue what else to do but thought doing A levels would be handy in the future but then she has never really enjoyed academic studies apart from art and just wants to dance hence possibly doing a BTEC but having nothing to fall back on! Help!