by Gavin Larsen | Apr 1, 2018 | Training
As if the road towards a dance career wasn’t demanding enough, the costs associated with intensive pre-professional training also add up quickly. Suddenly, the price tag on becoming a dancer seems like a daunting obstacle that working hard in class can’t...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 24, 2015 | Company Life
Ballet training and all of its associated fees provide a serious barrier to entry for many aspiring dancers. Tuition, appropriate dancewear, pointe shoes and summer intensives add up, and up…and up. Nowadays, many students also compete and the cost to travel to...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Though the success of such television shows as So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars might suggest that interest in dance is on the upsurge in America, many ballet companies across the country are floundering. So what tactics can companies use to...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
For ballet companies to survive increasingly difficult financial times, many are looking to endowment funds as the answer. An endowment is donated money that an organization cannot generally access, but which generates interest that can be used toward the budget each...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
“Anybody can do this; there is no magic to it,” says Alexander J. Dubé, executive director of Career Transition For Dancers, about staging a successful gala. Every year Dubé and his team put together a celebrity-filled evening of fun, glamour...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
With irregular cash flow and notoriously low wages, ballet dancers can have a tricky time keeping their bank accounts healthy—especially when they’d much rather focus on what’s happening at the barre than what’s happening in their checkbook. In...