The Collective Dancewear Blogs
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LIST OF PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGES IN THE UK AND WHAT THEY OFFER
There are so many different colleges and they all offer slightly different courses and sometimes it is hard to know where to start when you have decided you might want to audition... We have compiled a list of performing arts colleges in the UK and what courses they offer, are they accredited, what age do they take students from etc. Take a look here.
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POINTE SHOES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM LAST
Once you start taking pointe shoe classes you will notice how quickly your shoes will die and you need another new pair and then another new pair and another pair. We all wish that pointe shoes could last longer but unfortunately they have a life span of approximately 10-15 hours.
Here are some of our top tips on how to make your pointe shoes a little bit longer.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT POINTE SHOES
This blog by The Collective Dancewear will tell you about what a young dancer should think about when buying her first pair of pointe shoes. How do you know what make you chose and how about the style. Read this to find out some important things to keep in mind ahead of getting your first pair of pointe shoes. -
PREPARING FOR YOUR PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE AUDITION - PART 2
Here is part 2 of our blog posts about how to prepare for your audition to a performing arts college. We have already covered the ballet, jazz and solo sections in our first part on our website. This time we talk about the singing, acting, interview as well as your make up! -
PREPARING FOR YOUR PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE AUDITION - PART 1
So you are seriously considering applying to a musical theatre/performing arts college? You have checked out their open days, narrowed down your list to about 5-6 colleges… So what next? We have put together a handy list of what you need to know about the actual audition day. This is part one and here we talk about the dance part of the audition. -
AUDITIONING FOR PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGES AT 16 or 18 - TAKE A LOOK HERE!
Are you thinking of applying to a performing arts or musical theatre college this year but you are not sure what schools you should check out? Don’t worry, we have done some of the groundwork for you. Here you can find out a bit more about courses and funding. -
PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGES OPEN DAYS AND AUDITION DAYS 2020-2021
List of open days and audition days for 2020-2021 at Performing Arts colleges in the UK -
WELCOME TO THE COLLECTIVE DANCEWEAR! WHO ARE WE AND WHY DO WE LOVE LEOTARDS?
The first blog... who are we, why do we love leotards and how did we end up starting The Collective Dancewear together? Find out a little bit more about us by reading the first blog on The Collective Dancewear's website.