by Gavin Larsen | May 31, 2024 | Pointe+, Training
Grace Li trained hard at her local studio all through high school, and by her senior year she was excited to take the next step towards a ballet career. But she and her parents knew higher education was also in her future. After Li applied to both colleges and trainee...
by Kathryn Holmes | Oct 25, 2023 | Higher Ed, Pointe+, Training
The summer before her freshman year at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, Jasmine Robinson was offered a traineeship with Complexions Contemporary Ballet. She approached USC, and they made it work: “My first semester, I was able to...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 21, 2022 | Higher Ed, Pointe+
Growing up, Gabrielle Miller had one goal in mind: to become a professional ballet dancer. And after attending American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School for her senior year, she was well on her way. She planned to audition for companies that spring...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 7, 2021 | Ask Amy
I’ve always wanted to be a ballerina. Nothing makes me happier than when I’m performing on a stage. I want to pursue this career, but so much goes along with it. How do I mentally and physically prepare myself for when I’m old enough to get into a...
by Rachel Caldwell | Oct 19, 2020 | Higher Ed, Training
Updated 11/2/2020 Gone are the days when you had to skip college in order to have a successful ballet career. College ballet programs are better than ever before, providing students with the training, professional connections and performance experience they need to...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 7, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
When Sanjay Saverimuttu graduated from college, he had no idea that a professional ballet career lay in store. After training on a pre-professional ballet track throughout high school, Saverimuttu earned a degree in biology from Stanford University. But college only...
by Maggie McNamara Mandal | Jul 29, 2018 | Higher Ed
When you decided to pursue a dance degree, it was most likely with the intent to join a ballet company after graduation. But college is also a place of self-exploration and discovery—and sometimes your dreams change. While auditioning for companies may seem the...
by Maggie McNamara Mandal | Oct 12, 2016 | Higher Ed, Training
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. During his sophomore year at the University of Oklahoma, Austin Crumley switched the focus of his Bachelor of Fine Arts from ballet performance to ballet pedagogy. “I figured I already knew...