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Sorry, but in the DC area, only MYB and WB are at the top. You want a pre-professional studio that sends students to corps de ballet type jobs, at minimum. You want a history of successful trainees at that location.
And you want to live close by. No amount of tax difference warrants wasting one's life in traffic. Seriously.[/quote]

If your DD is truly serious, these are the only two you should be considering.  Both are in a state of change, however.  MYB just changed directors and the program will be changing slightly (to the PP with a male dancer, I would look here).  WB has been in a state of change ever since Septime Webre left and Julie Kent came though rumor has it that that may change soon as well.

Some factors for your DD: Who does she want to learn from?  Teaching styles are different at each of these.  How much and what type of performance opportunities does she want? They are different at each of these studios, personal decision.  What kind of SI experience does she want?  MYB encourages going elsewhere, WB encourages staying there.

For the parents: commuting from VA to either of these studios on a daily basis would be a nightmare -- lots of unpredictability in the traffic with commutes ranging to over an hour.  Car pooling helps, but it really eats into dinner and homework time.  Add on rehearsals and performances and you could easily be doing this 6-7 days/week.  MD public schools have an abbreviated day option and will work with your DD to be sure she can accomplish all academic and extracurricular goals.  I know many dancers from many high schools in most of the surrounding counties who have had no issues at all and carpooling is easy right from the high school.  IN addition, for the parents, I would also consider the economics of each studio -- both how it affects the experience your DD would have as well as how it affects your bottom line (tuition + donations).

Good luck.[/quote]

[b]A high school dancer can be serious at other schools also. OP, if your daughter wants to go professional and that is her only goal, look at these ^^^. If not, some of the other schools mentioned in this thread (such as BalletNova and CBT in VA) also have dancers who are "serious" and teachers who are just as well-trained. You'd be surprised how many teachers will teach at more than one school around here too. It's a small area, as far as ballet is concerned.[/b]
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This. If she is absolutely sure that she wants a pro career, then WSB and MYB are the strongest. But others also place students well at summer intensives, prepare them for a final year or two at a residential school, send them on to top college dance programs, etc. [/quote]

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