Summer intensives are important. If you want to become a professional dancer, you can’t just take a summer off. So, no matter your skill level or where you live, audition for summer intensives. The schools can be big or small, but audition and attend. If you’re from a small school, summer intensives are where you …
For the past six to seven months I have been a part of the Trainee Program at Boston Ballet School. It is a program that has helped me progress, given me performance opportunities, and has been overall pretty fun. My teachers are amazing, the schedule is reasonable (most of the time), and I have been …
Everyone gets sick. It’s just a part of life, right? The flu, fever, cold, bubonic plague, we all catch or have one of these at some point or other. They can be miserable–no, they most definitely ARE miserable, no “buts” about it. BUT! How do you recover? How do you bounce back to the full …
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My cousin called me yesterday as I was doing my grocery shopping. His daughter needed to interview someone about their job, and she wanted to speak to a ballerina. Surprise, surprise. What 7 year old girl doesn’t want to BE a ballerina? And luckily for my cousin, he knew just the person to call! And …