Where does she go from here – The Royal Ballet School?
Gailene Stock is too new at RBS for most teachers to be able to accurately predict what she is looking for. Her teachers say ‘she has something’ – but is it the same something that the RBS want. She was physically inspected by the panel (Ms Stock, her husband, Jay Jolley and Nicola Katrak) even when she did her demi plie in front of them she could ‘feel’ the 2 black marks against her. Her back and her feet again- but at least she knew. The audition lasted an hour, again splits 3 ways after the barre -but no pointe work.This was the easiest audition. There were 3 boys and 20 girls – she had seen most of the girls around the ballet circuit and I recognised the mothers. Are they finding it as hard as me, dealing with this situation where I am not in control, where I cannot deliver the thing she wants more than anything else in the world – a chance to dance. We might as well try Central – everyone else is. Great minds think alike. Most of her senior associate classmates turned up to the Ce
