by Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS | 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...
by Natalia Boesch | Jan 21, 2022 | Audition Advice, Summer Study
It’s that time of year again—audition season. And once again, in-person auditions are being canceled, and dancers are scrambling to get video auditions filmed and submitted. The tips below will help you tackle that project efficiently, and hopefully save you from the...
by Helen Hope | Jan 14, 2022 | Summer Study, Top Stories
After last year’s all-digital audition season, some summer-intensive auditions are finally returning to a traditional, in-person format. To help you once again put your best foot forward in a studio packed with fellow eager dancers, we asked Xiomara Reyes, head of the...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jan 10, 2022 | Summer Study, The Latest
If you have upended summer-program audition plans, you are not alone! The pandemic has turned plenty of things topsy-turvy, especially when it comes to cancelled auditions and travel. If you fear your plans may be compromised this audition season, check out the 2022...
by Gavin Larsen | Jan 6, 2022 | Summer Study, Training
Auditions can be nerve-racking no matter what, but trying out for a summer program that once turned you down can feel especially daunting. It’s hard to present yourself confidently when a past “no” echoes in your head. But the reality of the summer-study audition...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 7, 2021 | Summer Intensives
When it comes to navigating summer intensives, 2021 may be more complicated for ballet students than last year. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring spike in 2020, summer programs went all-virtual or had very limited capacity. This year is more of a...