Konservatorium Europaballett St.Pölten

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General

Who is Reviewing?

Dancer

Program:

Konservatorium Europaballett St.Pölten

Season Attended:

2018-19

# Of Levels In School:

The pre- professional levels start at 14years old. Depending on which school path the dancer chooses you stay 4 or 5 year until you graduate from academic school. There are no official levels, depending on how many students there are there will be only one or two groups (everyone age 14 - 19 together)

Dancer Age:

Company Affliated?

Yes

Was Student Scholarshipped?

Years At School:

5 years

Curriculum

Days Per Week:

Classes Per Day:

more than 6

Weekend Classes?

Yes

Weekend Schedule:

Full day

Students Per Class:

Less than 10

Weekly Repertoire or Variations?

Pointe Classes Per Week:

Live Music in Technique Class?

Dedicated Men's Program?

Boys In Level:

Less than 5

Separate Technique Class for Boys:

Techniques Taught:

Vaganova

Technique Teacher Rotation:

Usually the same every day

Did School Director Teach?

Never (school admin was NOT designated as an upper level teacher)

Classroom Corrections:

Dancer specific: detailed but only a few dancers consistently got corrections

Attention From Teachers:


Very Little	A Lot

Quality of Instruction:


Poor	Excellent

Did Technique Improve?


Not at all	Tremendously

Curriculum Comments:

3 times a week morning classes 1,5 hours ballet technique, 5 times a week evening classes Monday and Friday: ballet and modern, Tuesday and Wednesday: modern, thursday: ballet, On saturday: ballet class, jazz or modern class, then rehearsals

Partnering

Frequency of Partnering Class:

No partnering

Other Classes

Other Dance Styles:

Modern, Jazz

Other Class Quality:


Poor	Excellent

Contemporary Offered?

Yes

Types of Contemporary Classes Taught:

Technique

Contemporary Quality:


Poor	Excellent

Master Classes?

Strength & Conditioning

Physical Training Offered?

Injuries/Health/ Mental Health

Are Doctors Available?

How Parents Notified?

Student told parent. School not involved

How Treatment Obtained?

Student had to seek medical advice by themselves. Staff often expected students to continue regardless of doctors opinion.

PT Available?

Was There a Recovery Plan?

Mental Health Therapists Available?

Were Students Given Fat Talk?

Yes

Staff Made Comments About Bodies?

Yes

Were Students Weighed?

Unsure

Was "Coded Language" Used?

Maybe

Performances: Winter Show/ Nutcracker

Performance Opportunities:

4-5

School Winter Show?

Yes

Company or School Show?

Company affiliated production and the students perform certain parts

Cast in Winter Show?

Yes

How Chosen:

Chosen by school director or the company artistic staff

Winter Show Role:

Dancing part

Were You Paid?

Performance: Ballet Season

Cast in Company Productions?

Yes

Kind of Part Given?

Dancing part

How Chosen:

A few students are chosen by the Artistic Staff

Was Casting Fair?

Did Rehearsals Impact School Schedule?

Perfomance Opportunities:

Director chose students to participate in performances. No auditions. Dancers which parents had good standing with the director got more opportunities. Rehearsals usually took place during academic school classes, forcing dancers to miss a lot of schoolwork and often go into rehearsal with no warmup time beforehand. No additional support provided.

Were You Paid?

Competition

School Does Competitions?

Communication

Formal Orientation?

Handboook & Paperwork:

No handbook provided

Quality of Communication?


Poor	Excellent

Who Received Communication?

With dancers only. Parents not involved

Exams

Formal Exam?

Yes

Written Feedback?

Exam Adjudicator:

Internal

Exam Rubrics Clear?

Disagree

Who Attends Exam Meeting?

Yes, dancer only. The meeting was with my teachers.

Well Prepared For Exam?


Not at all	Completely

How Heavily Did Exams Weigh in Promotions:


Not at all	Heavily

School Culture

How Supported Did Student Feel By Staff?


Not	Completely

How Supportive Were Students of One Another?


Not	Completely

Describe School Culture:

lots of talking behind others backs, teachers talk bad about each other in front of students, teachers talk bad about students not attending the class during the class

Placement Notification Timing:

Everyone always advanced

Overall School Culture:


Lord of the Flies	Warm & Inclusive

School Outcomes

Is Student In Upper Levels?

Yes

Highest Levels of School?

There are no bridge levels

How Many Promoted Internally to Bridge Level:

From my age group none

How Many Come From Outside to Bridge Level?

A lot

How Many Left and Went to College?

None

Career Support:

Received no help - I was on my own

Describe How School Helped:

The school actively tried to keep students from auditioning elsewhere. It was clear that you had to fake sick to go to an audition.

Building & Surrounding Area

Security Around Building:

Safety of Area Around School?


Not Safe	Extremely Safe

Studio Space:


Cramped	Lots of space

Studio Cleanliness:


Dirty	Spotless

Housing

Was Housing Provided?

Where Did Dancer Live?

Dorm associated with the academic school

Academics

How Did Academics Work?

Integrated

Academic Support:

Students attended in person classes provided by school

Did the School Support Academics?


Didn't support	Definitely supported