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Summer Intensive Reviews

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Ellison Ballet Premier Coaching Intensive LA

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

1
1

First time at a summer intensive?

2

Year of SI

1
1

Weeks available

2

Weeks attended

2

Reviewer

1
1

Curriculum

Techniques taught

2

Partnering (based on age)

1
1

Dedicated men's program?

2

# of boys in level

1
1

Other dance genres

2
1

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
1
1
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

1
1
1
1

PT offered?

2

Extra fee for PT?

1
1

Injury rate

2

Teaching

Who taught?

2

Guest teachers

2

Year-round teachers taught

2

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
1
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
1
1
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

1
1

Studio space

Cramped
2
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
2
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

2

Saturday classes

2

Saturday class duration

2

Leveling

Leveling

2

Leveling type

2

Did students move levels?

2

Leveling fair?

2

Students per class

1
1

Performance

Performance?

1
1

Rehearsals happened

1

Casting equitability

Uneven
1
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
1
1
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

2

# of roommates

2

Bathrooms

1
1

Coed bathrooms

2

Air conditioning

2

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

2

Curfew reasonable?

2

Room check

2

How strict were dorms?

1
1

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?

2

Activities

Weeknight activities

2

Weekend outings

2

Attended weekend outings

1
1

Favorite

  • There was only one, which was to Disney
  • They only had 1 outing to Disney.

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
1
1
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
1
Comprehensive

Transportation

2

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
2
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
1
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • The housing was really nice and the USC campus is really pretty. There were also opportunities for private lessons.
  • Learning from excellent teachers who were hands on.

Least liked about program

  • I went to the Premier Coaching Intensive in LA, not the International Repetoire LA, but the atmosphere is most likely very similar. The biggest issue for me was the lack of correction I got over the two weeks. Leveling was based on age and I was at the younger end of my level, so I was obviously not the best one in my class. There were also a lot of very well known dancers/prodigies in my level or people who already attended Ellison, so those people were the only ones corrected. We had the same teacher every day for two weeks, which was a little bit disappointing because I was looking forward to getting to learn from more people at Ellison. When we rehearsed variations, the teacher had us go in groups of three or four but only corrected the first 3-4 groups (she chose who was in each group and who went first). Whenever the remaining groups went (aka my group), all she would say is "next" and wouldn't give us anything to work on. She also only learned three peoples' names out of a class of about twenty people, which I thought was a little bit weird because I feel like it would be better to know all of our names or none at all. Even if someone took each correction that was directed towards someone else and used it for themselves to improve and get better, she wouldn't pay attention or help anyone besides her favorite students.
  • The floors were not sprung.

Suggested changes to program

  • The teacher I had
  • Start dance earlier. They started after lunch.

Culture of program

  • The culture among students was really positive, but my teacher just kind of discouraged some of us (at least the people I talked to).
  • If felt very challenging if a good way.

Other comments

  • I would definitely recommend the program if I had a better teacher, because I liked the campus and the studios a lot.
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