All About Ballet

[micollh]

Oh My Gosh:

micollh:

any idea grade 1? as we havent got the date but was told sometime in April

All ballet grades exams are around same timing - April. Your ballet teacher should have receive the exam dates from RAD so it is good to check with her. Few ballet teachers prefer to reveal the dates after the \"Open House\" which parents are invited to \"see\" the progress of their child and briefed of the exam dates and points to take note for the examinations (e.g. no accessories, reporting time etc.)

Just like piano exams, the ballet exam dates are not in order of the grades i.e. for a particular date, there may be exams for Grade 1 in the morning, Grade 2 in early afternoon, Grade 4 in late afternoon etc.

Jiayou, let's wish our girls all the best for their ballet examinations next month.

thks !

btw, my gal is putting on weigh and is there something liek the ballerina must maintain certain weight range? when heavy, tip toe-ing become more painful..

[Essential]

My DD is not from that dance school in novena. Just happen to by by pass and bought there …

[Honesty]

micollh:

Oh My Gosh:

[quote=\"micollh\"]any idea grade 1? as we havent got the date but was told sometime in April

All ballet grades exams are around same timing - April. Your ballet teacher should have receive the exam dates from RAD so it is good to check with her. Few ballet teachers prefer to reveal the dates after the \"Open House\" which parents are invited to \"see\" the progress of their child and briefed of the exam dates and points to take note for the examinations (e.g. no accessories, reporting time etc.)

Just like piano exams, the ballet exam dates are not in order of the grades i.e. for a particular date, there may be exams for Grade 1 in the morning, Grade 2 in early afternoon, Grade 4 in late afternoon etc.

Jiayou, let's wish our girls all the best for their ballet examinations next month.

thks !

btw, my gal is putting on weigh and is there something liek the ballerina must maintain certain weight range? when heavy, tip toe-ing become more painful..[/quote]It is best to remain light weight especially when doing pointe, the toes need to hold the body weight...

Bleeding and bruises I heard is very common doing pointe!

[cool_hi]

sad..our ballet exam is so so early 24th March ..and we are 1st group at 9.30am!! been hoping will be in April..(so far earliest was1st week of April, never encounter March before)sianz..hope all goes well ..

Good Luck to all!!

[micollh]

cool_hi:

sad..our ballet exam is so so early 24th March ..and we are 1st group at 9.30am!! been hoping will be in April..(so far earliest was1st week of April, never encounter March before)sianz..hope all goes well ..

Good Luck to all!!

weekday morning? then skip school?

[phtthp]

micollh:

any idea grade 1? as we havent got the date but was told sometime in April

Grade 1 RAD exam :
some kids on Mon (20 April), other kids Tue (21 April)

exam fall on weekday

[cool_hi]

yup..have to skip school...

but quite sian to kena 1st group..coz we always kena 1st group at 9.30am..
have to wake up early, brave the morning traffic, rush and reach by 8.30am!!
with hair all done up..(my girl is not the early-bird kind..)
very stressful
not forgetting I actually need to send my son reach school at 8.15am earliest..coz before 8.15am, may not have teacher at his kindy yet

sianz!!
Sorry for the ranting ... :spank:

[micollh]

cool_hi:

yup..have to skip school...

but quite sian to kena 1st group..coz we always kena 1st group at 9.30am..
have to wake up early, brave the morning traffic, rush and reach by 8.30am!!
with hair all done up..(my girl is not the early-bird kind..)
very stressful
not forgetting I actually need to send my son reach school at 8.15am earliest..coz before 8.15am, may not have teacher at his kindy yet

sianz!!
Sorry for the ranting ... :spank:

geess.. sorry to hear that ! then do u need to let tr know that she needs to skip school for this reason? what's tr's reaction?

hope dd exam date wont be weekday :xedfingers:

[Oh My Gosh]

micollh:

btw, my gal is putting on weigh and is there something liek the ballerina must maintain certain weight range? when heavy, tip toe-ing become more painful..

There is no link, except usually people associate ballerinas = slim and sumo wrestlers = heavy weight :rotflmao:

My DD also putting on weight yet my MIL keeps feeding her with increasing full bowl of rice and worse, she loves to eat. Luckily at the moment, she is on the meaty side, not plump yet. But I have to constantly remind her not to finish all the food MIL gave her (cos my MIL is of the opinion if she finished the food, it means not enough and will keep increasing the quantity!). Yet I don't want to encourage her to waste food... :slapshead: dilemma...

[phtthp]

on exam day -

if a girl has short hair, no need to bun up hair : ok ?
or still need to ?