Pas de Quatre Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Does anyone know Thomas's candidate number? There are some lovely videos of classes and candidates already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Have to admit to being very unpatriotic and say we're rooting for DS's friend Nacho!! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151404238232264&set=a.10151403907647264.493503.6080122263&type=1&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Aw celiB you can support them both ha ha. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taximom Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Toms number is 424 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Spent a lovely hour last night watching all the 2011 classical ballet dances - stunning! And all so young! There's so much talent out there it's such a shame to think that the world wont get to see it all due to lack of funding for the Arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Oh and good luck Tom! 424 is my new lucky number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Just Ballet a stupid question but where do you watch it? Or rather what is the website? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Just Ballet a stupid question but where do you watch it? Or rather what is the website? Not a stupid question - The website for the competition is at http://www.prixdelausanne.org The multimedia section has areas for pictures, videos, ipad/iphone app etc. The day-by-day 2013 videos are at: http://www.prixdelausanne.org/v4/index.php/Videoblog-2013/ Yaffa [edited to correct typo] Edited January 31, 2013 by Yaffa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks for that Taximom. Tulip - if you "like" Prix on Facebook they automatically post some of the links - I'll "share" one with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yes, I was shown the link by Prix on facebook or twitter - not sure which! Whilst on either site, please "like" or "follow"' us, justballetuk We're going to be giving free tickets to MoveIt away soon and publicising this via fb/twitter Sx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thanks for that guys it's lovely to watch such talented youngsters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taximom Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Excited to say that Tom has just posted on facebook that he is through to the finals!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Oh my goodness how exciting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Just seen that on various FB pages - so pleased for him and good to have at least one person flying the UK flag! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoobydigger Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 YAY Taximom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I apologise if this has been asked before, but do British students not enter this competition in great numbers or do they enter but not get very far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegro11 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Good for him...and good for Central School of Ballet...last year their student went all way to final at the Prix too..... Edited February 1, 2013 by allegro11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Fantastic news for Tom and central school of ballet must be so proud of him. I am not sure how many British students enter this competition but I can imagine that there would be plenty of them as this is a very prestigious competition and one to get spotted at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Sorry, I should have said congratulations to Tom and to Central School of Ballet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taximom Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Tom is the only UK student at a UK school. There was a young German lady from ENBS but don't think she has gone through, not sure. Tom, like all the other dancers, really deserves this, he has certainly worked hard and comes from a non vocational background but from a very good local school and attended SA's before going to Central at 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Difficult to even get selected to go out there. My ds didn't even try as he was recovering from injury but I know a few friends did but none got through. I wonder whether their DVDs need improving so that they catch the eye but we also have to remember that all the students are very small fish in a very big pond when you look at Europe as a whole. Do RBS not enter anyone? I can't remember ever seeing them there but perhaps they feel there's no need as the prizes are no better than what's already available to them ;-) and of course they get a lot of exposure at YBDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Do RBS not enter anyone? I can't remember ever seeing them there but perhaps they feel there's no need as the prizes are no better than what's already available to them ;-) and of course they get a lot of exposure at YBDY I was thinking the same thing!! Although, if I remember rightly, didn't Darcey Bussell enter the Prix when she was at RBS upper school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I understand that Sergei Polunin won it when he was at the RBS. The prizes may not be important financially to dancers already at British vocational schools but the prestige and exposure associated with winning a prize must surely be helpful when auditioning for companies. Is the YBDY competition well known outside the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It's the same question that comes up every year, did dancers from some schools apply and not get accepted, or did they not apply in the first place? I doubt if anyone has heard of YBDY outside UK. Prix de Lausanne is global, not just European and you will see that as ever, there is a strong contingent from Asia. These are tomorrow's Principals in the making! Good luck to all - but especially Tom (& Nacho). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I live in France as some of you know and I believe I'm quite aware of competitions... I've never heard of YBDY! What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I live in France as some of you know and I believe I'm quite aware of competitions... I've never heard of YBDY! What is it? YBDY= Young British Dancer of the Year. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_British_Dancer_of_the_Year It's a rare chance to see the top British talent from different schools - but sadly, the semi-finals and finals have always taken place in such small venues (RBS for semi finals and Linbury at ROH for the finals) so that very few people get to see it. Yaffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Live streaming of the finals just starting. http://lausanne.streamakaci.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thank you Yaffa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Full list of finalists and prize winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Interesting that the website lists 4 'partner schools' with no explanation as to what a 'partner school' is and Central is one of the 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Congratulations to everyone, just being selected to take part is such an honour. A week of coaching and being seen by top people is a prize in itself! Loved watching the dancers although I had a problem with the streaming at first so will have to catch up on YouTube later for the first few classical solos. Surprisingly there were 14 boys and 6 girls in the final - they were all excellent, but I had picked out the two boys who received 1st and 2nd prizes and was delighted to see them placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I had an enjoyable afternoon watching this. I, too, had problems with the streaming in the earlier parts, which was frustrating. My rusty French seemed adequate enough to keep up with the interviewer and interviewees, which was an added bonus! All seemed to agree it was a stand-out year - or do they say that every year? - and much was made of the ratio of male to female contestants in the final, as PDQ says above. Leticia Domingues was the one I'd picked out of the female dancers and I was glad to see her recognised. Discovering that Mika Fogarty, one of the wunderkinds from the ballet film First Postion, was in fact a Swiss national and therefore eligible for the Swiss-contestant prize was a bit of a surprise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TippyTippy Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Do RBS not enter anyone? I can't remember ever seeing them there but perhaps they feel there's no need as the prizes are no better than what's already available to them ;-) and of course they get a lot of exposure at YBDY Yes, but not for some time. Delia Mathews (ex NZ'er, then joined RBS) whilst at RBS she was a scholarship winner at PdL and YBDY http://www.brb.org.uk/masque/index.htm?act=Person&urn=25197 I'm sure that same year (2007) RBS had a male dancer James Hay, who also won a PdL scholarship. Can't remember anyone since these two - who actually attended RBS prior to going to PdL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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