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Summer Intensive Reviews

Programs Reviewed: 218
Total Reviews: 1560

Paris Opera Ballet

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

2
1
2
1

First time at a summer intensive?

6

Year of SI

1
2
2
1

Weeks available

6

Weeks attended

1
5

Reviewer

2
4

Curriculum

Techniques taught

6

Partnering (based on age)

1
1
4

Dedicated men's program?

1
1
4

# of boys in level

1
3
2

Other dance genres

1
1
3
3
3
1
1
3
1
1

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
1
2
3
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

2
2
2
1
2

PT offered?

1
5

Extra fee for PT?

6

Injury rate

4
2

Teaching

Who taught?

3
3

Guest teachers

2
2
2

Year-round teachers taught

3
3

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
2
2
1
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
2
1
1
2
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

5
1

Studio space

Cramped
2
4
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
3
3
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

1
4
1

Saturday classes

1
5

Saturday class duration

2
3
1

Leveling

Leveling

6

Leveling type

3
2
1

Did students move levels?

6

Leveling fair?

1
5

Students per class

1
3
2

Performance

Performance?

6

Rehearsals happened

1
5

Casting equitability

Uneven
1
1
2
2
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
2
4
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

4
2

# of roommates

1
2
1

Bathrooms

1
2
1

Coed bathrooms

4

Air conditioning

4

Housing comment

  • Most students were not able to do laundry because there were not enough machines. After the first friday, we were told we couldn't even sign up to be on a waitlist anymore. Also, since there was no ac, we had to open the windows to keep the room from being too hot, and there were a lot of bugs that got in.

Where did they stay?

1
1

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

4

Curfew reasonable?

4

Room check

4

How strict were dorms?

1
1
1
1

Infraction handling

1
1
3
1

Housing - Cleanliness

Laundry available

4

Laundry free

1
2
1

Housing cleanliness

Dirty
1
3
Spotless

Cleaning required

4

Meal Plan

Meal plan

4

Food quality

Gross
1
1
1
1
Excellent

Enough food

2
2

Dietary needs?

2
2

Specific needs

1
1

Dietary options

Limited
1
1
Lots

Activities

Weeknight activities

3
1

Weekend outings

1
5

Attended weekend outings

2
3

Favorite

  • the river cruise
  • There was one outing for students who attended both weeks.
  • Opera Garnier

Least favorite

  • none

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
3
1
2
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
2
1
2
Comprehensive

Transportation

1
1
1
3

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
1
3
1
1
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
1
2
2
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • amazing opportunity with first class teaching
  • very high level of students and faculity
  • Working with the teachers, especially for variations that they had danced.
  • experiencing a different technique
  • The intensity of the training.

Least liked about program

  • The surrounding areas around the Paris Opera Ballet school are not very desirable. not quite the part of Paris that people might think when they think of Paris .
  • the food
  • They did not have any vegan options for food.
  • the communications came later than what I am used to for American programs
  • The food
  • Very little communication, some parents didn’t receive email communications, especially for the presentation.

Suggested changes to program

  • Air conditioning
  • more options for dietary restrictions
  • Less contemporary and jazz so there could be more variations and pas de deux.
  • Better food
  • Better communication

Culture of program

  • very strict full of protocol
  • fun
  • Everyone was pretty friendly, and the classes were challenging, but not much harder than my pre professional year round program.
  • Harsh

Other comments

  • my daughter says it was the most rigorous intensive she has ever attended
  • For the younger levels, having a basic understanding of French is essential.
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