IBD23 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Has anyone experience of their dc doing summer school focussing mainly on contemporary dance (not street or hiphop or the like!)? I know Rambert do one but dd is 17 and maybe would be older than most? She's mostly classical ballet but wants to improve her contemporary next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatasmum Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 The Senior Summer Course at Chantry is for ages 12-25, there's some video on this link. http://www.chantry-school.org/contemporary-dance-arts-intensives.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 National Dance Company Wales do a very good one which I think is from about 14 or 15+ and Northern Contemporary Dance School offer a number of summer schools which are by age or level. Neither have accommodation included but the Welsh one has a hostel within the same building complex where a lot of them stay. We looked at both for DD but could not manage the dates but she has friends that have done one or the other and thoroughly enjoyed. The friends would have been in the 16-18 age category when attending and most of them at vocational school http://www.ndcwales.co.uk/en/get-involved/dance/courses/ - the summer school is not yet on their website but the link takes you to their next short course http://www.nscd.ac.uk/learning-participation/summer-school/ - preliminary information - when you apply it is usually broken into different groups 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 DD did National dance company of Wales and Motionhouse this year, she is 19, both were excellent and she throughly enjoyed both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 London Studio Centre do one. DD went last year when she was 17, and there was at least one 18 year old who was going on to train at London Contemporary. No official accomodation, but they provide lists and recommendations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBD23 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Thanks so much all. London Studio Centre is best located for us and looks a very good timetable. Come to think of it dd will be 18 by then. Hopefully not too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Northern Contemporary do a fabulous summer school, though no accommodation, but they will put you in touch with local places to stay and Leeds is very accessible. My dd is on the CAT programme there and the studio's and tuition are fabulous. I can really recommend the summer school and students go to 18/19 I think. My dd goes and she will be 17 by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 DD may do the LSC Summer school again, and if she does will be 18. Definitely at least one 18 year old last year. We enjoyed watching the showing at the end also. If you have any questions Cris Penfold who oversees is very helpful if you have any queries, and very quick to reply to emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambleton Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Thanks Lilac. I will get onto that. May see you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambleton Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Useful to hear from someone with a dc who has attended LSC. Btw I have a ds. Were there many male dancers attending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arabesque1 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 What type of accommodation can LSC offer for summer school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lema Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Sorry to hijack a thread but can anyone recommend a contemporary summer school or holiday course for a 13 year old with not a lot of contemporary experience? Thank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) The National dance company of Wales summer school I think was from age 11, this year it was split into two groups younger and older. They also do an Easter course and dance days throughout the year. Edited November 19, 2016 by janice and ellen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 LSC don't have any of their own accomodation but produce a list of recommendations. It's a mix of B&B, hotels etc. DD traveled from home although a long trip, soon first hand experience of this. Cris Penfold would advise about this. Will ask DD about boys participating last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anondancer_15 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Has anyone experience of their dc doing summer school focussing mainly on contemporary dance (not street or hiphop or the like!)? I know Rambert do one but dd is 17 and maybe would be older than most? She's mostly classical ballet but wants to improve her contemporary next year. Rambert do an adult one which i did when i was 17 (as long as you have dance experience i think it's fine and there was a really mix of ability when i went) and it was fantastic, a perfect mix of ballet and contemporary! depending on your location i also recommend the hot house dance summer school and two thirds sky, they both mainly focus on contemporary but bring in other styles too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBD23 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 That's interesting. Not aware of Hot House dance or Two Thirds Sky but will be looking them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatasmum Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Lena,this sounds great... http://www.ngdance.org/-sessions-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatasmum Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Sorry meant to type Lema, it got auto corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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