dancermum678

Thanks for the feedback! 

Great thank you. Useful to hear.

I am looking at options for ballet associate programmes for my daughter and have come across the Elite Ballet Project in Kent.
 

For reference, she’s not RBS level but is a talented dancer and does need some extra training. 

It’s not one I had heard of before so wondered if anyone else had any experience there?

Many thanks in advance. 

21 minutes ago, SplitSoul said:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wloq2FeUFdM&feature=shares

 

How about this 6 year old?!?!?!

 

 

That poor child… but at the same time I can’t stop watching it. 

15 hours ago, Kanangra said:

You could take her to a physio for an assessment. It's commonly done here, a physio who specialises in dance is best obviously.

 

 

I don’t know if that’s a thing here in the U.K. but thanks for the suggestion. 

Yes that’s what has happened- she’s the only 11 year old in her class I think. The rest are older and she’s not used to being one of the little ones! I have read a lot of the info people have suggested to me and am very happy that her teacher at her “home” school is correct in her decision. She’s told her what she needs to work on in order to be more ready as she does by strength/ ability rather than age and it’s up to my daughter now if she puts the work in or not!

1 hour ago, LaCamargo said:

I feel very strongly that pointe readiness is a much-neglected area in teacher training. So much more knowledge is available now. Some very useful information may be found here:

 

https://iadms.org/media/5779/iadms-resource-paper-guidelines-for-initiating-pointe-training.pdf

 

and here:

 

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Pre-Pointe_Assessment
 

 

 

 

 

Very interesting reads, thank you! 

39 minutes ago, glowlight said:

As others have said, I would be guided by your regular teacher.  She knows your dd best, and what's more you can't really ask her to let your dd go en pointe if she doesn't think she is ready.  Your option would be to change schools.

 

Having said that, it might be worth having a word with the associate scheme to see what their view is.  It may be that a message has been lost in translation on the way home!  

Yes definitely wonder if something has been lost in translation! My daughter is usually quite savvy but think she’s feeling a little left out. She thinks she’s older than she actually is…

Thanks everyone. This is all reassuring. I’m 

27 minutes ago, LinMM said:

I would listen to the teacher who sees her most often to be honest. 
It is difficult when you’re possibly being nagged to get pointe shoes but it’s better for a child’s feet to wait until they are ready and less likely to get into bad habits too!! 
Is your daughter doing any grade exams? 
Perhaps when at Intermediate foundation level would be a good time to start pointe work. 
If she is older as started later as it were then teachers advice is best. 

Erring on the side of caution is not a bad thing where pointe work is concerned!! 
 

Erring on the side of caution is definitely where I am at too! Thank you 

3 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

Here are some older threads where there may be useful information/advice:

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much, I knew there would be some! (Operator error!)

I should also add that I have not spoken to the associate programme about this… I am going only on my 11 year old’s interpretation of the conversations and she’s desperate for pointe shoes like they all are! 

Hi, my daughter is 11 and is getting conflicting information re the transition to pointe work.

Her main teacher is adamant she isn’t ready yet and I have to say I agree with her. But the teachers at her associate programme have told her that she’ll be held back if she’s not on pointe as the rest of the girls in her class are (she’s one of the youngest in her group)

I am sure there’s plenty of discussion on this in the forums but I didn’t manage to find it! 
Thanks everyone