Bondmum Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Are there any intensive ballet courses for 6 year olds ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) For age 6 by ‘intensive’ I am guessing you perhaps rather mean seeking additional fun workshops? Lots of local theatres will often offer a fun family workshop event linked to a dance performance… pretty sure the ROH offer events suitable for a six year old linked to Nutcracker…& possibly so too do BRB, ENB & Northern…. RAD, BBO (& possibly RBS now with their new affiliate initiative & primary steps) also may hold workshops for the younger dancer too. Edited November 16, 2023 by Peanut68 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdancedjustamum Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Not sure many places would offer ballet ‘intensives’ to 6 year olds. If anything, they will most likely be half day (max) workshop type events with mixed dance genres or ballet mixed with performing some themed choreo or presentation. My DD’s first experience of something similar was when she was 7 and attended the Tring Park Junior Christmas Day of dance. It was a lovely festive day for her, not too intensive but they did have great ballet classes and they had a little show for the parents at the end. However, even that is from 7 years old. I do know that Masters of Ballet in London do a summer intensive for younger ones but I’m not sure what age from. My DD was again around 7/8 years old when she did this but because they’re very young, their group’s ‘intensive’ was only 2 hours a day for 5/6 days, culminating in a presentation show at Sadler’s Wells. I think at 7, she was in the “Foundation” group but they might have changed the name of their groups and levels now as this was a good few years ago. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 A real 'intensive' would be quite unsuitable for a 6 year old. They're still at the stage of enjoying creative movement and music. Plenty of time later for an older child to train more. Let a 6 year old just enjoy moving to music! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumof1 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 The Royal Academy of dance in Fulham often have workshops for young ones. I can see they have ones for 3+ you can book in holidays. My daughter did a lovely one when she was around 6 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondmum Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 16/11/2023 at 22:16, Peanut68 said: For age 6 by ‘intensive’ I am guessing you perhaps rather mean seeking additional fun workshops? Lots of local theatres will often offer a fun family workshop event linked to a dance performance… pretty sure the ROH offer events suitable for a six year old linked to Nutcracker…& possibly so too do BRB, ENB & Northern…. RAD, BBO (& possibly RBS now with their new affiliate initiative & primary steps) also may hold workshops for the younger dancer too. Ah yes, perhaps I used the wrong word for this question …. Workshop is what I meant 😊 New to all this x Thank you for the info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondmum Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 16/11/2023 at 20:20, Bondmum said: Are there any intensive ballet courses for 6 year olds ? Sorry…. Workshops 😂🩰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondmum Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Hi, Has anyone from the UK been to the Euroaballet summer school ? If so did you or your child enjoy if ? See link below. Danceflash (europaballett.at) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondmum Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Any suggestions for a UK or European summer workshops or summer school for a 6 year old ? All styles of dance, drama and singing a plus side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing unicorn Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Hello Bondmum Workshops/summer course for a 6yr old will be hard to find! Unless your own dance school does one for this age (I’ve done a morning one for my little ones - which went down well) the only one I can think of is Pineapple Dance, London! Or West End Workshops do various courses around the country. My dd did this where we are in north wales many years ago, she loved them but they were only a morning and not a full day for that age. Thought about Pineapple but with cost of accommodation too, gave that one a miss! Usually the bigger summer schools don’t take til about 9yrs. Good luck 🍀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Hello Bondmum Your previous thread has some pertinent comments on it. I'll link that one here and lock this one so people can continue to post on your previous thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeafterballet Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 OMG 😦 they take 5 year olds for an 8 day course. Is it only me that is shocked by this? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It is 9.30 - 2.30 for ages 5 - 12, so probably no more exhausting than a summer camp in any type of sport or even just day care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 @Bondmum Good morning. We don’t allow members to post multiple threads on the same subject, so I have merged your three threads together here. Please post questions about summer schools for your 6 year old on this thread from now on. Many thanks, Anna C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondmum Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 On 18/01/2024 at 09:39, Dancing unicorn said: Hello Bondmum Workshops/summer course for a 6yr old will be hard to find! Unless your own dance school does one for this age (I’ve done a morning one for my little ones - which went down well) the only one I can think of is Pineapple Dance, London! Or West End Workshops do various courses around the country. My dd did this where we are in north wales many years ago, she loved them but they were only a morning and not a full day for that age. Thought about Pineapple but with cost of accommodation too, gave that one a miss! Usually the bigger summer schools don’t take til about 9yrs. Good luck 🍀 Thank you for this information. This is very helpful. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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