by Amy Brandt | Jan 10, 2017 | Company Life
Just as all the Nutcracker madness comes to an end, summer intensive audition season begins. Whether you’re looking to spend your first summer away from home or hoping to get your foot in the door at your dream company, auditioning can be a daunting process. To...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 18, 2016 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Training
As summer intensive audition season starts up, I’ve been reminiscing about my own experience as a young dancer—way back in 1993—and how challenging it was to navigate. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that my first summer program audition was...
by Kathleen McGuire | Nov 20, 2014 | Summer Study, Training
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Corey Bourbonniere got a late start in ballet, so he knew he needed to commit himself completely to the art to catch up. But at 16, when a...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 20, 2013 | Company Life
This story originally appeared in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of Pointe. When Pacific Northwest Ballet School student Madison Abeo was accepted into San Francisco Ballet School’s summer session on a partial scholarship, she was thrilled. But then she...
by Kathleen McGuire | Nov 28, 2010 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Training
This story originally appeared in the December 2010/January 2011 issue of Pointe. As a young student at a small ballet school in upstate New York, I was obsessed with getting into the School of American Ballet. From the age of 10, I entered class each day with the...