Samira Saidi retires from RBS and Emma Northmore appointed to her position

[mart]

Samira Saidi is stepping down from her position as Head of Intensive courses& International Relations 

Samira successfully built up the intensive courses and created the on line courses .

i’m sure the RBS will miss her 

she also did a great job at ENBS before being replaced by the disastrous Carlos Valcarcel 

wishing her all the best in her new ventures 

 

 

[Jan McNulty]

Best wishes to Samira Saidi for the future.

 

Not that it's got anything to do with the price of fish but I saw a BRB big tent performance in the late 80s in Lancaster.  It was a performance of Giselle with Samira Saidi and Kevin O'Hare and was the first performance I saw where I sobbed out loud.  I've never forgotten that performance!

[Dance.Mum]

Is Iain Mackay taking over from Samira Saudi?  It mentioned the International Relations aspect in the notification but not the Intensive Courses.  Is this a new job?  It didn’t say he was her replacement.  I know she is still there so is she staying on now but getting assistance.

[amos73]

No Samira Saidi has left now I believe. The school posted about it on their website last month I think

[Dance.Mum]

On 12/11/2021 at 10:33, amos73 said:

No Samira Saidi has left now I believe. The school posted about it on their website last month I think

Okay, just looked at the RBS news and Emma Northmore is taking over from Samira.  What is happening to her successful Ballet Boost?  Surely she can’t do both?

[Ballet Power]

Emma northmore has a team working with her at ballet boost so I guess she could do both. 

[Pas de Quatre]

I guess it depends on whether RBS perceive a conflict of interest.  New RBS Associate teachers aren't allowed to keep their own school but can do freelance activities such as one off master classes and adjudicate festivals.

[Ballet Power]

That’s interesting as lots of current associate teacher have their own school. 

[Pas de Quatre]

53 minutes ago, Ballet Power said:

That’s interesting as lots of current associate teacher have their own school. 

Really, have the rules changed now? Can you give a few examples?

[Blue Box Ballet]

1 hour ago, Pas de Quatre said:

Really, have the rules changed now? Can you give a few examples?

Rebecca Howell/ Fraiz.

 

https://rebeccafraizclassicalballet.co.uk/principal

[Peanut68]

I’d say anyone teaching Associates would need to have either their own school or many other teaching assignments/jobs to make enough income. But if a full time employee of RBS? I’d expect any additional work would need to be with RBS permissions & presumably non conflicting/non financially benefiting from RBS association (but of course it would help immensely in getting gigs for teaching/coaching/

adjudicating/mentoring etc etc…) Just I guess like I’m any career…. Thinking MP’s….?🤔

Edited November 14, 2021 by Peanut68
Correct predictive text!

[Pas de Quatre]

I must say I am surprised .

[Jan McNulty]

Link to the announcement on the RBS news pages:

 

https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/2021/09/26/a-new-term-at-the-school-with-some-exciting-changes/

[Ballet Power]

5 hours ago, Pas de Quatre said:

Really, have the rules changed now? Can you give a few examples?

Zoe epstein and Annette Nicholson have their own schools too. 

[Legseleven]

As does Caroline Wright, whose Centre Pointe school was also used as the Manchester RBS Associates’ base. 

[AllAboutTheJourney]

Many of the associates teachers have their own schools - ours certainly does. 

[junedancer]

At least one Associates teacher teachers at another upper school and one with her own school teaches JAs and Ballet Boost (or at one time did).  They are all ballet teachers and making a living as such.  You couldn’t make a living in a few hours of Royal Associates teaching a week. 

[AlwaysBallet]

Good luck to Samira!  She has done a wonderful job.

 

Emma was removed from the Ballet Boost website in Aug and is now solely working for the Royal Ballet School. There is a new leadership team I think -  Monique in admin, Leanne Cope/James Butcher and Sarah Kundi are leadership. I think she set this up when her mum passed away so it has actually been like this a while, with Leanne and James in charge, so everything was sorted quite a long time ago. 

 

Edited December 1, 2021 by AlwaysBallet