by Rachel Caldwell | Oct 19, 2020 | Higher Ed, Training
Updated 11/2/2020 Gone are the days when you had to skip college in order to have a successful ballet career. College ballet programs are better than ever before, providing students with the training, professional connections and performance experience they need to...
by Laura Molzahn | Sep 24, 2014 | Higher Ed, Training
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe. Informal connections between BFA programs and professional troupes have been around for decades. But in the last dozen years, some companies and universities began formalizing their...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As told to Amy Brandt Many pre-professional dancers think attending college after high school is unnecessary—that it wastes precious professional years. But between the intense training schedules, choreographic opportunities and academic offerings,...