Isabella

28 minutes ago, SarahG1881 said:

Perhaps they’re going by age. Is your son/daughter a summer baby? 

Spring x

No views here either. 

My DD is year 4 so that makes sense if all views have been year 5 so far. X

Ours still haven’t been viewed either. Maybe they’re watching them in groups? 

Not a single view yet. I really hope I did the IT bit right. 🤪

3 minutes ago, Candycakes82 said:

It was a performance with BRB in Feb of this year at the Hippodrome - it was a fantastic experience! The children rehearsed for 4 months ... my DD absolutely loved it! 

Do they audition for it ( swan lake dreams)? I always wonder whether DDs can be spotted at associates for other things or if they need to go to auditions. I wonder why part 2 of audition isn’t being looked at as much? I can’t even remember what was in that part now? 

Maybe an obvious question but if decisions are being made in a short amount of time due to physical attributes, what will these be? What is the look? Or is that the golden question? 

2 hours ago, In at the deep end said:

@Spamcatthank you, but I've already ordered the uniform! I went for the smaller size, so if ut is too small I might take you up on that 😉 My DD definitely has boys in the class. And as they go in, I've been looking and some children look older, and I'd say at least half already had uniform on the first day and knew each other. Yr 4 were only accepted the week before term started, so none of us have uniform as it's all out of stock! 

For reference, we're 08.45-10, Door C (purple group with Miss Sherman) X

Ah my daughter’s in this group too. She’s loving it 🥰

My DD came out happy and said it was a lovely experience. It was a nice day out for us. 

How did everyone find the audition? X

Year 4 but I don’t think it’s age order my dd has a friend from the same birthday month and they’re in different groups. That’s why I was wondering...x

Thank you #TinyNEDancer. Great advice. I was just curious because there didn’t seem to be any logic to it but like you said it’s best not to think about it too much. I never talk about this side of things with my daughter. All she knows is that she has a fun hour of dancing planned at a special school. Thanks again for the reply. 

Hi does anybody have an idea as to how the groups might be organised? Age order by the photographs etc. 

 @Dancerz what group is your DD

in on 5th? My DD is auditioning too. 

Just wondering how many groups tend to audition for Elmhurst junior associates and does it matter which group they’re in? I suppose they just audition in mixed groups? 

Thank you all. I’m going to take your advice and literally just work on the turn out. Keep it to what we know and keep it simple and like you said @Pups_mumeach adjudicator will see it differently.  Yes @valentina she is only grade 1. Feel like I know what I’m doing now. Thank you x

I’m totally confused now... there are so many different versions now I’m not sure what to tell my daughter. I suppose it will be subjective to each adjudicator as to whether she’s doing it right?! 

Hello All, thank you so much for replying and trying to help me with this step. Just to clarify I wasn’t asked by the teacher to practise this...sorry I didn’t make myself clear. We were given some feedback from a festival a few months ago and it asked us to work on turn out in the polka step so I’m trying to help my daughter out as once they learn the dance there isn’t a lot of time to return to it during dance sessions. Funnily enough the above video of the lady is the video we’ve used to try and improve the step. It’s just so hard to combine rhythm, turn out and to actually get the step right! 

Thank you Valentina. I’ll break that down for her. You’re right, she’s got the rhythm and the ‘lightness’ of step but i know as soon as I start going on about turn out she’ll lose that. It’s a fine balance! Thank you again x

Thank you so much for your comments. Due to circumstances I don’t get to see the ballet teacher as I often pick up late. I’ve looked for polka online before but I can’t find good examples. Thank you Dr Dance for the description that’s really helpful. I’m not a dancer so I’m going to google some of the terminology! If anyone can recommend a good video or any other advice I would be very thankful. 

Hi Everyone, 

I've been asked to work on turn out in a ballet polka step and, although I've scoured the internet, I can't find any good examples to show my child. Can anyone help with any tips or suggested photos? Many thanks, Isabella x