Residential schools with Academics

[Guest ljonesxodancerxo]

I am new to the forum and I was wondering if anyone here could help me try to find some boarding dance schools. Im already looking into the Universal ballet and Virgina school of the arts and some others. If you could please help me I would greatly appreciate it!

[mom2]

you should probably post on the Ballet Moms and Dads forum... There is a great deal of information (and experience) there!

[Mel Johnson]

Hi, ljones and welcome to Ballet Talk!

 

I'll take care of the switch for you.

[syr]

Greetings, new poster with a very long name! Some ballet boarding schools: Harid, North Carolina School of the Arts, Bossov, Nutmeg ... more general arts schools: Walnut Hill, Interlochen. I think that The Rock in Philly may now have a small boarding component. School of American Ballet. They are all VERY different, and you need to check out each aspect - the dance, the residential, and the academic. There are not a lot of them in the U.s. - there are a few others in Canada - but I am sure there are a few others to be listed by others. There are probably some schools that have recently added a boarding component on a small scale, or added it for older students - always worth checking. For example, Houston has very limited boarding for older high school students, but no academic program - so that has to be done by correspondence.

 

You can probably do a search on these boards and find out some info on most of these.

[lillianna]

San Francisco Ballet School now has a dorm for year round students. High School is accomplished by most students at the San Francisco Independence High School which works with the students' ballet schedules.

[mylildancer]

It is so good to hear that San Francisco Ballet School has added their name to the list of boarding schools. Very exciting!

[gbna]

The rock has a boarding school. Here is the link

 

http://www.therockschool.org/

 

click on information, RAPA

 

My son is attending, pm if you want some information

[vagansmom]

I can answer any questions about

 

Nutmeg Ballet

They have a new facility that includes dorms.

[Hans]

I can field some questions about Universal Ballet Academy if you like, and I have a friend who attended Walnut Hill.

[Guest ljonesxodancerxo]

I just want to thank everyone for the feed back and replys !

[Ed McPherson]

I could answer questions about Interlochen.

[Guest ljonesxodancerxo]

San Francisco Ballet School now has a dorm for year round students. High School is accomplished by most students at the San Francisco Independence High School which works with the students' ballet schedules.

Where can I find information about that on the web site. I cant find it.

[Guest ljonesxodancerxo]

I could answer questions about Interlochen.

 

Interlochen Arts Academy

How is the dance program ? Is it hard to get into ? Have many students that have gone there go on to be professionals for major companies?

[Guest Vicarmac]

They have never had anything on the web site at SFB yet. It just opened last summer (dorm I mean) and this fall was the first year rounders to reside there. I would e-mail or call to ask particulars about that. They may post more on their site in the future. Most out of town attendees go to the SI first and are asked to stay from there.

[Guest Mishi_Mishi]

How is the dance program ? Is it hard to get into ? Have many students that have gone there go on to be professionals for major companies?

Okay, I know this was not directed to me buuuuut...

 

Interlochen is known for having a quite good dance program, though (I am sure you are aware of this) it is very competitive. A typical day is up to 5 hours of dance (in addition to the academic studies), and Alumni have gone on to study at: The Juilliard School, Hartt Conservatory, University of Utah, Southern Methodist University, Mercyhurst College, SUNY Purchase, and New York University. They have also gone on to dance with (in ballet): Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Netherlands Danse Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West, Colorad Ballet, Boston Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ballet Met, Feld Ballet, Dayton Ballet, and Charleston Ballet Theatre.

 

Yay!

Edited November 16, 2003 by Mishi_Mishi