| Upon hearing about my oldest D’s Eastman audition and the…reserved demeanor of the auditioning professor my youngest said she felt that there was nothing offensive about it. She compared him to her ballet teacher, who is notoriously tough and upon evaluating my D for a place at her school looked at me and said point blank “she has no posture” as if it were akin to having a peg leg in the ballet studio. After this eval I said to my youngest in the car, “wow, that was tough. Do you even want to go back?” and my youngest said “of course I am going back, she was right. I do have terrible posture when I dance”. Fast forward 2 years later and my D is a million times the dancer she was then and the teacher thinks the world of her.
Point is, for youngest D this is no biggie. She thrives under that type of teaching, auditioning. Oldest D likes a little more of a laidback friendly teacher and we knew when she applied for Eastman that she is probably not conservatory material but we gave it a whirl anyhow. We look forward to finding out if she actually passed the audition. If she does get accepted we will definitely drive out there for a lesson before making a final decision, it would only be prudent to do so.
It is a crazy crazy time for all of us. I so enjoy all of the stories and impressions that everyone is posting. No 2 are alike just like no 2 of our kids are but we all have this common ground of INSANE, HAIR PULLING, MADDENING, WAITING to see what the future holds!!!
Oh, and I hope I wasn't sounding egotistical about the wonderful auditions D had. We were just shocked and excited as we really D not think D had but a slim chance at even the least prestigious programs so to get such wonderful feedback so quickly was just amazing. |