Ballet Schools- any insight into these?

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Kintz-Meijia extremely irrelevant. Akhmedova is the absolute worst.

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I just noticed that this is old but anyway, does anyone know any student who is in the professional program for ages 16 - 19? How is it?

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Anonymous wrote:Washington Ballet. Nothing else comes close.

LOL you clearly know nothing about the ballet world. TWB used to be THE place to train in the DMV, but it is largely irrelevant now. The school is entirely recreational, they don't do YAGP or any other competitions, and no one who trained in the school (not including trainees who come at the age of 18 and spend one year in the school) has gone on to join the company of The Washington Ballet, let alone any other company anywhere. It's been 10 years since any of their homegrown talent did ANYTHING.

Lol. I hire ballerina'sfor my company all the time. Nothing comes close to TWB...Nothing.

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Troll. No hiring person calls dancers of varying levels of talent "ballerina's". They are called ballet dancers. "Ballerina" is a term reserved for a top dancer in the company just like "prima ballerina assoluta" also means something very specific. Only a rube would make such a mistake. They would have also used proper spelling and not singular possessive.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington Ballet. Nothing else comes close.

LOL you clearly know nothing about the ballet world. TWB used to be THE place to train in the DMV, but it is largely irrelevant now. The school is entirely recreational, they don't do YAGP or any other competitions, and no one who trained in the school (not including trainees who come at the age of 18 and spend one year in the school) has gone on to join the company of The Washington Ballet, let alone any other company anywhere. It's been 10 years since any of their homegrown talent did ANYTHING.

Lol. I hire ballerina'sfor my company all the time. Nothing comes close to TWB...Nothing.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Such a weird thread! TSWB and MYB are solid training and CityDance is also good for more versatile dancers.

Absolutely not. MYB is Ballet cos play. CD is deterating by the minute. TSWB is the only credible school in the area.
-someone the sits behind the desk and makes hiring decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Such a weird thread! TSWB and MYB are solid training and CityDance is also good for more versatile dancers.

Absolutely not. MYB is Ballet cos play. CD is deterating by the minute. TSWB is the only credible school in the area.
-someone the sits behind the desk and makes hiring decisions

Can you say more about why MYB is “Ballet cos play”?

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Anonymous wrote:Comparing Washington Ballet, CityDance, Akhmedova for a high-level dancer (ABT SI, YAGP top 12 level)

Thanks!

Washington Ballet all day. They are the standard. On par with nyc ballet, Joffery, etc. The others don't come close.

Anyone in the dance world can tell you that The Washington Ballet is no longer relevant; not even on the map in terms of good training.

Wrong. Did your child get rejected?

Lol, no! See if you can figure out how many student's from TWSB have attended elite summer programs in the past 5-10 years (and by elite I mean schools like ABT, John Cranko/Stuttgart, Houston, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, SAB/NYCB etc), have been awarded a company contract and they actually trained at the school (ie did not come to the school as an adult trainee for one or two years and then get a contract,) and how many students have qualified, let alone medaled, in any well-respected ballet competition (YAGP, USAIBC, ADCIBC, Prix de Lausanne) both nationally and internationally. Once you have your answer, which will be exactly zero, we can talk.

Here is data that show where professional dancers trained. TWSB ranks #17. That doesn't seems too bad to me. https://datapointesguide.com/schoolsschool

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Anonymous wrote:MYB had a sexual harassment problem two years ago and the school brushed it under the rug- law suits were threatened, Creative Director let go, steer clear

I’m not familiar with these rumors but we’ve been extremely happy at the Maryland Youth Ballet.

Another happy family here. This is our 4th year. Classic training, quality teachers, focus on technique.