It’s in a great location and has security at the entrance.
Housing - Supervision
Curfew
Yes
Curfew reasonable?
Yes
Room check
Yes
How strict were dorms?
Just about right
Somewhat strict
Infraction handling
Fair
N/A
Skewed depending on student
Skewed depending on the RA
Housing - Cleanliness
Laundry available
Yes
Laundry free
No
Yes
Housing cleanliness
Dirty
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Spotless
Cleaning required
No
Yes
Meal Plan
Meal plan
Yes
Food quality
Gross
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Excellent
Enough food
Yes
Dietary needs?
No
Yes
Specific needs
Vegetarian
Dietary options
Limited
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Lots
Activities
Weeknight activities
Yes
Weekend outings
Yes
Attended weekend outings
Yes, all of them
Yes, some of them
Favorite
Beach day
Going to the beach on Lake Michigan
Color Factory
Art Institute, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium
Thrifting
Least favorite
None. She liked them all!
They were all good.
They all seemed fun
Logistics
Quality of handbook
Spotty
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Comprehensive
Program communication
Limited
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Comprehensive
Transportation
Walked with chaperone
Neighborhood safety
Not Safe
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Very Safe
General Comments
Overall recommendation
Definitely Not
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Absolutely
Best aspect
Techniques, education
Getting to work directly with Hubbard St faculty and even the artistic director
The creative and welcoming atmosphere.
Working with company dancers and learning rep the company is currently performing.
Once students are accepted, they are randomly placed in a technique and a rep class. No stress of placement.
Least liked about program
Lack of communication
My daughter didn't love the meal plan and thought the food wasn't great.
The food was not in the dorms
Large classes and rotating cast of teachers limited building relationships and personal attention.
Too much time was spent at the end of the intensive prepping for the showing. Only one class per day for the last three days, with two days of “mostly sitting around.”
The rep was not owned by the company so we couldn’t get a video or take pictures.
Suggested changes to program
Maybe a check-in to parents from the school during the intensive or a progress report. And I wish there were levels. All students admitted are together, but divided into two random groups.
Allow parents to help with move out (but that was a dorm issue, not a program issue)
Fewer electives and more focused modern technique classes (Horton) with a consistent teacher
Culture of program
Supportive
Fun and Inspiring
Really welcoming
This intensive skews heavily toward traditional competition and convention dancers. Ballet fundamentals are not a focus for most dancers. Teachers are warm and friendly, but don’t have time to get to know students.
Really warm and accepting
Other comments
Highly recommend!
If your dream is to dance in a contemporary company, you need to experience Hubbard St.!
It’s hard to answer the placement questions because the students are randomly divided into groups. There’s no real placement. The students have more than one group, which allows them to dance with as many other students in the program as possible.
Dancer: “You have to be really self motivated to grow here. If you need external validation and personal attention to focus on improving in class, this isn’t the program for you.”
