by Pointe Magazine | Jan 15, 2026 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
If you’re headed to summer intensive auditions in the coming weekends, you’ll want to be prepared. To make sure you don’t forget anything, we’ve put together a common-sense checklist. That said, be sure to consult school websites for specific instructions,...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 7, 2026 | Audition Advice, Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
Summer intensive auditions are the perfect chance to showcase your dance skills—but there’s so much more that goes into making a good impression. While a school’s evaluators look at your technique and potential, they’re also observing how you conduct yourself....
by Katie Slattery | Feb 20, 2025 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
Audition season is always a time of excitement and nervousness. When you get accepted into your dream school, you may want to share the happy news with everyone you know. But while you may feel on top of the world, one of your classmates may be feeling discouraged...
by Gavin Larsen | Jan 28, 2025 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
Golden State Ballet principal Miranda Giles remembers her first summer intensive. “I was so excited to be going away and doing ballet all summer,” she says. “What could go wrong?” But in addition to battling homesickness, she was rattled by the program’s high-pressure...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 14, 2025 | Audition Advice, Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
I will never forget how I felt as a teenager in the weeks leading up to summer intensive auditions. Would the class be hard? Would the teachers be nice? How would I measure up to the other dancers? What if I didn’t get in? Most dancers battle nerves before summer...
by Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, CEDS-C | Jan 24, 2024 | Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+, Summer Study
Nerves and anxiety run high on audition days. Add a hectic commute or a long day of multiple audition classes, and eating can take a backseat to other priorities. For many dancers, the stress of auditions also comes alongside pressures to achieve specific body goals....
by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 22, 2023 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
At this time of year, your computer screen might be open to a million tabs as you research summer intensives. Nowadays there are more choices than ever: six-week sessions, two-week sessions, intensives with performance elements, training-only intensives,...
by Katie Slattery | Jan 24, 2023 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
January and February may bring snow, but for serious ballet students they are prime months for summer intensive auditions. Whether this is your first time auditioning or you’re a summer program veteran, here are some practical tips so you can put your best foot...