BalletBoyMumma

We’ve had to decline our DC’s offer of a two week place so there should be some movement on the waitlist soon. 🤞

Same. I will email in tomorrow.

Ah, thank you! My misunderstanding! Will DM you. 😊

I’m so pleased to hear that your DD has been put back together and is back on top form. This process is so brutal. Would you mind if I DM you regarding KS Dance? I didn’t realise they offer places at age 14.

Lovely news @Tiaramum. Well done to your DC Has anyone heard back regarding Yr10 entry?

Ticket now rehomed.

Tonight. SCS 12 £12

I hope they find some! All sorted here now. Thanks again @MichelleS You are a star! 🤩

Thank you!!

Hi, has this gone? Many thanks.

Hi, looking for cheap seats/standing for Nutcracker on 10th or 13th Jan if anyone is selling? Many thanks. ☺️

Yes please!!

Good question. No advice but I'm keen to know too - I came here looking for the same sort of info. UK based and looking at European schools here. No dual nationality to fall back on sadly.

Thank you drdance - I’ve sent you a message with a bit more info.

Good point. I will add that to the plan. He’s otherwise growing well but might be worth checking more closely on those joints. Thank you.

Sounds very similar. I do often think life would be a lot easier if DC didn’t love ballet so much (or want to pursue it so desperately), but went for a sport instead. 😅 But then that would probably bring its own issues. Thank you. 🙏 I will do some thorough research (and keep asking around). I agree on the high fees - definitely more benefit from a regular check in than a one off session.

Thank you everyone. This is all super helpful. DC is strong but the strength/flexibility just isn’t balancing well at the moment, instead the lack of stretching combined with lots of dancing/training is resulting in tightness, and general joint stiffness, particularly in the back and ankles. My older DC had similar issues around this age (not at vocational school) and even just adding a weekly PBT class and Pre-pointe/pointe class helped immensely with both of those areas. Younger DC is away so can’t try these things unfortunately (and I’m not sure the school will allow DC to try pre-pointe/pointe classes 🫣). It’s a bit complicated regarding talking to teachers/physio but I have asked them for help (we have been advised that next academic year this will happen) but I will definitely look for some more tailored guidance in the mean time from a dance physio (if I can find one). That might need to be my next question 😅 Where does one find a dance specific physiotherapist? We have plenty of sports physios nearby but none who specialise in dance.

Thank you @Neverdancedjustamum I agree, it’s a very tough question to answer. That 80/20 ratio is really helpful - that must make things so much clearer. We seem to have the opposite (don’t stretch so much while growing, which I find confusing). I also found the information was very clear in associate scheme (JA) so I was intrigued to see what is suggested in various settings. Yes it is a lot of training (I can’t indicate who with or where unfortunately) but the small amount of stretching doesn’t seem to be nearly enough for my DC so trying to figure a way around this. DC has very little time around the busy day-to-day schedule to add this in. Plus it’s simply not allowed of an evening. There have been concerns raised, mostly physical/body type which may prevent my DC continuing much longer, but much of it is related to lack of flexibility (in various areas), my DC is very capable of being flexible but it doesn’t seem to be happening while in the programme, in fact they often rapidly lose flexibility in areas like back, ankles, hips (turnout) during the term. Which is then regained on long weekends or holidays at home where there is time for attention on those areas. Wondering if this is normal or maybe we we just need to move to a more tailored approach for DC (due to needing more) rather than continue on a programme. I hope that makes some sort of sense.

Hi, Just wanting to pick the brains of those more in the know. Say, for example, you do about 20hrs of ballet a week, broken up into various times, what is the minimum amount of stretching that should be done? I realise that everyone is different and some will require lots, or not so much, but generally speaking, what would be recommended from a teaching/young dancer’s point of view? Say, the minimum requirement to even just maintain some sort of flexibility and prevent from stiffening up/becoming inflexible?

• Ballet Boost • DanceworksUK (As I can’t seem to edit the list above 😅)

Thank you! Most definitely. My DS is only 12 but such a useful list for everyone.

Thank you! I had forgotten about the use of tags (sorry!)

Thank you! Perfect. Already many more than I was aware of. 😃

We know of: • Royal Ballet School (though I believe applications have already closed for this summer). • Young Dancers Academy (YDA) • Yorkshire Ballet Seminars (YBSS) • Tring Park •Cecchetti Ballet Associates Residential (open to non-associates and non-Cecchetti students) • Rambert I’m sure there are tons more.

Hi, I’m not sure if there’s such a thread as yet but wondering if there could be one with a list of Summer Intensive courses in the UK (and maybe abroad)? It could be useful for those of us (parents) less involved/knowledgable in the ballet scene. 😃