10/09/2023
Today, our absolutely stunning Elodie starts at White Lodge, the Royal Ballet School. 1400 students auditioned for her year alone. Just 15 were chosen. Elodie being one of these! This is the absolute ultimate and I know you are going to excel more than your wildest dreams. They are so lucky to have you and you them. GOOD LUCK DARLING! ✨🩰🎈🥰
On an important side note for all those who catch panorama tonight. As well as a lifetime in the dance word, specific to ballet. I have spent the past number of year personally investigating and comparing the state of elite ballet training in the UK and comparing with experiences of equivalent abroad (with a specific focus on the Royal Ballet School, spending close to 4 weeks between their upper& lower schools this summer, in their classroom observing full days first hand with sometimes only me in the room)& though I will not want to take away any value of the upset caused to the ex ballet students in question in the programme, I can utterly say hand on heart the English training system and especially the Royal Ballet School do absolutely have their students holistic wellbeing at heart and they look after their dancer like no other school I have experienced & better than many schools have historically. Additionally compared to what I have experienced and learnt overseas, we are incredibly caring and the RBS are actually pioneers with their student wellbeing.
I also know many of the teaching faculty at the Royal Ballet School and they are caring human beings as well as phenomenal teachers.
There will always be some old school taints in the aesthetic world of ballet & there will always be struggles with rejection in the field and sensitive body issues but I after my recent summer of study, unlike panorama’s take, I am incredibly excited for the future or UK trained ballerinas - for their improved mental and physical health, and am super proud to be associated with the elite schools of England.
