Funded courses that accept 16 year olds with a contemporary bias

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Bumped into a mum from dds old dance school today.

 

Her dd is fairly sure she's going to do a level 3 Btec locally at 16 (run in conjunction with the locsl FE college & a large local dance school) alongside her contemporary CAT but would be interested to know which schools do take at 16 just to consider options.

[along for the ride mum]

Millennium?

[2dancersmum]

I think Millenium is the same as most of the MT/dance colleges in that it offers a course in professional dance which includes contemporary alongside ballet, jazz, tap (singing/acting?) etc rather than having a contemporary bias.   Rambert is ballet and contemporary but other than that most places offering contemporary dance courses are from 18 - Northern Contemporary, Laban, London Contemporary etc  As far as I am aware that is.

[along for the ride mum]

There we are, I knew someone would know a lot me than me on this subject - hence the question mark. Thanks 2dancersmum.

A girl from dd's old dance school has just accepted a place there for September and she is 16, I asked her if she had funding and she said yes, I know nothing about the balance or focus of the course though

Edited April 30, 2014 by along for the ride mum

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So it seems that her original plan to try & audition at 18 is the better option.

 

She's interested in a performing or teaching career apparently. Her ballet standard is high & she also studies modern, tap etc.