Italia Conti and Hammond help

[CMez]

Hello all,

I am looking for a little help and advice. My 11 year old  daughter has been offered places at Hammond on the dancing course and Italia Conti and we now have a tough decision to make. She has had a number of amateur dramatic parts, performed in singing competitions and of course enjoys her dancing. At this age she is yet to decide if she wants to follow a performing or dancing direction.

So I have a question to anyone who has experience of either of the two schools.

Hammond - the course focuses on dance, does anyone know if there are any options to have additional lessons or weekend acting/drama clubs and the same for singing to compliment her dancing course.

Italia Conti - they do not directly offer boarding facilities and this will be a prerequisite to accepting a place. This may be a question for parents of those at the school who may know of contacts but does anyone know of any boarding options, the only one the school are aware of is full and we are on a waiting list. Ideally we would like one that drops off each day or if not, that are within a short distance of the school and have others of a similar age that go to Italia Conti. As you can imagine, having an 11 year old travelling on the underground on her own is our biggest concern.

Please help.

[linda griffiths]

I know that at the Hammond all dance students get a drama lesson and there is singing and chance for private lessons for singing and lamda and the choir is super and performs a lot especially Christmas time and the staff are lovely especially the performing tutors

[islandofsodor]

I forgot to mention the lovely staff when I replied on another forum . How could I?

I'm sure Italia is great too & possibly offers more west end opportunities. But it was not financially possible for us to pay for boarding hence why dd didn't audition for any of the London based stage schools.

I'm sure your dd will be very happy at Hammond.

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[CMez]

Thanks all.

Yes we have decided on Hammond after careful consideration.