Tag: summer intensives
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Finishing The Ballet Year Strong
The end of the ballet year is looming and we know your dancer has all the feels right now. And, clearly you’re seeing it as well because we recently got several questions about how to support your dancers through the home stretch. Are you noticing that your dancer is seeming a bit unmotivated to go…
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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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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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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…
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Is My Dancer “Good Enough?”
Yep, we’ve all heard that parent talking about their kid who cleaned up at all the ballet competitions. At age ten. That’s great, but from what we’ve researched, just over 50% of dancers, who have won the big awards at ballet competitions at ten, are no longer dancing five years later. So, how to tell…