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  1. But yes, we could have anticipated a slightly different audience to a regular ballet. We were supporting a friend in one of the adult roles and got tickets ages ago without thinking too deeply about it.
  2. Sleeping Beauty Dreams is the outreach community performance that was put on after auditions last summer. They only did one performance, so a relaxed performance wasn't on the cards I guess! The disruptive child in question was around 10 years old, so not little. The other kids in the audience were wonderfully behaved, and when another child got scared by Carabosse they were looked after really well by their family.
  3. I had a frustrating experience watching Sleeping Beauty Dreams last night, where there was a family behind us who had no theatre etiquette at all! There was one child (who, to be fair to them probably wouldn't have chosen to come to a ballet but probably had a relative taking part) who was kicking my companion's seat continously, sucking loudly on sweets, slurping a drink, talking during the dancing and laughing (at, not with, the performance). The adults were no better, as they were talking throughout and rustling sweet packets. We managed to escape and move elsewhere at interval, but it made the first two acts difficult to concentrate on and we both got very irritated. We weren't the only ones who moved either.
  4. SAB is the feeder school of New York City Ballet company JKO is the feeder school of American Ballet Theatre company
  5. The link to register interest for the open day is actually here: https://www.swindondance.org.uk/how-to-apply-cat/
  6. This just popped up on my social media feed, so I thought I'd share as I'm not sure how well known the Swindon ballet CAT is. I have zero affiliation or experience of the programme. SWINDON BALLET PROGRAMME | OPEN DAY Swindon Dance's Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) delivers world-class dance training to young talents aged 11-19. Our Swindon Ballet Programme caters to dedicated dancers with a passion for their art. If you're new to the CAT programme, this Open Day is your gateway to comprehending the extensive offerings; including the grants available and the support we provide on your dance journey. The event is cost-free, and we warmly welcome parents and guardians to attend this enriching experience 🗓 Sunday 11th February ⏰ 11am-1pm 🔗 BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THE OPEN DAY: https://www.swindondance.org.uk/cat/ The link doesn't seem to take you to a place to book onto the open day (yet), but it does have general information and contact details.
  7. Years ago (10+) the dance school I was at had an issue with an ISTD examiner (not with exam content but with their behaviour). This was when I was a student (and thankfully I wasn't taking an exam with that cohort) so I'm not aware of exactly what my dance school did, but the school made a complaint rather than anyone individually. I know that they collected information from the students who had the terrible exam experiences and complained to the ISTD. I believe that there was some sort of apology conveyed, and a high up examiner came and did some master classes for the school. I don't believe that the exams were remarked or repeated, but whether that was an option or not I don't know - everyone passed but didn't do nearly as well as normal. This was for a graded exam rather than a vocational exam so progression to the next grade wasn't impacted.
  8. Yes she is dyslexic. I feel for her! You can tell she is way more comfortable when she doesn't have to read from the teleprompter. It's a shame that there's no (apparent) alternative that's more accessible.
  9. If you can get over to Oxford (Kidlington), Dance Evolution has a range of pointe shoe models and is good at fitting. You can always call to check they have stock of things you want to try before making an appointment.
  10. Are you referring to teen girls teaching "baby ballet" at their dance school? Or teaching at the franchised Baby Ballet? The first former is not uncommon, although usually there should be a teacher running the class with teens assisting, for health and safety/DBS purposes.
  11. Yes, at least at Vaganova they have more than one class per year, so there is a possibility of changing class if the fit is not right with the teacher.
  12. I do wonder why each year only has one teacher for ballet. It means that if you don't gel with the teacher (or worse!) there is no respite. I don't think there'd be a huge loss of consistency in approach with 2 or 3 teachers each year. Often it makes the dancer more adaptable and with different ways of receiving corrections often technique can improve quicker.
  13. There is definitely a lot of turnover at the Vaganova school before the upper school. There is a fair % of the 2023 graduating class who did not start at the academy in the first year (and there are even some who did not start in the first year of the upper school). This information can be found on their Instagram, where they are posting about their graduates (when they started, prior training, achievements whilst at the school etc., graduation destination) every so often, and you can also see the graduate destinations of their international pupils on their website. I know less about other international ballet academies so cannot comment on them, but I am sure many are the same. I'm not saying that it is right, but that White Lodge/RBS is certainly not the only place that does this.
  14. I also a hot food person, and I have a thermos for lunches on days with no kitchen facilities and it works really well. The food does need to be heated as close to leaving the house as possible though, because the thermos does not keep it warm forever. I've used it for soup and for curries and similar. In a pinch, wrapping a lot of tin foil around a tupperware containing hot food and popping in an insulated bag also works. For keeping food cold, could she use an insulated lunch bag and stick an ice pack in there? Instant rice can be eaten cold without cooking it first, if she likes rice. You can make a quick and easy tuna (or any other type of temperature safe protein) rice salad etc. I also went through a phase of baking a few sweet potatoes in advance, and then adding sweet potato mash to my lunches over the next few days. Flatbreads etc. with lots of toppings/fillings would also work.
  15. The hard corps podcast really is excellent. It really highlights the highs and lows of the ballet world by allowing dancers from all over the world to tell their stories. Additionally, it has given a voice to so many students, not just from our UK vocational schools, to talk about the difficulties (and trauma in some cases) they went through in vocational training. And it shows how everyone's experience of the same institution can be so different, whilst also highlighting common experiences in the ballet world. Well worth listening to.
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