Summer Intensives

Hello my Ballerinas in training,

Now summer intensives are coming up and if its you first time going away it could be pretty scary to be away from your friends and family for as long as 7 weeks. Having new teachers can be stressful enough. But then you also have to live with different people and make all new friends. This can seem absolutely crazy. Don't let the fear of the unknown keep you from an amazing experience.

Having different teachers can give you a different perspective on what you should be working on. They might see something that your every day teacher dose not see. They could even explain some thing in a different way that helps you understand what they are looking for. Not saying anything bad about your every day teacher but they see you every day, now this can be great cause they see you progress but they could be harping on things that you do. For example having slouch shoulders, now you may be making progress on this but sometimes they don't see it. Their are also other times where you could be pulling your hip forward on grand battement and they miss it because they are so focused on your shoulders that are not that bad. Going away for the summer can help you make more progress on your technic they you would have if you stayed with your same school for the summer.

If this is your first time away living in a dorm like situation it can be pretty scary. From who you will be living with to the bathroom situation. Now don't request to live with your friends. Everyone will tell you its not a good idea. You will get sick of them. I know you think that will not happen were best friends but sometimes it dose. Its better to just let the chips fall where they may. You have an opportunity to make some great friends. You can introduce your roommates to you friend and her roommates and then you have a huge group of friends they always hanging out with your one friend. I know that you may worry about not getting along with the person or persons that you are roomed with but not make judgments on the first time you meet them either. Give it time some people may take longer to room up to then others. Although if you really can not stand the person or persons that you are roomed with you may want to talk to an adult most of the time their will be Resident Adviser that you can talk to. If you really can not stand to live with the person any longer you may want to ask to switch rooms not every school my do this but some might and it dose not hurt to ask. You don't want an amazing summer ruined because you got stuck with a bad room mate.

Thanks for reading
Merde!!!!!