We asked you to tell us what you love about the Ballet Help Desk Podcast, what needs to improve, and what topics you want us to cover. And you delivered honest, thoughtful, sometimes tough feedback. In this episode, we share what you told us:… click here to listen

Jayda Hazelett didn’t follow the traditional pre-professional boarding school path to a ballet company. The grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, trained locally at Project Ballet, attended summer intensives, and chose to pursue college at I before… click here to listen

What does it mean to train dancers without “training them out of being natural”? For , founder of in Boston, that question shaped his entire approach to teaching. A former principal dancer with Boston Ballet, Paulo saw gaps in traditional ballet… click here to listen

Joshua Beamish and Crystal Costa are building something new in the ballet world. is launching as a fresh company with a unique vision, and in this episode, they share the story of how it all came together. Joshua talks about starting his first… click here to listen

We’re rereleasing one of Ballet Help Desk’s most popular episodes! Peter Stark from The Rock School discusses the ballet job market, choosing post-graduate ballet programs, and audition strategies for pre-professional dancers. Learn how to approach… click here to listen

A rerelease: In our first episode of Dancer Stories, Jenny and her daughter Abbey share how Abbey got her first ballet contract. Tune in to hear how a meeting about dorm policy violations at a summer intensive turned into an apprenticeship offer with… click here to listen