Tips from a Professional Dancer on Surviving Summer Course: Part 2 

Read tips 1-3 in Part I here!  Take advantage of all the opportunities that your summer course has to offer you!  Be open to trying new things and experimenting with new styles & methods of dancing. Not only will your Modern, Spanish and Jazz classes make you more ready for contemporary work, but exploring other […]

Tips from a Professional Dancer on Surviving Summer Course Part 1

When you think about the professional dancers that you see in magazines and on social media, it might be hard to imagine them having fretted over decisions about which summer intensive would be the best fit for them.  Believe it or not, though, all dancers start as students who go through the same training processes […]

Q and A with Summer Course Students

With summer course auditions just around the corner, we asked three students from 2017’s summer course to give advice on how to prepare yourself for the intensive training and how to get the most out of your summer course experience.  Below are excerpts from a conversation with Charlotte Sanford (age 13) Maeva Laube (age 17), and […]

Audition Tips from PNB’s Apprentices

PNB apprentices share their best audition tips for summer intensive programs, from preparation and mindset to what ballet schools are looking for in dancers.