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Ballet Summer Intensive Reviews
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List of Programs Reviewed
- A&A Ballet
- ABT Collegiate NY
- ABT NY
- ABT Orange County
- ABT Tampa
- ABT Young Dancer Program NY
- ABT Young Dancer Program Orange County
- Academie Princesse Grace
- Academy of Northern Ballet
- Academy of Russian Ballet, Virginia
- Adage Ballet Academy
- Akhmedova Ballet Academy
- Alchemy Ballet Academy
- Alonzo King Lines
- Alvin Ailey
- American Academy of Ballet New York
- American Academy of Ballet- SUNY Purchase
- American Dance Festival (Duke Univ.)
- American Midwest Ballet Summer Intensive
- Anaheim Ballet
- Annarella Conservatory – Portugal
- ARB/Princeton Ballet
- Arrais Ballet
- Art in Motion Munich
- Art of – Stage de Danse d’Été
- ArtEmotion St. George
- Arts Umbrella SI (Vancouver, BC )
- Atlanta Ballet
- Atlantic City Ballet Theater Summer Intensive
- Ballet 5:8
- Ballet Academy East
- Ballet Academy of South Texas
- Ballet and Dance of Upstate NY
- Ballet Arizona
- Ballet Arkansas
- Ballet Austin
- Ballet Chicago
- Ballet Chicago Advanced Repertory
- Ballet Clinic
- Ballet Hispánico NY
- Ballet Idaho
- Ballet Magnificat
- Ballet Memphis Beyond Technique Advanced
- Ballet Met
- Ballet Met Company Rep Week
- Ballet Met Partnering Intensive
- Ballet North Texas
- Ballet Rhode Island (Festival Ballet Providence)
- Ballet Tech of Ohio
- Ballet West
- Ballet West Choreographic Workshop/ArtEmotion Company Experience
- Ballet West Choreographic Workshop/ArtEmotion St. George
- Ballet West Young Dancer Park City
- Bavarian Ballet Academy
- Bayer Ballet Academy
- Big Muddy Dance Theatre
- Boca Ballet Theater
- Boise Ballet Academy
- Bolshoi Ballet Academy and Russian Ballet International (Italy)
- Bolshoi Ballet Intensive Connecticut
- Bolshoi Ballet Intensive NYC
- Boston Ballet Boston
- Boston Ballet Junior Summer Intensive
- Boston Ballet Newton
- Boys Ballet Summer Intensive
- Brussels International Ballet
- Burklyn Ballet
- Butler University Ballet
- Canada’s National Ballet School
- Carolina Ballet
- Cary Ballet Conservatory
- Central Florida Ballet
- Charlotte Ballet (formerly NCDT)
- Chattanooga Ballet
- Chautauqua Festival Ages 13-16 (six weeks)
- Chautauqua Pre-Professional Ages 16-21
- Chautauqua Workshop Ages 11-13 (one week)
- Chautauqua Workshop Mini-Intensive (Non- residential)
- Cincinnati Ballet
- Cincinnati Ballet Youth Summer Intensive
- City Ballet School of San Francisco
- Colorado Ballet
- Colorado Ballet Choreographic Week
- Columbia Ballet School SC
- Complexions
- Cosmopolitan Ballet Theater
- CPYB
- CPYB August Course
- Dance Center of San Antonio
- Dance Theatre Northwest Adult Summer Intensive
- Dance Theatre of Harlem
- Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Intensive
- DeCruz Ballet
- Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
- Ecole National Supérieur de Danse (Rosella Hightower)
- Edge Studios
- Elite Classical Coaching
- Ellison Ballet
- Ellison Ballet Classical Variations Intensive NYC
- Ellison Ballet International Repetoire LA
- Ellison Ballet Pas De Deux Intensive NYC
- Ellison Ballet Premier Coaching Intensive LA
- Elmhurst
- En Pointe Indiana Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Eugene Ballet Academy
- European School of Ballet
- Evergreen City Ballet
- Feijoo Ballet School
- FIM/Flint School of Performing Arts
- Finnish National Ballet
- Georgia Ballet
- Hamilton Ballet Theatre
- HARID Conservatory
- Hartt School (University of Hartford) SDI
- Houston Ballet Academy
- Houston Ballet Youth Summer Intensive
- Hubbard Street
- Indiana University
- Indianapolis Ballet
- Interlochen
- International Ballet Academy Cary, NC
- International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague (Junior)
- International Ballet of Florida
- International Ballet School (Colorado)
- Joffrey Academy of Dance Chicago
- Joffrey Ballet School Colorado
- Joffrey Ballet School Dallas
- Joffrey Ballet School Georgia
- Joffrey Ballet School NYC
- Joffrey Ballet School Pre-Pro Ballet NYC
- Joffrey Ballet School San Francisco
- Joffrey Red
- John Cranko
- John Cranko – Connecticut
- John Cranko – New York
- Juneau Dance Theatre
- Kaatsbaan International Ballet
- Kansas City Ballet
- Louisville Ballet
- MainStage Academy of Dance
- MainStage Academy of Dance
- Malvern Seminars
- Manhattan Youth Ballet
- Marin Dance Theater: Summerdance Junior
- Maryland Youth Ballet Summer Festival
- Master Ballet Academy
- Miami City Ballet
- Miami City Ballet Choreographic Workshop
- Miami City Ballet Young Dancer
- Milwaukee Ballet
- Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
- Mosa Ballet
- Nashville Ballet
- New Jersey School of Ballet
- Next Generation/Patel Conservatory
- Northwest Dance Intensive
- Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory
- Oklahoma City Ballet
- Oklahoma City Ballet Young Dancer Intensive
- Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Orlando Ballet
- Osipova Ballet Academy
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Paris Opera Ballet
- Philadelphia Ballet “Company Experience”
- Pittsburgh Ballet
- Pittsburgh Ballet “Company Experience”
- Point Park Conservatory of Dance
- Princeton Ballet School
- Providence Ballet
- Quinte Ballet School
- RDA National Choreography Intensive
- RDA National Training Program
- Richmond Ballet
- Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy
- Royal Ballet School Covent Garden
- Royal Ballet School White Lodge
- Royal Danish Ballet
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
- Russian Masters Ballet Bulgaria
- Russian Masters Ballet: Spain
- Ruth Page Foundation
- Sacramento Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet School Program 1 (ages 12-15)
- San Francisco Ballet School Program 2 (ages 15-18)
- Sarasota Ballet School
- Sarasota Cuban Ballet
- School of Alberta Ballet
- School of American Ballet
- School of American Ballet Junior Session
- School of Cleveland Ballet
- School of Philadelphia Ballet
- Séber Method Academy
- Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival – University of Wyoming
- South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory
- State Street Ballet
- Summer Dance Lab – Whitman College
- Tampa Bay Ballet Partnering Workshop
- Terminus Modern Ballet Theater
- Texas Ballet Theater
- The Dallas Conservatory
- The Male Dance Connection
- The Rock School
- The Rock School West Chester
- The School of Cadence Ballet
- Tulsa Ballet
- Tulsa Ballet JUNIOR PROGRAM
- United Ballet Theatre & Academy
- Univ. of Utah Dept. of Dance
- University of North Carolina School of Arts
- USA International Ballet Competition
- Vitacca Ballet Woodlands
- Washington Ballet Repertory Experience
- Washington School of Ballet
- Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
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List of Programs Reviewed
- A&A Ballet
- ABT Collegiate NY
- ABT NY
- ABT Orange County
- ABT Tampa
- ABT Young Dancer Program NY
- ABT Young Dancer Program Orange County
- Academie Princesse Grace
- Academy of Northern Ballet
- Academy of Russian Ballet, Virginia
- Adage Ballet Academy
- Akhmedova Ballet Academy
- Alchemy Ballet Academy
- Alonzo King Lines
- Alvin Ailey
- American Academy of Ballet New York
- American Academy of Ballet- SUNY Purchase
- American Dance Festival (Duke Univ.)
- American Midwest Ballet Summer Intensive
- Anaheim Ballet
- Annarella Conservatory – Portugal
- ARB/Princeton Ballet
- Arrais Ballet
- Art in Motion Munich
- Art of – Stage de Danse d’Été
- ArtEmotion St. George
- Arts Umbrella SI (Vancouver, BC )
- Atlanta Ballet
- Atlantic City Ballet Theater Summer Intensive
- Ballet 5:8
- Ballet Academy East
- Ballet Academy of South Texas
- Ballet and Dance of Upstate NY
- Ballet Arizona
- Ballet Arkansas
- Ballet Austin
- Ballet Chicago
- Ballet Chicago Advanced Repertory
- Ballet Clinic
- Ballet Hispánico NY
- Ballet Idaho
- Ballet Magnificat
- Ballet Memphis Beyond Technique Advanced
- Ballet Met
- Ballet Met Company Rep Week
- Ballet Met Partnering Intensive
- Ballet North Texas
- Ballet Rhode Island (Festival Ballet Providence)
- Ballet Tech of Ohio
- Ballet West
- Ballet West Choreographic Workshop/ArtEmotion Company Experience
- Ballet West Choreographic Workshop/ArtEmotion St. George
- Ballet West Young Dancer Park City
- Bavarian Ballet Academy
- Bayer Ballet Academy
- Big Muddy Dance Theatre
- Boca Ballet Theater
- Boise Ballet Academy
- Bolshoi Ballet Academy and Russian Ballet International (Italy)
- Bolshoi Ballet Intensive Connecticut
- Bolshoi Ballet Intensive NYC
- Boston Ballet Boston
- Boston Ballet Junior Summer Intensive
- Boston Ballet Newton
- Boys Ballet Summer Intensive
- Brussels International Ballet
- Burklyn Ballet
- Butler University Ballet
- Canada’s National Ballet School
- Carolina Ballet
- Cary Ballet Conservatory
- Central Florida Ballet
- Charlotte Ballet (formerly NCDT)
- Chattanooga Ballet
- Chautauqua Festival Ages 13-16 (six weeks)
- Chautauqua Pre-Professional Ages 16-21
- Chautauqua Workshop Ages 11-13 (one week)
- Chautauqua Workshop Mini-Intensive (Non- residential)
- Cincinnati Ballet
- Cincinnati Ballet Youth Summer Intensive
- City Ballet School of San Francisco
- Colorado Ballet
- Colorado Ballet Choreographic Week
- Columbia Ballet School SC
- Complexions
- Cosmopolitan Ballet Theater
- CPYB
- CPYB August Course
- Dance Center of San Antonio
- Dance Theatre Northwest Adult Summer Intensive
- Dance Theatre of Harlem
- Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Intensive
- DeCruz Ballet
- Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
- Ecole National Supérieur de Danse (Rosella Hightower)
- Edge Studios
- Elite Classical Coaching
- Ellison Ballet
- Ellison Ballet Classical Variations Intensive NYC
- Ellison Ballet International Repetoire LA
- Ellison Ballet Pas De Deux Intensive NYC
- Ellison Ballet Premier Coaching Intensive LA
- Elmhurst
- En Pointe Indiana Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Eugene Ballet Academy
- European School of Ballet
- Evergreen City Ballet
- Feijoo Ballet School
- FIM/Flint School of Performing Arts
- Finnish National Ballet
- Georgia Ballet
- Hamilton Ballet Theatre
- HARID Conservatory
- Hartt School (University of Hartford) SDI
- Houston Ballet Academy
- Houston Ballet Youth Summer Intensive
- Hubbard Street
- Indiana University
- Indianapolis Ballet
- Interlochen
- International Ballet Academy Cary, NC
- International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague (Junior)
- International Ballet of Florida
- International Ballet School (Colorado)
- Joffrey Academy of Dance Chicago
- Joffrey Ballet School Colorado
- Joffrey Ballet School Dallas
- Joffrey Ballet School Georgia
- Joffrey Ballet School NYC
- Joffrey Ballet School Pre-Pro Ballet NYC
- Joffrey Ballet School San Francisco
- Joffrey Red
- John Cranko
- John Cranko – Connecticut
- John Cranko – New York
- Juneau Dance Theatre
- Kaatsbaan International Ballet
- Kansas City Ballet
- Louisville Ballet
- MainStage Academy of Dance
- MainStage Academy of Dance
- Malvern Seminars
- Manhattan Youth Ballet
- Marin Dance Theater: Summerdance Junior
- Maryland Youth Ballet Summer Festival
- Master Ballet Academy
- Miami City Ballet
- Miami City Ballet Choreographic Workshop
- Miami City Ballet Young Dancer
- Milwaukee Ballet
- Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
- Mosa Ballet
- Nashville Ballet
- New Jersey School of Ballet
- Next Generation/Patel Conservatory
- Northwest Dance Intensive
- Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory
- Oklahoma City Ballet
- Oklahoma City Ballet Young Dancer Intensive
- Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Orlando Ballet
- Osipova Ballet Academy
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Paris Opera Ballet
- Philadelphia Ballet “Company Experience”
- Pittsburgh Ballet
- Pittsburgh Ballet “Company Experience”
- Point Park Conservatory of Dance
- Princeton Ballet School
- Providence Ballet
- Quinte Ballet School
- RDA National Choreography Intensive
- RDA National Training Program
- Richmond Ballet
- Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy
- Royal Ballet School Covent Garden
- Royal Ballet School White Lodge
- Royal Danish Ballet
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
- Russian Masters Ballet Bulgaria
- Russian Masters Ballet: Spain
- Ruth Page Foundation
- Sacramento Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet School Program 1 (ages 12-15)
- San Francisco Ballet School Program 2 (ages 15-18)
- Sarasota Ballet School
- Sarasota Cuban Ballet
- School of Alberta Ballet
- School of American Ballet
- School of American Ballet Junior Session
- School of Cleveland Ballet
- School of Philadelphia Ballet
- Séber Method Academy
- Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival – University of Wyoming
- South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory
- State Street Ballet
- Summer Dance Lab – Whitman College
- Tampa Bay Ballet Partnering Workshop
- Terminus Modern Ballet Theater
- Texas Ballet Theater
- The Dallas Conservatory
- The Male Dance Connection
- The Rock School
- The Rock School West Chester
- The School of Cadence Ballet
- Tulsa Ballet
- Tulsa Ballet JUNIOR PROGRAM
- United Ballet Theatre & Academy
- Univ. of Utah Dept. of Dance
- University of North Carolina School of Arts
- USA International Ballet Competition
- Vitacca Ballet Woodlands
- Washington Ballet Repertory Experience
- Washington School of Ballet
- Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
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