by Gavin Larsen | Nov 22, 2016 | Summer Study, Training
As a young student, Shea McAdoo’s classes at the Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, were “strict, straightforward, very classical and purely Vaganova.” She appreciated the Russian rigor and precision, but when she was accepted to the...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 18, 2016 | Ask Amy, Summer Study, Training
Coming home from my summer intensive was such a letdown. How can I carry my summer inspiration into the fall? —Hailey I remember the feeling, too. After weeks of intense dancing, exciting master teachers and new friends, it can be hard to go back home. You have to...
by Suzannah Friscia | Mar 31, 2016 | Company Life
Shopping for your summer intensive shouldn’t feel like a chore. We’ve gathered dance bag essentials, and classwear that’s both stylish and functional, to help you get a head start on your...
by Amy Brandt | Dec 15, 2015 | Ask Amy, Summer Study, Training
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Is it better to audition for a summer intensive at a small school where I’ll get individualized attention, or at a large school where I might have a chance to stay year-round?...
by Kathleen McGuire | Jun 1, 2015 | Summer Study, Training
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Caitlin Peabody was dancing famously at her small variety-dance school in Derry, New Hampshire, as a young student. She had so much potential that her...
by Kathleen McGuire | May 31, 2014 | Company Life
Students at the Houston Ballet summer intensive (photo by Cameron D.) Jane Rehm was a top dancer at her studio in Toledo, Ohio, so it was a shock when she arrived at American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive at 14 and was placed in the lowest level. “I didn’t...
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 Amy Brandt | Mar 31, 2010 | Company Life
Help! All of my friends are going to impressive summer intensives, but I didn’t get in anywhere fancy. I feel like a total loser because I’m just going to a small school. Any advice? —Heidi, TX I understand what you’re going through—I remember when a girl from my...