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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former dancer here again. Go to Ballerina de Tutu Facebook page and you can see what the pros have been doing to keep up with daily class since Feb.  I now get it on my daily feed. Often professional class is offered by renowned teachers on a daily basis. Also you can find the Royal Ballet’s daily morning class on YouTube.[/quote]

And how much are you paying for these classes where you get no corrections and no in person training?[/quote] Zero. And I was a professional for 3o years. I don’t need corrections. I do it for my own pleasure.[/quote]

[b]So why are you responding to this?  We are talking about students who need corrections and being asked to pay thousands of dollars for it.  Seriously, what do you feel like you are adding to this conversation?[/quote]
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Well, for starters:
1) I was a pro - ask me any ballet-related question
2) I am opining that it is possible to take ballet class online - I do it regularly.
3) Of course, teachers can correct via Zoom:  "Betty - you're elevation is terrible on those entrechat quartres.  Use a deeper plie, like this (teacher demonstrates).  Student does it. Teacher says "Better,  but now your epaulment is bad, Do it like this.  Shoulders down. arms in first position like this" etc
4) I'm on the board of a company.  There are only three ways a company can make money: 1) Private donations from people like me (drying up because of financial hits people took in March); 2) Ticket sales (dried up - also probably no Nutrackers - the big cash cow - this winter); and 3) through tuition of the affiliated ballet school (also not happening)
5) So, yes, I think they can charge full rate because they need your money desperately now just to survive. And also, frankly, your daughter needs the apprenticeship entry on her resume more than they need a complaining mother. Lots of other apprenticeship applications in the wings.[/quote]

Actually wrong.  They need the complaining mother.  Why?  Look at #4.  You say yourself private donations are drying up, ticket sales have dried up, only thing left is tuition.  Sounds like they need these moms pretty bad.  [/quote]

No.  The complaining mothers cost more to deal with in client contact time then they generate.[/quote]

Considering that all of the moms I know that pulled out of the intensive complained on here and just quit the dance program (asked for a refund, all done online no contact time).  If you think keeping families happy isn't part of running a studio, then you truly are an idiot.  [/quote]

No, not an idiot.  Pp is just express8ng worldview of narcissistic ballet studio owners, including those who run so-called pre-professional programs.

They don’t simoly don’t want to be bothered with parents who complain about quality of training, on-line lessons, or anything else for that matter.

Much better to double down on the true believers, the koolaid drinkers, who are willling to spend tens of thousands of dollars to enable their daughters to “follow their dream”.   Which is fine, except those hotly contested “apprenticeships” are keys to an empty room.

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I wonder how many of these moms actually have dd' who dance.  Seems like they might be avid watchers of Dance Moms and just wish they had a kid who could do that.  In my experience, dance studios are nothing like dance moms.  Especially since this thread is supposed to be about the School of American Ballet not some competition studio.[/quote]

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