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Hopefully, DD says she wants to go x

Thank you xx

Thank you that is very helpful x

Hi, just wondered if anyone has attended the Tring one day intensives for junior classical ballet? Are they beneficial, what should we expect ? My daughter is 10, going up to idta grade 4 soon. thanks X

A no for my DD year 7, good luck to everyone, signing off for now x

I presume so as they said they audition them both together

It’s year 7 & 8 together, I questioned this with the registrar

Thank you, she’s in idta grade 3 at the moment, full of determination and nothing phases her so not sure if to go for it or not x

Fabulous news for you! My DD (applying for year 7) worried that she might be asked to do stuff in the audition she doesn’t know, she’s still undecided if to apply or not, what sort of format is the audition, is it anything like the young dancers? thanks xx

Thank you, her dance teacher advised she has progressed a lot since last May, standing out from her peers

Thank you x

Can I ask what was included in the audition, my DD (auditions for a year 7 place) and her ballet teacher are interested. What sort of percentages get through to finals and then get offered. DD got a no for young dancers last year so don’t even know if it’s worth even attempting. Thanks in advance

Thanks all xx

We always do say go in with the attitude that your going to smash it but have lots of fun and soak up the experience, I always say it’s a not yet, rather than no, and you’re time will come when it’s right xx

I know teachers make a big difference, her private lesson is being taught by someone else than her usual dance teacher. That’s why ideally we wanted to get into an associate class but easier said than done.

Ha ha, the dance school my dd goes to are busy preparing for a show! No rest til March!!!

She is fond of it, they are busy preparing for a show, she enjoys all the dances, there will come a time when we have to cut back and focus on the strengths x

Not exactly local, about an hour away. We are close to Nottingham and Leicester. She dances at a smallish village school, she also does contemporary, Irish, Tap, theatre, musical theatre but ballet is her absolute love

Hello, my DD is 10, yr 6 at school and like many of the children here loves ballet with all her heart. She got a no this year from Elmhurst, royal ballet and Kings international, just auditioned for the nutcracker with BRB and a no for that today, she’s currently grade 3 idta, practices in just about all her spare time, has extra private lessons. She is petite, great flexibility, her teacher think she has great potential. I see every rejection chipping away at her self confidence and there is only so much money, I can’t afford summer schools. I want to tell her there is plenty of time and wish I could something to help.

A no for my DD, y 6 at Birmingham not told her yet as ironically got the email just before I took her to dance, so proud of her for having the guts to go for it. Well done to the yes’s and so sorry for the not now’s. DD got a no from Elmhurst too, double whammy rejection. 😢😢 not looking forward to telling her 😢😢

I spoke to her ballet teacher and she said certainly nothing wrong with her body shape or type, she has hyper mobile elbows, affectionately known as weird elbows as she can bend them the wrong way. We will wait the results and go from there.

Thank you, once we get the ja results I will chat to her teacher x

Thank you, haven’t heard of it before, more local for us too!

Thanks I’ve asked her dance teacher to try and get feedback from a Elmhurst, DD is a petite girl, making fabulous progress according to her dance teacher, very bendy with some hyper mobility, going to be having a long chat with Dance teacher once we get J A results. Just really wanted an insight as to how these auditions change as they get to year 7 x

Hello, I’m pretty new to all this, DD has really only started taken ballet seriously in the last 6months, just a hobby before with weekly classes, she is a young year 5, year 6 in September. As she kept going on about royal ballet and saying it would be her dream to go her dance teacher she suggested she should try for JA, we also tried for Elmhurst young dancers too. Last week we found out it was a no from Elmhurst and she was truly devastated, really expecting a no from JA too so trying to get prepared. It’s her first attempt at anything like this so we knew it was extremely slim odds. She determined to work harder, and to up the practice she is already doing at home. She wants to continue trying but I haven’t a clue how much more is expected of them at the MA and extended dancers auditions, what additional stuff do they have to do, what form does the audition take, is it still like a class? Apologies if this has been answered in another thread. Thanks x