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Flosmom, you've not mentioned your dd's age? Generally speaking it is fairly unusual in the UK for girls to start on pointe before the age of 12 or 13. By that age they would probably need to be doing several ballet classes a week, and to start with they might only spend 5 minutes or so at the end o...

Flosmum, perhaps start a new thread about pointe?

I agree with what the other poster said about the atmosphere at the school, after all, you are the paying customer, and at the moment you aren't happy :( There is a forum dedicated to ballet called balletcoforum.com (sorry, don't know how to do a link) and you might be able to find out some more on ...

Riverdancefan, she has decided to stay where she is, as it is really ballet she wants to do.

Best thing is to ring them and have a chat - sorry, I missed your post till today!

Auditions for dancers aged 7 to 17 are on Sunday 21st April at the theatre in Hertford, and also on Sunday 5th May at the Arts Centre, Great Dunmow. Details about the company, and application forms are on their website: www.threecountiesyouthballet.org My dd has performed with them twice before, and...

Hi, she's 14 and ballet is her main thing, I think. Maybe we will go to the open day and get a feel of the place.

Are the groups split on age or contemporary standard then? She does do contemporary, but I wouldn't say it was her favourite, she is really hoping to go down the classical route.

Hi there, is there anyone who can give me information about the level of the ballet classes on the Dance East CAT programme? I spoke to a helpful lady on the phone, but she wasn't really able to tell me anything other than there are 5 groups, set by ballet/contemporary standard, but couldn't really ...