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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there ballet schools in the area that don’t exploit the children and focus on THEIR education rather than the revenue of performances? It sounds like kids are going to get injured and 5 weeks of this schedule would really make schoolwork suffer. Does anyone offer a more student-centric program? Thank you. [/quote]

All schools want to benefit from Nutcracker but WSB is the only area school that’s attached to a major professional company that has its own revenue issues. In contrast, my DDs school has shows Thurs-Sun over one weekend in early December, plus a single mini show for preschoolers and a “tea”, plus a handful of outreach events that the oldest girls do. There are two casts and most of the younger kids end up dancing in 3 shows, total. My DD was double-casted last year so she had to do 6, which I thought was a lot, but apparently is a small task compared to what WSB has them do.[/quote]

This sounds so much more reasonable. What school is this? [/quote]

Sounds like BalletNova.  Is it?[/quote]

Whether it is or isn't, above is in line with BalletNova's Nut schedule.  Maryland Youth Ballet's run is a bit longer--"mini" one weekend + two weekends of performances. Virginia Ballet Company does a 3-day run.[/quote]

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