"Going to the local lake and showing the exchange students around"
"Going to a local park for a picnic"
"Picnic and games at a lake park"
"Going to the park and doing the paddle boats"
"The lake"
"Going to the lake"
Least favorite
"none"
"All are great"
"The lake"
"None, all of them were good"
Logistics
Quality of handbook
Spotty
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Comprehensive
Program communication
Limited
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Comprehensive
Transportation
car
Car with parent
Drove with chaperone
Drove with parent
family car
Most parents dropped off
Private
Private bus
Private vehicle
Public transportation with chaperone
Was driven by parent
Neighborhood safety
Not Safe
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Very Safe
General Comments
Overall recommendation
Definitely Not
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Absolutely
Best aspect
"Opportunity to work with guest teachers and working choreographers from diverse backgrounds and methodologies from prestigious companies as: Mariinsky, Bolshoi Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, Stuttgart Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico, & Kazakh National Academy of Choreography. Great balance of technique with repertoire, culminating in professionally-stages theatre performance."
"Getting to work with world-class choreographers and teachers who worked with premier Vaganova companies like Bolshoi Ballet and Mariinsky Theatre."
"Getting to work with master teachers and having a show"
"High quality teachers and guest master teachers. Professional level show"
"We got to learn from amazing teachers and prima ballerinas!"
"One on one teaching"
"The technical training, partnering"
"Learning from amazing teachers"
"this summer intensive was international, children met other dancers over the world. school invited best teachers from Europe, Kazakhstan, Mexico. my child learned so much through 6 weeks. her technique improved so much. as a final point school organized great show Suite Copellia. my daughter enjoyed every moment of this summer at Bayer ballet Academy."
"The teachers and friends"
"The best teachers!"
Least liked about program
"More contemporary throughout the week for younger levels."
"I wished it was longer than six weeks because we had prepare an entire ballet suite in that time."
"n/a"
"The casting was very selective."
"Long day for young student"
"Politics in casting"
"I liked everything about jt"
Suggested changes to program
"Adding some weekend social outings."
"Add contemporary dances to the show"
"The individual coaching of each student."
"I don’t know"
"Nothing"
Culture of program
"Extremely professional. Teachers provided positive, constructive feedback daily for each dancer."
"Everyone was really friendly and the teachers were supportive and helpful."
"very community bonding"
"Attention to details, supportive and encouraging"
"I learned a lot but socially it wasn’t a great experience."
"Encouraging"
"Everyone is very nice"
"Great! Everyone is friendly, teachers teach for progression"
"Supportive"
"Awesome!"
Other comments
Repeated Responses:
"No" (2 responses)
Unique Responses:
"My young dancer didn’t want to leave at the end of each day. She was so inspired and thoroughly enjoyed this experience. She was inspired by the older dancers and grew tremendously, not only technique wise but discipline, the ability to apply and retain corrections, and an overall love for ballet."
"Highly supportive and caring school with exceptional training and show quality. We are lucky to have this gem in the bay area!"
