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Hi, I am currently teaching some kids who I would love to send to workshops to gain more experiences and opportunities with their dancing. Does anyone have any ideas they could share? We are based in the South East/ just outside of London. Highest level of students are RAD G4. Looking for all and any types of dance for them to explore and anything from one day workshops to weekly extra training. I am aware of various associate programmes but not sure if my students are ready for things like that so looking for slightly more casual and relaxed environments to suggest to them before more serious associate programmes are talked about? Thank you all for your help in advance.

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Ballet de Catalunya trainee programme? It is quite expensive so I was hoping to hear some thoughts either as comments or if you would rather dm me Thank you in advance

Hi, Another query I have is if anyone knows of any Balanchine based ballet classes in London/surrounding area? I quite fancy taking some classes in this technique as I would like to see how it feels on my body but am not sure if there's anyone who teaches it over here at open classes? Thank you all again in advance for your help!

Hi everyone, Not sure if there is already a thread on this but I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of attending a summer school in America as a British national and had any opinions of any? It is something I have wondered about doing and wished to do for years and though I may be too old now for many being almost 22 there are some that take older students as well. I was just wondering if there were any thoughts on this subject at all? Thank you all in advance!

Thank you for sharing! I will look into it.

Hi guys, Back again with another query I'm hoping you'll can help me with. So due to covid and other circumstances when I was in my degree training we hardly had any pas de deux classes. This leaves me, and I'm sure many others, in a situation of a lack of skills in this area. I fear that I don't have enough pas de deux knowledge to do well in a job that requires pas de deux. My question is does anyone know of any open pas de deux classes or anywhere those who have graduated can join in with pas classes? Thank you in advance for your help again!

Hi again all, I was hoping for some help. I tried searching on this forum and don't think this has been answered before and am struggling to uncover the correct answer in my google searches. I am currently researching a potential performance opportunity and think I have found a site which contains public domain recordings of classical music (though if you know of any please do share). What I am now struggling to find out is if classical ballet choreography is in the public domain and therefore doesn't require permission from a certain authority to be performed? For example if someone were to perform the blue bird solo would they be able to do so without gaining permission from a trust? I know that all of Balanchine's choreography is held in a trust of which you have to gain permission from them to be able to learn and perform it but is this the same with other choreographers, especially the ones who created the classics? Not sure if there is an answer to this but anything anyone knows would be ever so helpful. Thank you all in advance for your help x

Thank you all for the help so far! Appreciate it so much!

Hi and thank you! I will be based just outside London once graduated so am thinking I will need to travel in for any privates.

Hi Guys, So I am graduating this summer but with the world where it is and has been I gave up on looking for jobs as I just didn't feel ready after loosing out on so much training from lockdowns, even prior to this I had considered applying to post-grad training courses as I felt I needed an extra year. I have decided that it might be best to come home after I graduate and look for private coaching to continue my training whilst I look for jobs this year. This way I can really focus on what I need to work on and have a pretty flexible schedule to go to any auditions that may come up. I am based near to London so was thinking I would probably have to travel in to do it and have coaching 2/3 times a week whilst the other days taking barre at home and doing cross-training etc. by myself. Basically I am asking in a very long-winded way if anyone has any experience of having private coaching pre or post graduating and if anyone has any recommendations of teachers to get in contact with about having private coaching? Any advice would be great, thank you in advance!