dancing10 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Has any young dd or ds been to recent casting for english youth ballet giselle, wondered what parts are on offer for the ten year old girls not en pointe and fourteen year old girls en pointe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancingtaxi Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hi dancing10 Dd is going to casting for Giselle next Fri (Torquay) - she is very excited and desperate to know what she will be! x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing10 Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 look forward to hearing what she is after the casting day, keep us posted x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 We are there as well - they have said to take pointe shoes even if not experienced on pointe - dd is 11 and has about 18 months experience and would love to do something on pointe, but we think it is unlikely. If anyone has knowledge of what might be on offer, we would love to know too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pups_mum Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 No personal experience (DD has done EYB 3 times but not Giselle) but a couple of our friends have been in Giselle. From what I remember, most of the girls on pointe were Willis though a few of the older ones had parts as Giselle's friends. There is a group of Wood Nymphs who are usually around 11-12 I think and they are sometimes on pointe, sometimes not, depending on the particular cast. Not sure about other parts sorry but if you have a look on the EYB website there will be photos and videos that might give you some clues. Hope you all enjoy it. EYB is such an enjoyable experience. DD finished on Tuesday and is already wanting to do it again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regattah Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Dancing10 - for your 10 year old - possibly a servant or a villager? The servants are a smaller group of girls with 2 girls taking rather a lead role. 14 year old - friend or Willi? Karen - I think she's absolutely prime candidate for Wood Nymph. Really pretty dance! Our lot did it en pointe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celb Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 my DD did giselle in November age 11 - was a woodnymph en pointe but was the youngest of these by about 2 years the best non pointe roles in giselle for that age are the scullery maids and parlour maids also house keeper and cook but they are sometimes slightly older the younger ones will be children or villagers Most 14 year olds en pointe will be willis or in the hunt , the best older ones are giselles friends servants and villagers are usually a mixture of younger and older dancers pointe/non pointe all the parts are great tho -the children all get an equivalent amount of stage/dance time regardless of role and will have a fabulous time the classes at rehearsals are divided in to 3 groups which are geared to ability/grade rather than age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Fab info, thank you all very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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