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Why Summer Programs Are Important

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Every university and business has their interview process; a way for both the applicant and the institution to try each other on for size and see if it's a good match.  For ballet dancers, this process begins long before college and job applications. I attended my first summer program at San Francisco Ballet School when I was fifteen years old.  I remember the school auditions in January and February--feeling much more confident when the auditions were held at our studio--we had the "home advantage" so to speak.  I remember sizing up the competition, banding with my friends for support and solidarity--but once the audition class started, we were on our own.  We had about an hour and a half to prove to a new set of teachers that we deserved to study at their school.  We pointed our feet until they cramped, and treated each combination as if it were a performance.  In the weeks following, we waited like nervous High School seniors, for letters of acce...