allegro11 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Which school will be your favorite to audition.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Hi allegro11 We've had lots of threads on auditioning. Are you talking about lower schools (years 7-11) or upper schools (sixth forms etc)? And are you just generally thinking about the teenage dancers on here and what schools they'd like to get to this year? Sorry for the questions - I just want to make a clear heading/title for the thread to make it easier for people looking for info. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegro11 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I was thinking for lower school and upper school..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I think Elmhurst are the most welcoming to both students and parents. They really sell their school in a professional way. From the secretaries to the dance teachers they are all so friendly. RBS are also very welcoming but you dont get offered teas and coffees like you do at Elmhurst. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 RBS are also very welcoming but you dont get offered teas and coffees like you do at Elmhurst. You don't get tea or coffee at the preliminary auditions because, unlike Elmhurst, they are held at various venues around the country so they do not have the facilities. However, when you go to the final audition at White Lodge you definitely get tea, coffee and biscuits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 You don't get tea or coffee at the preliminary auditions because, unlike Elmhurst, they are held at various venues around the country so they do not have the facilities. However, when you go to the final audition at White Lodge you definitely get tea, coffee and biscuits! Are they chocolate biscuits? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plie Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Elmhurst used to be terrible for the tea coffee thing when we started there 5 yrs ago!! After a long trip there was NOTHING!!! We did all say something so I am glad that they are a little better now! Having said that at White Lodge they always have coffee and juice and loads of biscuits!! Even chocolate ones!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfbrew Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Are they chocolate biscuits? I vividly remember eating garibaldi biscuits at WL. I had to text my mum and tell her because its a family joke that she takes them everywhere, even up Welsh mountains! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 So moving away from choosing schools by whether they provide refreshments after a long journey........ Allegro, your question is slightly vague. What is it exactly that you want to know? As Julie said, there are numerous threads on auditions. The 4 lower schools that people usually apply for are RBS, Elmhurst, Tring and Hammond and for upper school you can add in ENBS, Central and Northern, but there are others. Different people like schools for different reasons. It would be helpful if you could be specific about why you are asking the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Staying on refreshments for a moment - I'd like to take some credit for WL providing refreshments - they didn't when we first were involved and I made quite a thing of it at the PTA meetings and they started then 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 May I jump in on this thread please and ask what an upper school (preliminary) audition involves at Elmhurst. DD still going round in circles with what to do post 18 but she has decided to try a few auditions for (lower) sixth form anyway. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegro11 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I was thinking people first choice of school for lower and upper school..I know people go around and audition for many school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4dancers Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 My dd's first choice for lower school would be the Hammond. However, she would be absolutely over the moon to be offered a place at any of 'the big four'. She had her first audition at Tring on Tuesday and would've moved in there and then if asked! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I think it would depend on what your childrens streghts are. Some may prefer modern and jazz so would choose a school more suited to that. Some children dream of becoming ballet dancers so would choose a school more suited to a classical training. There will always be differences of opinions as to what school is deemed better than another. For me it would be the school that produces healthy, happy, confident, thinking dancers whom companies seek to employ. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lildancer96 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Swe- elmhurst 6th form audition was a class on flat and pointe in a studio. The final was much more intense, was on stage in the theatre and lots of tricky pointe work. The final also included a tour of facilities and coach trip to view the 6th form accommodation which is a few miles away. Lil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 This has kind of been discussed before, so I've posted a couple of links to previous discussions where we've talked about the pros and cons of each school and what people liked/didn't like: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/1927-vocational-school-open-days/page__hl__audition__st__30 http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/1825-to-audition-or-not/page__hl__audition#entry22284 It's interesting to read what people's opinions are of each of the schools, but as you can see from these previous threads, everyone primarily wants the same things but with differing personal likes and dislikes about each of the schools, which is why it's important to go and look/audition. And as we've said before, very few get a choice of where to go, so you just audition at the schools you would be happy to go to and see what happens - if you're lucky one of them might offer you a place! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 My dd can't make her mind up.She likes all 4 big schools and would be over the moon to go to any of them.I am also not sure which is my favorite,for me there are pros and cons for all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 My dd can't make her mind up.She likes all 4 big schools and would be over the moon to go to any of them.I am also not sure which is my favorite,for me there are pros and cons for all of them. Setting your heart on one particular school is a lovely idea, but as others have said, it's best to audition for several rather than putting all your eggs in one basket. I'm trying my best to keep an open mind and will let dd decide if she is ever lucky enough to be given the choice of more than one school! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyG Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 There is a lot of talk about which school you would choose for our DC's to go to, if only to be that lucky for the majority of us. Usually the school chooses DC and if they have been successful at all of the final auditions (if they go to them all) then they may have a choice they are the exceptional ones. Unless, if you can afford to paid the fees then you probably do have a choice if offered a place. For us we choose those we would be happy for him to attend and took our chance. As to the best audition Elmhurst made you very welcome, let you stay and let you in the audition room for brief show. ENBS the worse you don't even let you through the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 ENBS finals were much more welcoming though with lots of demos and talks and lovely food!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankruptMum Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 If money were no object and spaces unlimited I'm sure we would all still come up with a different list of priority given a range of schools to choose. So many factors mean each family select with different priorities in mind. Added to the mix the variation in the kind of study each child is after - even if two agreed on the same school it would be for different reasons. Odd though how some schools are welcoming to parents and others not - I guess its the students which are the most important on the day but pehaps they need to remember who pays the bills! Would you send your child to a University or Sixth form if they barred you at the school entrance ;-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Meanwhile, they're auditioning across the Pond: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/11/09/ns-video-winnipeg-ballet-auditions.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointytoes22 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'm interested in 6th forms and auditions there, especially since I definitely had no interest in vocational school for lower school so am very new to all this and am auditioning this year! Can anyone recommend good past threads I could look at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Try this: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/473-british-ballet-students-training-abroad/page__hl__america#entry5079 I'm sure there was another one where we started talking about one of our member's daughter's experiences at one of the American schools - it might be in that thread - I couldn't bring myself to read it all again - it went off in various tangents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Have a look at: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/597-post-16-schools/ When I have time I'll look again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Have found this hiding in my 'bookmarks' on my computer from the previous 'Doing Dance' thread from 2010. I've no idea if the link/page will still work for you but I can access the postings on the topic of 'Auditions'. Someone might find it helpful. http://www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/training/2336.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Well done Lottie! Funny reading back things I've said before. I have occasionally come across threads from the old site when searching for stuff on Google - always worth a look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegro11 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 So what school are you thinking to be first choice...... RBS, ENBS, CENTRAL, ELMHURST, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Allegro - I don't want to curb your enthusiasm, but we've had this discussion before and it usually leads us round in circles. People have already said that each of the schools have different things going for them - curriculum, location, boarding facilities, location, cost etc. - and they're all really hard to get into. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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