I am trying to support her ambition the best I can but she didn't keep up with zoom classes during lock down. When it was the final dance class before lock down she went Awol to hang out at the park. Her goal is to attend Birmingham Ormiston Academy, there are a few local girls that get in even though we're not in the area.
I have found out that there will be audition for a Cat scheme. She said she's interested, a girl in her dance class attends a Cat scheme so she is familiar with it.
I asked her to complete the questions on the application and she's all arsey and preoccupied with her phone.
She won't ever be a classical dancer, she's attended various dance schools in the last few years where she is currently the teacher is lovely but it's all ballet based. She was attending another school to do modern and tap but she used to feel a bit left out as most of the girls there were doing every single class plus festivals.
I have given up a lot of time to drive her to associate classes and I would happily drive her to the end of the country but there's no effort on her part. It's as if she's doing me the favour by dragging her feet getting ready for classes.
I would be relieved if she said she wants to gvie up or said she no longer wants to train. I am trying to be realistic with her but she will twist it and accuse me of saying
she has no talent.
There is a much younger girl at her dance school who was watching dance on YouTube and decided for herself she wanted to go to vocational school. She won a place at a vocational school for yr7. I've spoken to her Mum and can see the girl is like a sponge, wanting to learn as much as she can during lessons.
DD isn't like that, she's glued to tiktok. A couple of years ago her dance teacher suggested auditioning for RBS SA so she has seen potential but there's no drive on my daughter's part, she's often so busy on her phone that she doesn't pack her dance bag properly and then tries to blame me on front of her teacher even though I remind her at home. I really think DD believes she can just get into BOA and a switch will go off.
Before anyone asks I am not pushing her at all, I have seen how competitive the industry is, I would prefer it if she pursues another career path. I just think she's in for a very rude awakening and don't know how to prepare her.