by Katherine Beard | Aug 27, 2021 | Career, Summer Study
Every summer, thousands of ballet students participate in summer dance programs. But young people aren’t the only ones. You might spot the occasional professional dancers at these intensives, too, using their annual summer layoff to hone their technique or work on...
by Natalia Boesch | Jun 20, 2021 | Training
Last summer many intensives were canceled or online-only. And the past school year has been spotty and strange for many, as well. All the more reason to look forward to an in-person summer program this year with excitement—but also, perhaps, some nerves. Take heart,...
by Lindsay Martell | Apr 8, 2021 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Training
After a year of shuttered studios, virtual-only classes, and waving to ballet buddies over Zoom, summer intensives are back. For adult students, packing up for a few days of intensive training might seem like a pipe dream, as many of us spent the last year trying to...
by Hannah 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 Hannah 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 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 Haley Hilton For Dance Magazine | Jan 5, 2021 | Audition Advice, Instagram, Training
These days, virtual auditions are our new reality. While summer intensive veterans may have polished their in-person audition strategy over the years, Zoom is an entirely different animal. How should you prep your space? What if your technology glitches? What type of...
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?...