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The Royal Ballet, Elmhurst and rejection
My daughter didn’t get into the Royal Ballet Mid Associates programme. I didn’t blog about it at the time. It was to be expected. They…
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Bronze Jazz – Distinction!
It’s been a couple of months since my daughter did her Bronze Jazz exam and we’ve been patiently waiting for the results. To be honest,…
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The panto – opening night!
It seems like only days since panto rehearsals started and all of a sudden we were at opening night! And we were all very excited….
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Giving up street dance
Street dance was my daughter’s very first style of dance. She went to her first street dance class the day she started school. And she…
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The Bronze Jazz exam
As well as her three ballet classes a week, my daughter does another class at the same school. We call it ‘tap’, but really it’s…
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Getting the first pointe shoes
Getting your first pointe shoes is a really big deal for a little ballet dancer, and my daughter was no exception. Most little ballerina’s mums…
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Grade 3 ballet exam
My daughter had two years between her Primary and Grade 1 ballet exams and 18 months between her Grade 1 and Grade 2 exams. So…
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The choreography concert
A few months ago, before the summer holidays, my daughter’s ballet teacher gave out a letter about a choreography concert she was planning. The girls…
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Grade 3 ballet – Still the best!
I don’t get to watch many of my daughter’s dance lessons – on average the teachers allow parents to watch one class of each style…
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Giving up dance
No, don’t worry, it’s not my daughter giving up dance. It’s me. 42 year old me who is really old enough to know better than…
