BALLET HELP DESK

Summer Intensive Reviews

Programs Reviewed: 234
Total Reviews: 1882

Univ. of Utah Dept. of Dance

Summer Intensive Reviews

General

Dancer age

1
1
1
1

First time at a summer intensive?

3
1

Year of SI

2
1
1

Weeks available

4

Weeks attended

4

Reviewer

4

Curriculum

Techniques taught

1
1
1
3
1

Partnering (based on age)

1
3

Dedicated men's program?

1
3

# of boys in level

2
2

Other dance genres

4
4
4
1
3

Quality of other classes

Not Helpful
4
Helpful

Injury Prevention

Strength classes?

4
3
1
2
1
3

PT offered?

4

Extra fee for PT?

2
2

Injury rate

1
3

Teaching

Who taught?

3
1

Guest teachers

4

Year-round teachers taught

1
2
1

Attention from teachers

Very Little
1
3
A Lot

Technique improved?

No
1
1
2
Yes - Tremendously

Studios

Dance floors

4

Studio space

Cramped
1
3
Lots of Space

Studio cleanliness

Dirty
2
2
Spotless

Schedule

Classes per day

1
3

Saturday classes

4

Saturday class duration

4

Leveling

Leveling

1
3

Leveling type

1
2
1

Did students move levels?

4

Leveling fair?

1
3

Students per class

3
1

Performance

Performance?

4

Rehearsals happened

4

Casting equitability

Uneven
1
1
2
Even

Rehearsals detracted from class?

Completely
1
3
Not At All

Housing - General

Housing provided

3
1

# of roommates

3

Bathrooms

1
1
1

Coed bathrooms

1
2

Air conditioning

3

Housing comment

  • "No water in the kitchen sink to wash dishes, 1 stove did not work, elevators kept breaking down"
  • "There's only one kitchen sink per floor, kids were waiting to wash their dishes all the time."

Where did they stay?

1

Housing - Supervision

Curfew

3

Curfew reasonable?

3

Room check

3

How strict were dorms?

1
2

Infraction handling

1
2

Housing - Cleanliness

Laundry available

3

Laundry free

3

Housing cleanliness

Dirty
2
1
Spotless

Cleaning required

3

Meal Plan

Meal plan

3

Activities

Weeknight activities

3

Weekend outings

4

Attended weekend outings

3
1

Favorite

  • "museum on campus"

Least favorite

  • "all of them"

Logistics

Quality of handbook

Spotty
1
2
1
Comprehensive

Program communication

Limited
1
3
Comprehensive

Transportation

1
1
2

Neighborhood safety

Not Safe
1
3
Very Safe

General Comments

Overall recommendation

Definitely Not
1
3
Absolutely

Best aspect

  • "Guest teachers and character classes"
  • "Amazing training"
  • "Solid program with some amazing guest choreographers and teachers along with the full time faculty teaching weekly and it is relatively cheaper than many intensives out there"
  • "All the kids were really nice. The grown ups really looked out for the kids and it felt safe there."

Least liked about program

  • "Placement by age"
  • "PT only offered during classes and my daughter wouldn't miss class to go"
  • "it is very hot in SLC in summer"
  • "N/A"

Suggested changes to program

  • "No new graduates as teachers, allow advanced students to move into appropriate levels"
  • "One week she said she had one teacher too many days in a row."
  • "It was great. I can’t think of a thing I’d change."

Culture of program

  • "Ok but not fabulous. Studentsvattending certain studios were bullied a bit."
  • "Supportive, everyone was there to learn, not competitive"
  • "Accepting and inclusive."

Other comments

  • "My 16 year-old dancer, who is in a Professional Training level at a company based academy, was put with 14 year-olds Turing 15 this year. Some of them take only 1 hour of point a week and were not able to keep up resulting in injury. Others, like my dancer, had to deal with less challenging classes than they were use to during the year. They were called "the littles" and taught basic partnering such as balancing and simple turns.variations that were taught were simple ones that the 3 or 4 advanced students had learned years before. It was extremely disappointing and my dancer felt it was a waste of time and money."
  • "I love that my dancer could audition for the BFA and find out she is accepted before her senior year in highschool"
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