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Summer Intensive Reviews

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South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

2
1
1
1
2

First time at a summer intensive?

5
2

Year of SI

2
3
1
1

Weeks available

7

Weeks attended

7

Reviewer

4
3

Curriculum

Techniques taught

5
3
1
1
2
4

Partnering (based on age)

1
2
1
3

Dedicated men's program?

6
1

# of boys in level

7

Other dance genres

1
5
7
1
1
6
4
5

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
1
1
5
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

1
5
1
1

PT offered?

3
4

Extra fee for PT?

4
3

Injury rate

1
4
2

Teaching

Who taught?

5
2

Guest teachers

7

Year-round teachers taught

2
1
2
2

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
3
3
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
1
5
1
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

6
1

Studio space

Cramped
3
4
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
7
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

1
1
5

Saturday classes

1
6

Saturday class duration

1
5
1

Leveling

Leveling

7

Leveling type

5
1
1

Did students move levels?

4
3

Leveling fair?

2
5

Students per class

7

Performance

Performance?

6
1

Rehearsals happened

4
2
1

Casting equitability

Uneven
2
1
4
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
1
2
4
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

6
1

# of roommates

6

Bathrooms

1
1
4

Coed bathrooms

6

Air conditioning

6

Housing comment

  • Held in the beautiful honors college on the University campus at USC
  • Take a foam mattress pad for tops of mattresses
  • The food was running out during the last week as additional students checked in for other programs on campus.
  • Felt very safe
  • No

Where did they stay?

1

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

1
5

Curfew reasonable?

1
5

Room check

6

How strict were dorms?

4
1
1

Infraction handling

3
3

Housing - Cleanliness

Laundry available

6

Laundry free

6

Housing cleanliness

Dirty
1
2
3
Spotless

Cleaning required

5
1

Meal Plan

Meal plan

6

Food quality

Gross
5
1
Excellent

Enough food

1
5

Dietary needs?

6

Activities

Weeknight activities

6

Weekend outings

7

Attended weekend outings

6
1

Favorite

  • Fireflies baseball game
  • Zoo
  • Columbia Fireflies
  • Béisbol game
  • Beauty and the Beast at the theater
  • Shopping Trips

Least favorite

  • all were good
  • None - loved them all
  • Baseball game

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
3
4
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
1
1
4
Comprehensive

Transportation

6
1

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
1
3
3
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
6
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • My daughter did this program for several years. Great exposure to world renowned teachers. Great for first time dancer and more mid level dancers.
  • The variety of AMAZING teachers both local and international
  • The guest faculty were all former professionals and were top notch
  • The variety of different teachers brought in to the program.
  • Great teachers and Counselors
  • All the classes

Least liked about program

  • walking up the STEEP hill at the end of the day back to the dorms and the floors were very hard, would make my heels hurt a lot
  • The food
  • How levels were. It seemed very political and some people were not ready for their level and got injured.
  • Some of the girls were very not nice
  • None

Suggested changes to program

  • food. wasn't too terrible though
  • Walking to and from to studio in the awful heat.
  • How leveling is done
  • Nothing
  • Nothing, it’s amazing

Culture of program

  • amazing. the right amount of freedom to what we were allowed to do on field trips and hanging in the dorms. lots of connections made with both councilors and other students. i still talk to all of them now.
  • Very positive
  • Very welcoming and a fun summer
  • Healthy
  • Healthy, encouraging, and very supportive staff.

Other comments

  • Wonderful Staff, great city and overall fantastic program!
  • shoutout to the amazing councilors we had. they were college students that majored in dance at the USC college and made such amazing connections with each dancer and their whole group. as well as the teachers. fell in love with a specific teacher and train with her every now and then throughout the year and I have a wonderful connection with her that I never would've had if it wasn't for this intensive.
  • Makes a dancer very strong, but does not necessarily focus on technique
  • I grew as a dancer and feel stronger
  • Loved the lectures from the professional dancers.
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