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 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 Gianluca Russo For Dance Spirit | Apr 14, 2020 | Higher Ed, Training
With all education happening virtually for the foreseeable future, high school seniors find themselves in a difficult position. Not only have their senior-year milestone events—prom, last recitals, graduation—been canceled or postponed, but they also have...
by Gavin Larsen | Oct 12, 2016 | Higher Ed, Summer Study, Training
Maura Bell was determined to have a ballet career. But as a high school senior, she didn’t feel ready to audition for companies yet. “I knew I had more maturing to do, both technically and as a young woman,” she remembers. Bell started researching...