Tag: ballet training
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Three Questions To Ask Along The Ballet Training Path
As your dancer starts to get more serious about ballet, there are three important questions you should be asking. These are not only important to ask as they’re getting started, but also throughout the course of your dancer’s training. First, what does your dancer want out of ballet? Second, is your dancer willing to give…
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When Your Dancer Decides To Leave Ballet
Some dancers decide that serious ballet training is no longer for them. It can be a stressful time in their life and we’ve got tips for how to support your dancer through this transition. And, remember, most kids don’t go pro. But the traits they develop through their ballet training are things that will carry…
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The Path To Professional, Part 3: Trainee and Second Companies
We are heading for the home stretch in our series, The Path to Professional! Once a student gets through the finishing levels, this is where it gets even more confusing! You’d think that at this point, students are auditioning for company spots, right? Nope! At this point, your dancer is starting to look at what…
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Making the Most Of A Teen Dancer’s Summer Intensive
As your dancer gets older, choices of summer intensives need to be more strategic. In this video we’ll cover all you need to know about sending your older dancer off to summer intensives, including why networking is so important, how your reputation can impact success and how to figure out if you want to stay…
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The Path To Professional Part 2: Finishing Programs
We’re back for our second installment of The Path to Professional and this is where it gets a little confusing. Ok, maybe a lot. Once it has become clear that a student is not getting what they need from their home studio, it’s time to move on. Some students leave their home studio and enter…
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All You Need To Know About Sending Your Dancer Off To A Summer Intensive
Sending your ballet dancer off to a summer intensive can be a little stressful! But, it can also be incredibly rewarding. In this video, we cover some of the things parents should do (and not do!) along with advice for dancers headed off.
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The Path to Professional Part 1: Your Local Studio
Ever wondered what the path to becoming a professional ballet dancer is? We wondered that too when our kids were younger. It never occurred to us what a long and winding road it often is. Not to mention, it’s not the same for everyone. But, there is a pretty general path that most dancers follow. …
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Can My Kid Do It All?
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on my ballet parent Facebook groups asking advice on how their kids can “do it all.” Can they stay in normal full-time school, take honors and AP classes, join clubs, have a social life and train in serious pre-pro ballet? If someone figures this out how to…
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What We Wish We Knew When Our Dancers Were Younger!
This week, the Ballet Help Desk answers questions about what decisions we as parents would have changed had we known then what we know now. Umm, there were a lot! We also dig into questions about the age ballet dancers start full time training, how to handle declining an acceptance to summer programs as well…
