I'm delighted to be back after a two-month hiatus. Ms. Ruggeri stresses the fact that you need to start your search for summer quarters right away. Some schools hold audition tours and most require photographs and videos, along with teacher references.
Programs fill up quickly, so start making plans as soon as possible.
In fact, coming to New York for the summer might just lead to a big time career. Two years ago, Cornelia Sampson, Director of the Rochester School of Dance and the Michigan Ballet Theatre, encouraged her promising pupil to audition for the summer course at the School of American Ballet. Amanda, then 14, was accepted and was asked to attend the following year as well. At that point, she was offered a full scholarship and placed in the prestigious C2 division at SAB . She moved into the dorm and continued her academic studies via correspondence.