Dilemma about changing classes
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 12:23 pm
My DD currently goes to an Italia Conti Associate school on a Saturday but although has greatly improved since she joined, she is finding it stressful and too serious. She does ballet, acro, modern, jazz, singing, musical theatre, tap, street, acting, private LAMDA and private acro there (it's a long day 9am-6pm). She also does ballet and tap on a Monday, private singing on a Wednesday, Italia Conti tech dance class on a Thursday, piano lessons during school time on Thursday and a drama class at a local theatre school on a Friday.
She wants to give up the Italia Conti on a Saturday and join a nearby theatre school that her friend goes to, which is 10am-3:45pm on a Saturday and from what I can gather, 'just' put on a performance each year, rather than formal training. They do have private LAMDA there.
I feel this would be good for her to join the theatre school as she ultimately enjoys the performing side rather than the all-day training, but I'm really worried about her giving up all her classes at Italia Conti. She's happy to keep her week classes although she'd probably give up the Thursday tech class and the Friday drama class.
So my question is is this the right thing to do? And if she did change to the Theatre school on the Saturday, what classes (mainly dance) should she be doing during the week to keep her standard up? She's hoping to do an 6th form extended diploma in musical theatre at 16 and she's 13 now. She's currently doing grade 5 ballet, grade 4 modern and grade 2 tap at Italia Conti.
Many thanks in advance for any replies.
She wants to give up the Italia Conti on a Saturday and join a nearby theatre school that her friend goes to, which is 10am-3:45pm on a Saturday and from what I can gather, 'just' put on a performance each year, rather than formal training. They do have private LAMDA there.
I feel this would be good for her to join the theatre school as she ultimately enjoys the performing side rather than the all-day training, but I'm really worried about her giving up all her classes at Italia Conti. She's happy to keep her week classes although she'd probably give up the Thursday tech class and the Friday drama class.
So my question is is this the right thing to do? And if she did change to the Theatre school on the Saturday, what classes (mainly dance) should she be doing during the week to keep her standard up? She's hoping to do an 6th form extended diploma in musical theatre at 16 and she's 13 now. She's currently doing grade 5 ballet, grade 4 modern and grade 2 tap at Italia Conti.
Many thanks in advance for any replies.