Lilac Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Going back to the ENB summer school. Note you need to send photos with the application. Just wondered how competitive it is to get a place? DD is 15 and taken Intermediate. Are they likely to be oversubscribed, so need a back-up option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Time to rejoice at our place as DD2 has been accepted at the very first Summer Programme at the Vienna Opera Ballet School! Yeah! Now of course since it is the first, we've got no idea if it's going to be any good... Any idea anyone? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The reputation of the company and the school is very high, so it should be good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That's what I think too, PdQ, but being the first is always worrying... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastel Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Great news Afab!!! Congratulations to your dd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Vienna is a lovely city.....you could all go for a holiday while DD does her course!! When I went there I was so excited to see the Danube......it seemed such a romantic river to me at the time. But Vienna is not so good for losing weight!! They have gorgeous cakes and hot chocolate!! Didn't get to see the ballet unfortunately as the theatre was closed when we went!! Hope your DD has a fantastic time.....and someone has to be a pioneer sometimes..........we'll all be waiting for your feed back next summer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 my DD applied for the san francisco ballet school this summer....we decided for this one because is 4 weeks and can be a good experience to be away alone. http://school.sfballet.org/summer-session/summer-session-program-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 do you have any opinion about san francisco ballet summer intensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I think someone's DS is doing San Francisco this summer.....will need to check! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yes CeliB' s DS is doing it this summer too. Perhaps she can help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circe Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I came across a very long, very useful spreadsheet of 2014 summer intensives via the attached site. Mostly american but a fair few others listed too. Hope link works. http://balletscoop.com/2013/12/02/2014-summer-intensives-list/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thank you for sharing Chaperone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Yes CeliB' s DS is doing it this summer too. Perhaps she can help you. actually in the end we decided against San Fran even though he was awarded a 100% scholarship (both tuition and all board - sigh) in favour of Ellison (also 100% scholarship but they only give for tuition and none available for board so it will cost us considerably more ) DS preferred ellison as it was more Vaganova also was offered scholarship to the 2 week Pas de Deux intensive as well as the 4 week SI. Will feed back after he goes! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 thank you Celib for your answer...where is she studying your dd?I really would like to know more about Ellison in Ny...my dd few years ago she did ABT in NY and she really enjoy the time there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 thank you Celib for your answer...where is she studying your dd?I really would like to know more about Ellison in Ny...my dd few years ago she did ABT in NY and she really enjoy the time there DD is a DS (!), but anyway he's at the Kirov Academy in Washington DC. The Kirov's new Director recommended Ellison as being superb training (and rather fiercely said DS was only allowed to apply if he promised to come back to Kirov next year, so I guess she must rate it highly!). Before that I had never heard of it! But having said that i don't know much about ballet even in the UK much less in the USA (DS only starting dancing properly when he was 13). She did also recommend ABT NY but there didn't seem to me much accomodation for younger students - the assumption seemed to be that their doting parents wuld accompany them- all very well if their doting parents have no other children, no job and yet somehow still have stacks of cash!!!! None of which apply in my case so we didn't bother to apply, and since in the edn he had the choice of a free place at ellison and a free place at san fransisco I don't think we needed another option! If you wanted more info on san fran do you know about the USA equivalent of this web forum 'ballet talk for dancers' (http://dancers.invisionzone.com/)? their feedback on all summer intensives is extensive and arranged by programme. Worth a browse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Has anybody got any knowledge of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Modern Ballet SS, the one for vocational students, by any chance? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 i just receive a confirmation that i got accepted in san francisco summer intensive program 2 and abt in nyc...which one do you think is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletDad10 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Can I pick your brains about two more summer schools: Central and Northern? Feel free to DM if you prefer. Thank you in advance. My DD's experience at ENB summer school was very positive but the dates don't work for us this year. Information about deadlines, application photos, etc. is on their website. The admin staff are very helpful and DD liked and learnt a lot from her dance teachers. Are there any other summer schools like NYB (National Youth Ballet) that focus on performance? We are big NYB fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circe Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 RAd have a two week performance based summer school. Probably quite different to the NYB but still performance based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Has anybody got any knowledge of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Modern Ballet SS, the one for vocational students, by any chance? Nobody? Not even a hearsay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadowblythe Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Don't know a lot about the summer school, but my DS went to a couple of days of the Easter school as part of his making-up-my-mind-which-offer-to-go-for exercise. If you are considering RCS it may well be worth it from that point of view - many of the students at RCS stay for the Easter and Summer schools, and certainly the Easter school was taught by their own staff in their own rather gorgeous studios. Edit - we also got to meet with Kerry Livingstone, who runs the BA programme day to day, and to ask as many questions as we wanted, and whilst DS was dancing, to look round the accommodation which is about 15 minutes walk away in the centre of Glasgow. Edited February 17, 2014 by meadowblythe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thank you Meadowblythe! I love your Pingu! Lots of lovely memories with my kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadowblythe Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Mrs Pingu is my role model - bawls her son out then backs up with a hug every time ... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadowblythe Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Does anyone have any experience of the 16+ Northern ballet summer course? Afraid a lot of the more exotic summer schools are entirely out of our financial reach ... DS has always enjoyed the Intermediate summer and Easter schools - not sure how they compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You mean NB Leeds or Manchester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletDad10 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks Chaperone. I'll check that out. Yes, I'd also like to know about the Northern 16+ summer school (Leeds). I didn't realize there were two Northern Ballet Schools. How confusing... And I'm still keen to hear about Central SS if anyone can help. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We're really confused about which summer school dd should do this year. I'm so tempted to say lets not bother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirrups36 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Do you know, whichever is chosen, she will probably have a great time. Maybe Make the decision for more pragmatic reasons - cost. Timing - with school and your family holidays. location, cost again! , are auditions needed? Which leads to more... Cost! For our DS chosen Summer school, we combine it with our family holiday to reduce the impact and cost overall. most are held in lovely places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 She will have a great time yes, but for the money involved we need it to serve the purpose of helping keep up/improve technique over the long holidays. We combined with a family holiday last year but that's not possible this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hi pictures, I feel the same about ss- so confusing and my dc school has such a long break to fill it feels like it's just not possible. This year we have limited to 1 due to annual leave and sanity reasons but dc would go for 8 if able. It's very hard to tally it up with siblings and work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 She will have a great time yes, but for the money involved we need it to serve the purpose of helping keep up/improve technique over the long holidays. I totally agree- we have just received a late email offering DS a full scholarship to Dutch National- after we already paid deposit and flight for Ellison in New York. DS really wanted to go to Dutch but in fact Ellison is much more in line with his current training and we have to bear in mind what's best for him right now Vs where he's interested in going on graduation. Luckily he seems not too upset - and if they like him this year hopefully they will still like him next year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 To throw another spanner in the works dd just told me she's been recommended to find a yoga or Pilates class over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hope you can find a scaravelli yoga class in your area as a real complement to ballet. I know the Astanga style is very popular and because it moves from pose to pose a lot may be the one dancers may be attracted to but scaravelli focuses more on the spine and is more creative in its approach in and out of poses etc but is slower so you have time to concentrate on what is really going on in the body and why I think it complements ballet so well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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