Upper School Auditions 2016

[dancing10]

It's quite hard because if you are an associate at LSC you don't have to attend a recall you just get a straight forward yes or no

[afab]

Do you know if it's the same for the Foundation students, dancing 10?

[dancing10]

I just have experience of this being the case for the degree courses but I presume it's the same across the board. I suppose the faculty feel they see enough of each student to judge without a recall

[Lilac]

Interested to hear that, DD will be applying in that context next year. Wonder what the success rate is for their associates?

[SBallerina]

I know two girls who got a place straight after the first audition. They are not in the associate or foundation program.

[dancing10]

Was that for the classical ballet degree course sballerina x

[afab]

I feel the need to repeat that there is no classical ballet degree course as it's the same course for everybody in the first 2 years... I just don't want people to misunderstand and be disappointed.

[dancing10]

I rang through to LSC and was told that there is a classical ballet degree course. The call back for which is only ballet whereas the contemporary call back is only contemporary, same for jazz and musical theatre. I don't want you to think I didn't trust you afab but desperately needed to get a firm answer from LSC themselves before we continued down this route x

[afab]

I understand Dancing10 but unless things have changed for next year, what they call a ballet degree course is only for the 3rd year specialisation. The recall are always in either ballet, contemporary, jazz or MT. I don't want to be right at all cost, it's just that I don't want people to be disappointed and it took me a while to understand their system before DD joined them and even after she did, I discovered new things...

My DD was given the choice to recall in either jazz or MT, she chose MT and is doing exactly the same course as her friends who did the contemporary or ballet recall auditions except for the options that they all chose separately. That's when her friends who do more ballet get pointe work for example... x

 

PS I actually hope that they have changed things and that you're right because it would be good for DD2 who's a ballet dancer...

Edited February 22, 2016 by afab

[dancing10]

Thanks for helping us afab, heaven knows we need it lol.

I was asked by the lady at LSC why I thought they had given my daughter a recall in ballet rather than contemporary if there wasn't a course available :/

Very confused now

[Lilac]

How many to LSC admit into the first year for the dance degree?

[SBallerina]

Dancing10; Yes it was for the ballet focus. I'm not sure whether they will accept the place though. I know they do the same classes in 1st and 2nd year, and it gets more divided in 3rd year.

[Chassé]

My understanding of the course at LSC (based on friends who go there and teachers I know who teach there):

Everyone receives the same degree on paper (called BA (Hons) in Theatre Dance). In the first two years everyone on the course does ballet (first class, every day unless it has changed since I was given that info), jazz (not sure how many times per week) and contemporary (usually graham based I think, also not sure how many times per week). I believe everyone also takes choreography and the same theory classes. The rest of the timetable is where it differs depending on what you want your focus to be - everyone has either individual singing lessons or individual pilates coaching, and then can choose from a range of options including pointe work, tap, cunningham, musical theatre dance, acting etc. The idea is that you choose to "specialise" in the options relevant to the course focus you were offered the place for (ie ballet, contemporary, jazz or musical theatre) with the intention of then joining that "company" in the third year. The third year consists of classes, creation of pieces and then a tour, all of which happen within the company you have chosen (ballet, contemporary, jazz or musical theatre), as well as an independent project/dissertation on a topic of your choice.

 

I do know however that you do not necessarily have to choose the options for the focus you were offered - I know people who were offered jazz but ended up following a musical theatre route for example. I think the reason behind the format of the initial audition/recall is to ensure that people offered a place have suitable base levels in ballet, contemporary and jazz as well as real strength/potential in at least one. With regards to being offered more than one focus option for a recall, I have heard it is best to attend the recall for the style you think you are strongest in/most likely to be offered a place in, rather than the necessarily which style you eventually want to focus on, as once you arrive at the school you can actually follow whichever route you want (although I'm sure the teachers offer guidance on which they think you are most suited to).

 

I hope this info helped somewhat - don't take it as 100% accurate though as I have not attended the school myself so this is all hearsay, but this is definitely my understanding of how the course works.

[afab]

Your explanation is absolutely right Chassé. 

[annaliesey]

Ive just been looking at LSC and there's a really good diagram showing course modules and levels on the website

 

http://www.londonstudiocentre.org/courses/ba-hons-theatre-dance

[Lisa O`Brien]

I`d be interested to know which LSC graduates have gone on to dance with the Royal Ballet. Anyone know?

[Jaylou62]

littleballerina, Laine audition is a song and monologue of 2 minutes max and dance solo is 1 minute 30 seconds.

  Good luck for Laine - my dd loved her audition there.

Dd has places at Bodyworks, Millennium, Urdang and Performers - had Laine audition yesterday; Bird is in March and Tiffany Theatre College in April plus funding auditions  

[Guest]

littleballerina, Laine audition is a song and monologue of 2 minutes max and dance solo is 1 minute 30 seconds.

Good luck for Laine - my dd loved her audition there.

Dd has places at Bodyworks, Millennium, Urdang and Performers - had Laine audition yesterday; Bird is in March and Tiffany Theatre College in April plus funding auditions

Thank you! Is the solo Jazz in style of is lyrical jazz ok and is a contemporary monologue ok?

And well done to your dd that's amazing that she has those places already!!

Edited February 23, 2016 by Guest

[Jaylou62]

littleballerina, Dd's solo was a lyrical jazz and she also did a contemporary monologue

    Thank you for your kind words - she has worked hard on her singing and acting this year (she is doing a pre-vocational foundation course in Acting/Musical Theatre part time and stayed at her dance college part time)  as her dance is strongest and looks like it has paid off

[Guest]

littleballerina, Dd's solo was a lyrical jazz and she also did a contemporary monologue

Thank you for your kind words - she has worked hard on her singing and acting this year (she is doing a pre-vocational foundation course in Acting/Musical Theatre part time and stayed at her dance college part time) as her dance is strongest and looks like it has paid off

Perfect that's what I am doing!! Yes she's done really well to get all those places and is really lucky to be in a position to choose already!! Would it be possible for you to pm a copy of the email you have detailing times to arrive adress of the building the adress is at etc and length of classes?? Thank you

[Jaylou62]

Will find it and pm you - she had a letter from Laine today and has a place there too  

[Guest]

Will find it and pm you - she had a letter from Laine today and has a place there too

Thank you that would be really helpful!!

That is amazing massive congratulations to her I don't know how she will be able to choose where to go!

[Lisa O`Brien]

Many congratulations to your DD Jaylou. Great news.

[Miracle]

Anyone on here who has a DD or DS auditioning at Northern school of Ballet this year?

[Jan McNulty]

Do you mean the one in Manchester?

[Miracle]

Yes.x

[dancing10]

Did anyone go to the funding audition at tring yesterday

[Anna C]

Hello dancing10, I've moved your post into "Upper School auditions 2016" so that all news/results and discussions about this round of auditions is in one place. :-)

[Anna C]

Anyone on here who has a DD or DS auditioning at Northern school of Ballet this year?

Hello Miracle, I've moved your post here so that all news/results and discussions about 2016 auditions are in one place.

[Flexible Fred]

Yes my Dd was there on Friday Dancing 10 and hopefully will know the outcome this week

[dancing10]

How did she feel it went, was she in first or second audition x

We saw physio x

[Flexible Fred]

Ohh now you are asking dancing 10 my good wife took her but I know it was in the afternoon.

She said she felt it went really well and was also asked to see physio so hoping that was a good sign ?

[Flexible Fred]

Anyone heard from Tring yet for upper school ?