Summer Intensive Reviews

Programs Reviewed: 240
Total Reviews: 1981

John Cranko

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

2
1

First time at a summer intensive?

3

Year of SI

2
1

Weeks available

3

Weeks attended

3

Reviewer

1
1
1

Curriculum

Techniques taught

1
1
3

Partnering (based on age)

3

Dedicated men's program?

3

# of boys in level

2
1

Other dance genres

2
3
1
1

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
3
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

2
1

PT offered?

2
1

Extra fee for PT?

3

Injury rate

3

Teaching

Who taught?

3

Guest teachers

1
2

Year-round teachers taught

2
1

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
2
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
2
1
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

3

Studio space

Cramped
1
2
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
3
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

2
1

Saturday classes

1
2

Saturday class duration

2
1

Leveling

Leveling

3

Leveling type

3

Did students move levels?

3

Leveling fair?

3

Students per class

1
1
1

Performance

Performance?

1
2

Rehearsals happened

3

Casting equitability

Uneven
3
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
3
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

1
1
1

# of roommates

1

Bathrooms

1

Coed bathrooms

1

Air conditioning

1

Housing comment

  • "Hostel nearby without any staff, kids on their own"

Where did they stay?

1
1

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

1

Curfew reasonable?

1

Room check

1

How strict were dorms?

1

Infraction handling

1

Housing - Cleanliness

Laundry available

1

Laundry free

1

Housing cleanliness

Dirty
1
Spotless

Cleaning required

1

Meal Plan

Meal plan

1

Food quality

Gross
1
Excellent

Enough food

1

Dietary needs?

1

Activities

Weeknight activities

1

Weekend outings

3

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
1
2
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
1
1
Comprehensive

Transportation

3

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
3
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
2
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • "Fantastic faculty; talented and friendly students; gorgeous facilities; really nice performance particularly given intensive was only one week"
  • "learning a completely new style of dance (spanish) and getting quality training from good teachers"
  • "High level dancers and good teachers, new school building with A/C"

Least liked about program

  • "No housing; no food (including lunch) provided; certain days breaks were too long between classes which made overall day long; older students didn’t do pointe in performance"
  • "we had the same classes every day to build up rep for the final showcase"
  • "No normal housing, only hostel without supervision, no lunch, 35 girls in the class"

Suggested changes to program

  • "Housing option; add pointe to performance for older girls"
  • "maybe being 2 weeks instead of just 1"
  • "smaller class ( 25 or less), lunch on site"

Culture of program

  • "Motivated, talented students but also quite friendly; faculty kind and engaged"
  • "very friendly and professional"
  • "friendly and intensive training"

Other comments

  • "n/a"
  • "Very good couse but only one week in May/June when many schools don't have school break and kids can't attend it"
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