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Amanda Bollinger

What was the procedure to qualify to be an examiner/teacher?

To be qualified as a teacher, I needed to take a Ballet Conservatoire Seminar and then submit students successfully for exams. To be qualified as an examiner, I was required to have many years of experience in successfully teaching and sending students in the Ballet Conservatoire training program. Thorough knowledge of the details in all levels of the syllabus was essential to becoming a Ballet Conservatoire examiner coupled with having a keen eye for recognising the technical and artistic potential of students

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