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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for insight from the more veteran parents.
When they are in the Upper school - So levels 4 and up, are there still large percentages of girls auditioning? Or do the numbers decrease? [/quote]

Bump. Curious about this as well. [/quote]

Level 4B student. The levels are much smaller at this point, fewer kids at this level than we have had before, so fewer kids auditioning. I also think that at our level, the roles get a little less interesting once party is out, so that probably dampens some enthusiasm. I think our level was all cast as butterfly or frontier, depending on height. Maybe a clown or two.

On the leaving question, most of the girls who have left have gone to less intense programs. Ballet is very much a triangle - lots of little kids love to put on tutus and wave scarves and dance around. At this level, we are in class 4 days a week for at least 2-3 hours at a time. I think she's in class - before rehearsals - 13 hours a week. That leaves very little time for any other activity. Plus, at this point, if you don't do a summer intensive, you are probably falling behind, so there goes five weeks of your summer. Add in rehearsals and frankly, most 12 year old girls don't want to deal.

Kids have left to quit dance, go to City Ballet, Seber Method Academy and Kirov, as far as I know.

It's the most well-known (and probably most elite) program in the area, no matter what anyone says. When NYCB or ABT come to town, they cast student dancers from TWSB.

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