Lemongirl Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Does anyone have any experience of this associate scheme? I don't know much about Cecchetti, how does it compare with RAD? Is it a v competitive audition and what do they look for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurora Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 A friends daughter was an associate. It seems to be a very high standard and very competitive! Quite different to RAD in places I believe but not so much as to confuse the students and all working towards the same goal of creating excellent dancers obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarte Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hi This is quite a competitive scheme. I hopefully have attached a link to it. http://www.cecchetti.co.uk/youngdancers/associates/index.php This scheme runs roughly once a month at Rambert Ballet School.There is a ballet lesson followed by another dance class which varies in style and is taught by visiting teachers. There is also a scholars scheme which is even more selective and this runs weekly at Arts Ed in Chiswick. Both are entry by audition.No idea what they look for sorry. Cecchetti are known for their port de bras. RAD developed from cecchetti method. It is a syllabus followed worldwide is all I sketchily know about it. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Can anyone audition, even if they are studying RAD or another syllabus? Edited March 4, 2013 by Pas de Quatre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarte Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Err not sure Website says the following: "Young Associates - entry class for children who are 8 years old and have gained Distinction in Grade 1/Standard 2 Junior - a good pass in either Grade 2 or Standard 2 or above in classical ballet. Senior - a good pass in Grade 4 or Standard 4" It doesn't specify that it has to be cecchetti whereas it does for scholars. You could try one of the contacts and ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 My daughter is an Associate but does not attend a cecchetti class normally. She really enjoys attending and has not found the differences hard to embrace. Good luck with the auditions - everyone involved is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemongirl Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Kat - do you know from when your daughter auditioned, how many were trying for how many places? And do they assess flexibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I am now at a school which teaches ISTD, and they used a fair bit of Ceccheti as did my previous teacher. It isn't that different, but more dance-y somehow and arms and arabesques are a bit different. I like it, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Hi Lemon Girl - I'm afraid I'm unsure how many were auditioning - they did split groups by age. My daughter said it was a fairly normal dance class (barre and centre work). She is unsure of flexibility assessments but seems to recall doing splits. sorry I don't have more info - she did say it was fun tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccentuateThePositive Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Very proud of DD who has been offered a place as a Cecchetti Senior Associate from September :-) Like Kat09's DD, she isn't Cecchetti trained (she is RAD trained), but for the monthly Associates I think the requirement is just that you are trained in Classical Ballet. I believe it is different for the Scholars though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas de chat Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Have you thought about the Cechetti Summer School 'ATPositive'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccentuateThePositive Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Have you thought about the Cechetti Summer School 'ATPositive'? I did consider it but DD has booked on to this one which is much closer to us than Tring, and the dates clash: http://www.watkinsdance.co.uk/WatkinsDance-Summer-Course.html She is starting the CAT scheme at The Place in September and wanted a course with contemporary as well as classical ballet. It looks lovely though - maybe next year, funds allowing! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas de chat Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Good luck to your dd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Going back to this old posts. Does anyone know more about the Wales cecchetti associate in Newport? How big are the classes, how long/what time and how expensive? Is it very hard to get a place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccolo Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hello! Here goes my first post on the forum! Haven't had much to offer before now... My DD was a Newport associate when she was in year 5 at school. She found the class size quite big. It was around 2 hours long , once a month, and reasonably priced. The audition was apparently 'just a formality', with everyone from DD's school getting a place as far as I remember. The majority of dancers seemed to enjoy the class but DD decided to quit because 'it wasn't challenging enough'. She wants to audition again at some point 'when the lessons are more difficult'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Congratulations on your first post and welcome Firefly Please do keep posting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Thank you Firefly and welcome! May I ask how old was you DD when she did these classes? And big classes means about 25-30 with one teacher? Please PM me if you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccolo Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hi Happymum and thanks! DD was 8, nearly 9, and fairly new to the RAD Grade 3 syllabus when she started Cecchetti classes. There were definitely more than 30 children in the class with one teacher. They were split into 2 groups for bar work because bar space was limited, and sometimes split into 4 or so groups (depending on who was teaching) to dance. DD says that it didn't matter because she didn't have to wait long for her group's turn to dance though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleep123 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Happy mum - my dd is in the seniors - the classes thin out the older they get and they currently have around 15 in the class. She is rad trained but has always loved the more expressive cecchetti form of ballet. She has passed grade 8 and is currently doing advanced so is a pretty high standard but she has always found the classes challenging and fun. As well as the more conventional ballet classes last years classes included: musical theatre workshop, various repertoire workshops including one from the fabulous Gillian Robinson, ballet Cymru workshop and lindy hop! They are always happy to move children into older groups if they see their ability exceeds their peer groups. Hope that helps. The newport bunch are a very welcoming and enthusiastic group of individuals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleep123 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Forgot to add that the ability of the individuals in the classes does vary a huge amount but this isn't really a problem for the non-ballet based sessions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquorice Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I'm confused between the "Scholars" and the "Associates". Am I right in thinking the "Scholars" is more like the RB Associates in that it's every weekend more or less? Am looking at it for DD in case she doesn't get offered another year after assessments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarte Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Scholars is every Saturday in term time roughly. As far as I remember. http://www.cecchetti.co.uk/youngdancers/Scholars/ Link here to more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandsfoot Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Hello. I wonder if anyone could give me some advice or has experience of the associate classes. My daughter is auditioning for the associates in London in June. Does anyone know how many places they have and what the teaching is like? There seemed to be quite a few audition classes. She is not studying the Cecchetti method (she is doing ISTD) although I understand that this is for all classical ballet students. Do they favour those studying the Cecchetti syllabus? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Welcome to the forum, Sandsfoot. :-) I can't help with your question but I'm sure someone will be able to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primaballerina1 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Sorry for the old thread but does anyone have any idea of the fees per year as we can't pay £10000s a year!! DD would be most likely in Juniors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmum55 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) I recently had the information through and its £150 per annum for juniors, which can be paid in 3 installments if preferred xx. This was for the northern classes, I don't know if they're all the same xx Edited April 6, 2016 by Balletmummy55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primaballerina1 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Ah I'm glad about this price as I was expecting it to be a lot more after seeing that the scholars are £1000 per annum! Thanks for letting me know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomin Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Scholars is a scholarship programme so there is no cost to the student for those classes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primaballerina1 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Oh okay thanks for the info Moomin! Sorry for all the questions but how long does each session last (the classes each month)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum13 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 How do you apply for this scheme? Dd does ISTD ballet (imperial) and would be interested. Thanks x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 balletmum13 - follow the link Ecarte gives in post no. 3 on this thread and it takes you to the website. You can then click on your region and find auditions dates etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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