RHowarth Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I’m sure this has already been covered in the links forum, but I missed it and have just read it in this week’s Stage. Peter Schaufuss is opening a full time ballet school in Edinburgh in 2019, with a launch event in March of this year. Applications for March close early Feb. Www.edinburghfestivalballet.co.uk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 This link should work: http://www.edinburghfestivalballet.com I wonder if they will include the Bournonville style in the syllabus (oh yes please)? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointetoes Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Launch weekend is Move It weekend, not sure that will make a difference to those who want to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 This sounds like good news though worth keeping an eye on definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishDancerMum Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I know that building! Excellent news, am really pleased about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHowarth Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 A stone's throw from Edinburgh's other full-time dance school, Dance For All on Stephen Street - although Dance For All's full-time strand is for 16-plus and doesn't have such a ballet focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I assume this is also going to be for 16+, at least to start with? The website asks for applications from 14+ but if I'm reading correctly, the full-time school won't open until at least Autumn 2019. There's no mention of academic qualifications so one could assume it will be an Upper School? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think Scottish education is organised differently to the rest of UK, e.g. Highers instead of A levels. Perhaps a Scottish member could explain more fully. Is it Lowers instead of GCSE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canary Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Standards or Level 5. Remember the intake birthdays are different aswell so a child born in October in England will be one of the eldest in the year and in Scotland probably one of the younger ones in their year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drballet Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Hi - I wondered if anyone has any updated information on this college. Kind regards (1st time poster - dance educator and dance parent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Welcome to the forum, Drballet. I hope someone will be able to give you some more information on this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Here's a thread from this year: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 If you are looking for a school in Scotland there is also the Royal Conservatoire, based in Glasgow: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/courses/ba-modern-ballet/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drballet Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Hi Janet, thanks for those. Appreciated without saying too much - just need options for entry this year. Have looked/progressed both and just wanted any more views on Edinburgh as its so new. Talking to the school and working through other auditions Regards 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 You're welcome. I think it must be hard to get reviews of a school that is so new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Welcome from me too, @Drballet. If I may offer a personal perspective, it would be not to jump from the frying pan into a potential fire out of desperation and time constraints. This is absolutely nothing against Edinburgh Festival Ballet or indeed any other full time establishment but I would read the terms and conditions of schools - especially newish ones and private ones - in minute detail, to check for things like: Penalty clauses for withdrawal from the course Injury policy - things like does the school assume any responsibility for injury during training Accommodation providers - are these independent and inspected Qualification offered and by which board. Pastoral care - if you can get views of this from current and past parents, so much the better Accountability - is the school “owned” by one person/family, is there a Board of Governors, is the school inspected and by whom, what do these inspection actually inspect, and so on. Also worth remembering is that there are other options, especially at 15/16, even if one option is going back to academic school or college, then applying for 18+ dance training. Wishing you and your dc the very best of luck going forward. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drballet Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks Anna - this is brilliant advice. The thread on Edinburgh is for an 18+ student of mine due to go to college this year. My other vocational students will remain at my dance school & their local school and I am looking at Associate training for them. The list is appreciated Great to have "found" this forum 🥰 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Just now, Drballet said: Thanks Anna - this is brilliant advice. The thread on Edinburgh is for an 18+ student of mine due to go to college this year. My other vocational students will remain at my dance school & their local school and I am looking at Associate training for them. The list is appreciated Great to have "found" this forum 🥰 You’re most welcome. We are here if you have any questions. 👍🏻 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy twinkle toes Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Dd1 has just been offered a full time place. The training looks great and I can see they were advertising in the Dancing Times. I just wondered if anyone has any other views or opinions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I have no experience of the school, but Peter Schaufuss was one of his generation's finest dancers, famous throughout the world and will have many contacts in companies which is always helpful for graduating dancers looking for jobs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drballet Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 03/02/2021 at 17:04, Mummy twinkle toes said: Dd1 has just been offered a full time place. The training looks great and I can see they were advertising in the Dancing Times. I just wondered if anyone has any other views or opinions? Congratulations. I have a student of mine there and she is loving the training and the city (even in these strange-COVID times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum5678 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 03/02/2021 at 17:04, Mummy twinkle toes said: Dd1 has just been offered a full time place. The training looks great and I can see they were advertising in the Dancing Times. I just wondered if anyone has any other views or opinions? Hi there, Just wondering if your dd went to EFB in the end? DS has just been offered a full time place there and we're trying to make decisions so looking for updates on how people are finding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy twinkle toes Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 10/01/2022 at 09:45, mum5678 said: Hi there, Just wondering if your dd went to EFB in the end? DS has just been offered a full time place there and we're trying to make decisions so looking for updates on how people are finding it. I have sent you a DM. Congratulations to your son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encroix Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 10/01/2022 at 09:45, mum5678 said: Hi there, Just wondering if your dd went to EFB in the end? DS has just been offered a full time place there and we're trying to make decisions so looking for updates on how people are finding it. DD is there. We have found the ballet teaching and faculty to be excellent and varied with regular performance opportunities too. She is very happy and enjoys the independence of living in Edinburgh ; she's adapted remarkably well considering she's only 16 and hundreds of miles from home. The school promotes a sense of belonging and Peter Schaufuss is actively involved. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum5678 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 25/01/2022 at 22:52, Encroix said: DD is there. We have found the ballet teaching and faculty to be excellent and varied with regular performance opportunities too. She is very happy and enjoys the independence of living in Edinburgh ; she's adapted remarkably well considering she's only 16 and hundreds of miles from home. The school promotes a sense of belonging and Peter Schaufuss is actively involved. Thank you so much! It's definitely a firm favourite at the moment... we're currently in a predicament with the 6 week deadline to let them know but he'd really like to finish his auditions first, which of course overruns that by a week or two! We've asked if they'll consider an extension by a couple of weeks so 🤞 Really good to hear all the good 'feels' he experienced on the day are well founded. Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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