Personal Statements and Photo Requirements

[New to this]

Does anyone know what weighting certain institutions put on personal statements or is it all pretty much determined by auditions? Also,i'm assuming everyone gets professional pics taken for applications? 

 

Thanks! 

[Tiaramum]

Professional Pics are not necessary - getting the technical details required in a photo are the important bits but you can achieve this with a phone and the help of a teacher. If money isn't a major factor then professional pics are great - we use Kate Frost, who is fabulous. 

 

For the personal statement side this is our first venture into this so hoping for the best - I hope its just to give a very small snippet of an insight into the dancer. 

[Jan McNulty]

 

There have been some earlier threads with mention of statements which may have useful advice:

 

 

 

[Crystaltips]

On 12/10/2023 at 10:24, New to this said:

Does anyone know what weighting certain institutions put on personal statements or is it all pretty much determined by auditions? Also,i'm assuming everyone gets professional pics taken for applications? 

 

Thanks! 

You definitely don’t need professional photos. I made a chart of all the different poses needed ( every school seems to want something different) and then a very kind ballet teacher gave up an evening to supervise. Similarly with the personal statement it doesn’t need to be elaborate just sincere and to the point. Rambert is a lovely school btw.