Sorrell72 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Does anyone know roughly how many girls are usually invited to Central finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Hello Sorrell and welcome to the Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skibidi Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 About a million by my calculations! Looking at the blurb they've sent, if they have 10 kids in each group (conservative estimate) there'll be at least 120 kids. How many of them will be girls, no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrell72 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 30 minutes ago, Skibidi said: About a million by my calculations! Looking at the blurb they've sent, if they have 10 kids in each group (conservative estimate) there'll be at least 120 kids. How many of them will be girls, no idea! That's what we thought too 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumofpinks Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Hi, does anyone know when Central are looking to share the results from yesterdays finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrell72 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Mumofpinks said: Hi, does anyone know when Central are looking to share the results from yesterdays finals? No, my daughter said they weren't told, hopefully as quickly as the preliminaries! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMP Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Does anyone know how many spaces there are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) DS is in Year 2 and there are 33 in his year, 9 lads and 24 girls. Edited March 14, 2022 by dancingboy65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrell72 Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 15 hours ago, AMP said: Does anyone know how many spaces there are? Dd thinks they were told at her preliminary that they can take up to 45, 30 girls and 15 boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMP Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) A little off topic & I don’t wish to be a nay sayer but.... I do worry that we are offering far too many high level training opportunities & prolonging the agony before an inevitable dash of dreams as the reality of just how limited the opportunities for a career as a classical dancer are. Yes, I guess there are masses of transferable skills learned along the way that make dancers resilient & good employees in very many fields & of course diligent workers who complete many of these courses will leave with degrees or diplomas giving evidrncevif studyinv at higher education level but gain contracts as dancers? Very very few sadly.... But, I can also say to any aspiring dancer that ‘that one of few could be you’ so good luck to them one & all! Edited March 15, 2022 by Peanut68 Typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 16 hours ago, Peanut68 said: A little off topic & I don’t wish to be a nay sayer but.... I do worry that we are offering far too many high level training opportunities & prolonging the agony before an inevitable dash of dreams as the reality of just how limited the opportunities for a career as a classical dancer are. Yes, I guess there are masses of transferable skills learned along the way that make dancers resilient & good employees in very many fields & of course diligent workers who complete many of these courses will leave with degrees or diplomas giving evidrncevif studyinv at higher education level but gain contracts as dancers? Very very few sadly.... But, I can also say to any aspiring dancer that ‘that one of few could be you’ so good luck to them one & all! This is very true Peanut. I guess that those 3 years at upper school might be worth it as an experience even if they don’t lead to a ballet career. At least they emerge from it very young with the potential for further studies - 19 is the age a lot of first year uni students are! Just a bit bankrupting for us parents. It has to feel even worse if your child has attended vocational school before and the whole family has sacrificed a lot to be there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Don’t forget that getting a paid contract as a ballet dancer is not the only option/measure of success for those students graduating from upper school level courses, especially at schools like Central where the training in other dance styles is of a high standard. Contemporary companies, musical theatre, cruise ship work, teaching and choreography are all good options for a versatile dancer. Ever since I joined the original Balletco Forum, there have been more places than there are jobs - yes, there are new schools now and even fewer permanent jobs as paid ballet dancers, but to be honest, we’ve known for many years now that the only graduates who are guaranteed a paid job in a ballet company are those who graduate from Royal Ballet Upper School. I can’t see that changing any time soon. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I wonder if some of the success is the teacher too? If you look at Melissa Hamilton’s route who was trained privately and given very bespoke approach which took into consideration her physique - beautiful very arched feet (I read this in an interview with her) and subsequently she was taken on by the Royal Ballet company, having struggled at Elmhurst. Perhaps being in a high profile school can lead you to be ignored? Just musings …. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junedancer Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) Getting back to the results from Central. They are still taking applications so I would expect a large number of wait list places while they continue to review applications. Edited March 16, 2022 by junedancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Kerfuffle said: This is very true Peanut. I guess that those 3 years at upper school might be worth it as an experience even if they don’t lead to a ballet career. At least they emerge from it very young with the potential for further studies - 19 is the age a lot of first year uni students are! Just a bit bankrupting for us parents. It has to feel even worse if your child has attended vocational school before and the whole family has sacrificed a lot to be there. Yup…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, junedancer said: Getting back to the results from Central. They are still taking applications so I would expect a large number of wait list places while they continue to review applications. Sorry, I took thread on a musing tangent….back to Central & 🤞🏻 for those awaiting news 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyDad Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, Peanut68 said: Sorry, I took thread on a musing tangent….back to Central & 🤞🏻 for those awaiting news Our DD was at the audition on Sunday: I understand that we've had an e-mail to say we'll hear by Tuesday next week (22/3/22). With other auditions in between (a busy month!) that will fly by... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 23 minutes ago, SpideyDad said: Our DD was at the audition on Sunday: I understand that we've had an e-mail to say we'll hear by Tuesday next week (22/3/22). With other auditions in between (a busy month!) that will fly by... Hello SpideyDad and welcome to the Forum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Good luck to your DD SpideyDad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyDad Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Peanut68 said: Good luck to your DD SpideyDad 🤞🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 16/03/2022 at 09:31, Kerfuffle said: This is very true Peanut. I guess that those 3 years at upper school might be worth it as an experience even if they don’t lead to a ballet career. At least they emerge from it very young with the potential for further studies - 19 is the age a lot of first year uni students are! Just a bit bankrupting for us parents. It has to feel even worse if your child has attended vocational school before and the whole family has sacrificed a lot to be there. It all depends on how those years were funded though. If they had a student loan, then that's that - they can't get another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I suppose you’d have to be getting a post graduate degree, in something related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tired dance mummy Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Just because I know our nerves are a bit jangly waiting for results, and it’s helpful to know if others have heard (or maybe not!) DD has heard from Central this morning. Good Luck everyone xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkletoes12 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, tired dance mummy said: Just because I know our nerves are a bit jangly waiting for results, and it’s helpful to know if others have heard (or maybe not!) DD has heard from Central this morning. Good Luck everyone xx Was is by phone? I’ve just had a missed call and no answer when trying to call them back!! Hope it was good news for your DD xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tired dance mummy Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Twinkletoes12 said: Was is by phone? I’ve just had a missed call and no answer when trying to call them back!! Hope it was good news for your DD xx Hi yes it was by phone, which I won’t lie threw me. They spoke to DD rather than me. DD is thrilled x 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkletoes12 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, tired dance mummy said: Hi yes it was by phone, which I won’t lie threw me. They spoke to DD rather than me. DD is thrilled x That’s so amazing, huge congratulations to your DD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkletoes12 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 49 minutes ago, Twinkletoes12 said: That’s so amazing, huge congratulations to your DD! It was a yes for my DD! Gobsmacked and over the moon x 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyDad Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Oooo. I'll tell DD to listen out (though she's busy at RBS Finals today...March has been crazy). Best of luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballet_mum_on_the_run Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 It’s a yes for my DD too who received a very unexpected phone call this morning! She is over the moon as she really liked the atmosphere at Central! Congratulations to all of the other yes’s 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing goats Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Also a phone call and a yes- we have a very excited girl here! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyDad Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 5 hours ago, ballet_mum_on_the_run said: It’s a yes for my DD too who received a very unexpected phone call this morning! She is over the moon as she really liked the atmosphere at Central! Congratulations to all of the other yes’s Congratulations to those who've been successful! Nothing yet here. Let's see what the next few days brings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skibidi Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Does anyone know why central made phone calls? The hoards of us in the dark with no phone call are all feeling a bit crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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