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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Comparing Washington Ballet, CityDance, Akhmedova for a high-level dancer (ABT SI, YAGP top 12 level)

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

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. [/quote]

Wrong. Did your child get rejected? [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Actually I know several people who have gotten into elite schools at the Washington Ballet. My daughter goes there and she is going to ABT, her best friend is going to John Cranko, and many other classmates of theirs have gotten into intensives like Houston and SAB. And for the medalling, I don’t exactly know if this girl is the only one, but one of the girls in her class placed Top 12 a few years back at finals.[/quote]

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