by Madeline Schrock | Jun 6, 2018 | Health & Body, Summer Study, Wellness
No matter where you’re training this summer, you want to make an impression with your artistry— not your B.O. You’ll be dancing (and sweating) more than usual, so follow these basic rules to help you stay healthy and keep embarrassing hygiene faux...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 12, 2018 | Career, News, Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Study, Training
Summer is the perfect time for busy dancers to get some much-needed rest after a long season. But it’s also a good opportunity to hone your technique. Summer training opportunities for professionals are scarce, although the ones that do exist are pretty great....
by Gavin Larsen | Jan 4, 2018 | Summer Study, Training
Growing up in Michigan, Jessy Dick was used to her daily hour-long drives to the Grand Rapids Ballet School, where she trained. But when she started to think about summer intensives, a new problem emerged: Auditions for the schools she was interested in were even...
by Madeline Schrock | Aug 1, 2017 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Study, Training
It’s August, so two things are pretty much guaranteed: 1. It’s really hot out. 2. If you’re a bunhead, you’re nearing the end of your summer intensive. By now, you’ve gotten used to the early morning alarm, followed by the inevitable...
by Kathleen McGuire | Jul 11, 2017 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Study, Training
The summer I turned 16, my head swirled with “what ifs” as I counted down the days until the start of the Chautauqua intensive. I’d attended the program four years earlier, and the experience had been a harrowing one—my first lesson in the...
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 Kathleen McGuire | Nov 21, 2016 | Summer Study
When Lilliana Hagerman auditioned for Orlando Ballet School’s summer intensive, she felt overwhelmingly intimidated. “The other dancers were all so beautiful,” remembers Hagerman, now a dancer with Kansas City Ballet. “I thought that if I made...
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?...