BALLET HELP DESK

Summer Intensive Reviews

Programs Reviewed: 232
Total Reviews: 1867

Ballet Met Company Rep Week

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

2
2
1

First time at a summer intensive?

4
1

Year of SI

2
1
2

Weeks available

5

Weeks attended

5

Reviewer

2
3

Curriculum

Techniques taught

2
3
2

Partnering (based on age)

3
2

Dedicated men's program?

1
4

# of boys in level

1
2
2

Other dance genres

4
1
2
2

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
1
3
1
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

5

PT offered?

2
3

Extra fee for PT?

1
4

Injury rate

2
2
1

Teaching

Who taught?

5

Guest teachers

4
1

Year-round teachers taught

1
4

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
1
2
1
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
1
2
2
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

1
4

Studio space

Cramped
1
1
1
2
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
1
3
1
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

2
2
1

Saturday classes

5

Saturday class duration

5

Leveling

Leveling

1
4

Leveling type

5

Did students move levels?

5

Leveling fair?

5

Students per class

3
2

Performance

Performance?

2
3

Rehearsals happened

1
2

Casting equitability

Uneven
2
1
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
1
4
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

2
3

# of roommates

1
1

Bathrooms

2

Coed bathrooms

2

Air conditioning

2

Where did they stay?

1
2

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

2

Curfew reasonable?

2

Room check

2

How strict were dorms?

2

Infraction handling

2

Housing - Cleanliness

Laundry available

2

Laundry free

1
1

Housing cleanliness

Dirty
1
1
Spotless

Cleaning required

1
1

Meal Plan

Meal plan

2

Food quality

Gross
2
Excellent

Enough food

2

Dietary needs?

1
1

Specific needs

  • "Nut allergies and vegetarian"

Dietary options

Limited
1
Lots

Activities

Weeknight activities

2

Weekend outings

5

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
4
1
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
2
1
2
Comprehensive

Transportation

1
1
2
1

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
2
3
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
1
2
1
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • "Learning large amounts of choreography and working alongside company dancers"
  • "BalletMet was friendly and learning dances was fun."
  • "getting to learn the rep from the company and getting to have the company experience. dancing alongside some of the company members during class was also very nice"
  • "We get the opportunity to learn repertoire the company has done in the past. As well as experiencing what a day in a professional company may look like."

Least liked about program

  • "That groups were based on age."
  • "The marketing made it seem like they would work with Edwaard but didn’t. Also, communication was not gre to the point we had to keep changing flights unsure of when the program would actually end."
  • "the students that had been there all summer or trained there year round got casting preference and the same students got the featured roles in every piece"
  • "The teachers favor the academy students both in class and in casting decisions."

Suggested changes to program

  • "Make it a 2 week program."
  • "Be clear Edwaard wouldn’t be part of this week."
  • "have each rehearsal group learn different pieces of rep"
  • "I would like there to be less favoritism and 1 more repertoire. Last year we learned 5 where as this year we only learned 4."

Culture of program

  • "Very positive and supportive."
  • "Friendly and fun"
  • "pretty supportive, the year round and full summer students kind of clung together which made making friends a little hard"
  • "It was ok. It’s difficult when there is obvious favoritism plus with it only being a week nobody gets super close with each other."

Other comments

  • "Runs Sunday through Thursday with observation Friday morning of all choreo learned that week. Dancers keep same schedule as company dancers do in a regular basis."
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