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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you that claiming MYB or TWSB are the best ballet programs around this area because of their exmission statistics (placing graduates to elite companies and summer intensives), can you commend on whether these successful graduates are products of the programs since young (lifers), or were they transfer students from other studios or even international recruits?  I wasn't impressed with TWSB for the younger classes with higher students to teacher ratio and DD didn't learn much from 5-7 years old when she was there.  I switched her to a smaller studio after we moved and she has to catch up and re-learn everything from scratch.[/quote]

One anecdote: My DD told me the other day that someone from BalletNova just left for TWSB because at age ~12, she was 2 or 3 levels ahead of her peers.

I think it may be that the girls who KNOW they have all of the attributes that will allow them to go pro (technique, feet, height, body type, looks), KNOW they have a good chance and therefore place themselves in the best possible school that will help them with placements. For every one of those girls, there are thousands who have just as good technique but are too tall or too short or have flat feet or whatever. They may be just as beautiful and serious dancers, but also know they have a better shot at dancing in college so don't bother making the commute to MYB or WB.[/quote]

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