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 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 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 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...