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Considering a Gap Year After High School? Here’s What You Need to Know.

Considering a Gap Year After High School? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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...
Festival Ballet Providence's New Leap Year Program Gives Dancers Facing a Gap Year a Place to Grow

Festival Ballet Providence's New Leap Year Program Gives Dancers Facing a Gap Year a Place to Grow

by Julia Rosica | Sep 15, 2020 | Career, Dance Magazine, Instagram, News, The Latest, Training

A new training program at Festival Ballet Providence called Leap Year is welcoming pre-professional and professional dancers who don’t have a studio or company to dance for this season. The endeavor is the brainchild of Kathleen Breen Combes, FBP’s...
Minding the Gap Year: Without a Company Contract, These Three Dancers Found Ways to Keep Their Careers Going

Minding the Gap Year: Without a Company Contract, These Three Dancers Found Ways to Keep Their Careers Going

by Candice Thompson | Aug 2, 2015 | Training

This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. After two years as an apprentice with Charlotte Ballet, Lauren Fagone was excelling and expecting to be promoted. But that April, Fagone, now a leading dancer with Richmond Ballet, was...
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