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 | Instagram, Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Training
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...
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...
by Marissa DeSantis | Mar 15, 2021 | News, Summer Intensives, The Latest, Training
Updated 3/24/2021 When the pandemic forced studios around the world to close last March, New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck was quick to adjust. She turned her own daily classes into Instagram Live sessions so that her more than 250 thousand followers could join...
by Claudia Bauer | Dec 13, 2020 | Audition Advice, Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Summer Study, Training
It’s that time of year again—summer intensive audition season. But as the ballet world continues to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic, what are schools planning for summer programs? What will auditions be like, and what are schools expecting of dancers?...
