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Kathryn Morgan on Ballet Competitions & Pressure to Be Instafamous
Get early access to ad-free episodes and exclusive panel discussions by joining our In this episode, we’re joined by former New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan for an honest conversation about what really goes on…
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Sending Your Dancer to Full-Time Ballet Training in Europe | Part 2
Get early access to ad-free episodes and exclusive panel discussions by joining our We’re back for part 2 of our parent panel. Stephanie Lombardo, Jen Petersen-Hull, and Lisa Lecamu get specific about what it’s like sending your American kid abroad…
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Sending Your Dancer to Full-Time Ballet Training in Europe | Part 1
Get early access to ad-free episodes and exclusive panel discussions by joining our Did you ever wonder what it’s like to send your dancer off to full-time training? Now, ask yourself what it’s like to send them to another continent. In part one of…
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The Life of a Freelance Ballet Dancer
Get early access to ad-free episodes and exclusive panel discussions by joining our As we all know, the ballet job market is incredibly competitive. But, not all ballet careers involve signing a year-long contract with a company. Some dancers choose…
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#NoThirds: Why Ballet Etiquette Matters for Young Dancers
Get early access to ad-free episodes and exclusive panel discussions by joining our Fran is back for a conversation about respect in the ballet studio. We get into the mechanics of a real ballet class. A teacher giving thirty corrections in ninety…
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Ballet West’s Adam Sklute and Evelyn Cisneros-Legate on the Dancer Training Pipeline
Ever wonder what it actually takes to move up through the ranks at a major ballet company’s school, and what happens once your dancer gets there? We sat down with Adam Sklute, artistic director of Ballet West, and Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, who…
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SMU’s Carter Alexander on Training Versatile Dancers
We sit down with Carter Alexander, Chair of the Division of Dance at Southern Methodist University, to find out what sets the program apart from the more ballet-specific schools. Carter walks us through the conservatory-within-a-liberal-arts…
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The Business of Ballet: Shane Jewell, Oregon Ballet Theatre
Shane Jewell, executive director of Oregon Ballet Theatre, was kind enough to sit down with us to explain how ballet companies actually run as businesses. He takes us through the nonprofit structure, including what makes up the primary revenue…
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New updates: Verified Ballet School Reviews and a Better Form
For the last three years, we’ve been collecting reviews for both year-round and summer ballet training programs. And, wow, have you all stepped up! We now have over 2,500 reviews in our database. Now that we have such a large amount of data, our CTO (Brett’s husband) decided that we needed to start getting a…
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Peter Stark: When Is It Time to Leave Your Local Studio?
Peter Stark, president and director of The Rock School for Dance Education, has spent 26 years running ballet schools and knows the recruiting process from both sides of the table. We talk with him about how he evaluates students for recruitment. We…