Ballet Help Desk
Jenny Huang and Brett Gardner
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From the Royal Ballet to K-Ballet Academy: Kenta Kura on Training Japan's Next Generation
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk If you've been paying attention, you've noticed: Japanese dancers are everywhere. Winning competitions, yes, but…
Your Ballet Dancer Wants to Go to College. Now What?
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Your dancer has decided to pursue the college path. But which program is the right fit? What's the real…
What Does "Elite Ballet Training" Actually Mean for College Admissions?
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Does your dancer need elite training to have a shot at a top college? But what does elite actually mean? Is it…
Making the Most of Ballet Summer Intensives: A Parent's Guide
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk In this host-only episode, we draw on our combined years of navigating ballet summer intensives to break down how…
American Repertory Ballet Gets Real About the Pipeline
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk American Reportory Ballet Artistic Director Samantha Dunster and Executive Director Julie Diana Hench join us for…
The Mental Toll of "Be Grateful You're Here"
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk The corrections never stop. The casting is always uncertain. And somewhere along the way, many dancers learn to…
Ballet's Bottom Line: Finances, Contracts, and the Fight for Dancer Rights
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Every ballet company's tax return is public record. Most dancers have never seen one. Liza Yntema, founder of…
Train in Germany, Dance in Europe: The Palucca Path to a Professional Ballet Career
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk What does ballet training look like when it's housed inside a 100-year-old university, with the Semperoper Ballet…
What Happens When You Choose Harvard Over the Company Contract
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk What happens when a dancer who traded pre-professional ballet training at the John Cranko School and the Joffrey…
Zurich Dance Academy's Jason Beechey on Pre-Pro Training and the Future of Ballet
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Jason Beechey has spent his career shaping pre-professional ballet training. After 18 years as rector of Palucca…
College vs. Postgrad: What One Nevada Ballet Dancer's Path Can Teach Us
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk What happens when a dancer skips the postgrad route entirely and still lands a professional contract? Paityn…
Are Swan Lake, Giselle and Sleeping Beauty Still Relevant? Fran Makes the Case
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Timothee Chalamet said no one cares about ballet anymore. Fran Veyette disagrees. He's back on #NoThirds, and…
Pre-Pro to Professional Ballet Training | Jen Sommers of Houston Ballet Academy
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk How long can your dancer stay home before it starts to matter? It's one of the most common questions ballet…
Gavin Larsen: Infinite Steps and the Truth About Ballet Careers
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Author, teacher, and former principal dancer Gavin Larsen has spent her post-performance life doing something…
Dancer Stories: Charlotte Junge of Madison Ballet on Going Pro, Paying Rent, and Finding Yourself
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk What does it really take to go from pre-professional student to professional ballet dancer? Charlotte Junge, a…
Madison Ballet's Ja'Malik Is Done with the Old Way
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk Madison Ballet's Ja'Malik didn't arrive to tinker around the edges. He came to change things, and four years in,…
#NoThirds: Bullying in Ballet: The Lobby, the Queen Bee & You
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk In the final episode of our four-part bullying series, we're joined again by Kelsey Fyffe, a therapist who works…
Elena Kunikova on Teaching, Training, and the Art of Ballet
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk What does it actually feel like to train at the Vaganova Academy, the school that produced some of the greatest…
#NoThirds: Bullying in Ballet: Addressing Weight Comments and Abusive Language in Ballet Training
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk In part three of our bullying series, we tackle some of the toughest conversations ballet parents face: what to…
How Ballet Austin Built a Post-Grad Program That Actually Works
Listen to Ballet Help Desk ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BalletHelpDesk We sit down with Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Austin, for a refreshingly honest…
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