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Summer Intensive Reviews

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Master Ballet Academy

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

3
1
1
1
2

First time at a summer intensive?

5
3

Year of SI

1
4
2
1

Weeks available

8

Weeks attended

1
1
1
5

Reviewer

2
6

Curriculum

Techniques taught

8

Partnering (based on age)

5
3

Dedicated men's program?

3
1
4

# of boys in level

1
4
3

Other dance genres

7
8
8
3
6
1
4
4
1

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
2
1
5
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

6
3
3
8
2

PT offered?

4
1
3

Extra fee for PT?

1
6
1

Injury rate

4
4

Teaching

Who taught?

2
6

Guest teachers

8

Year-round teachers taught

1
4
3

Attention from teachers

Very Little
2
2
4
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
1
1
6
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

1
8

Studio space

Cramped
1
2
3
2
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
8
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

1
7

Saturday classes

8

Saturday class duration

8

Leveling

Leveling

1
7

Leveling type

6
2

Did students move levels?

3
5

Leveling fair?

8

Students per class

2
4
2

Performance

Performance?

8

Rehearsals happened

6
2

Casting equitability

Uneven
2
2
4
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
2
2
4
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

1
7

# of roommates

1

Bathrooms

1

Coed bathrooms

1

Air conditioning

1

Where did they stay?

3
2
2

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

Activities

Weeknight activities

1

Weekend outings

7
1

Attended weekend outings

1

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
3
1
2
2
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
2
5
Comprehensive

Transportation

1
1
1
1
2
1
1

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
1
7
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
4
3
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • "Challenging classes and variety of classes was great. Private lessons were offered weekly and weekly master classes were good."
  • "Learning from the Wozniak’s- they are all amazing teachers!"
  • "Diversity in teachers was great. Ballet technique class was very good!"
  • "Friendship, atmosphere and technical improvement"
  • "really strong technique, great show at the end"
  • "Technique class everyday with the Wozniaks ans guest teachers and learning so much in the other classes like character, flamenco, and contemporary."
  • "Love the focus on traditional, classical Vaganova technique. Being coached by the Wozniaks and guest teachers."

Least liked about program

  • "There was no opportunity to change level once the program began and private lesson time requests were never honored in our experience. Communication before the program was not great and we were told we HAD to wear certain leos every day so we hunted high and low to get several of these and silent several hundred dollars extra to get enough to have several to wear and then arrived to find students wearing all different leos."
  • "Too many different guest teachers - would like them longer than 1 week- it wasn’t enough for the teachers to get to know the kids and dig deep into their technique."
  • "More technique class like jumps and turns. Class size was too big. Communication could be better"
  • "I do not know"
  • "Most year-round students from MBA attend the SI. The teachers favor their students. The year-round students don't interact much with the SI students."
  • "Some of the girl teachers were extremely strict and mean when it comes to correcting you, especially when it comes to the show rehearsals. I got told I did very bad, needed to be hidden behind people, and then taken out of a dance as almost punishment because I missed that class due to being sick (weeks before show)"

Suggested changes to program

  • "More flexible scheduling. More effort to communicate to new students especially from out of town."
  • "Better housing/food options"
  • "More class with Slawomir. Stricter admission acceptance for smaller class size."
  • "One more stretching and rolling muscles class every other week"
  • "Another weekend or weeknight activity"

Culture of program

  • "Intense. Demanding. Pre-professional"
  • "The find the fun and love in hard work- they expect a lot but also care a lot"
  • "Some mean girl culture among year round students. Overall very accepting and kind to outsiders!"
  • "Hard work in a loving and safe environment"
  • "a little bit cliquey, but hard workers"
  • "The mba year long students are friendly and sweet, but definitely clique and don't hang out or talk to outsiders much. The teachers are super nice and care about you. I made many good friends I will definitely miss from outside students and mba girls."
  • "Environment is safe and friendly. Coaches goal was for everyone to focus and improve their technique."

Other comments

  • "Overall my child enjoyed it but does not want to return."
  • "The more advanced dancer program is much stronger and more beneficial than the lower 2 levels."
  • "The Saturday classes were workshops and privates lessons. They cost extra but were very good."
  • "Besides trying to meet the standards and the harshness of rehearsal I loved my time there and can't wait to go back."
  • "The 6 week intensive gives you the best experience but they are flexible if you chose to attend 3,4, or 5 weeks. There is also an end of Summer show that family and friends get to attend. They usually pick a ballet to learn throughout the intensive. This year was Sleeping Beauty."
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