| Finding a way to balance school requirements and the | | | | schooling communities so students do not exist in |
| time needed at the ballet academy is frustrating for | | | | isolation. |
| many young ballerinas and boys in ballet. Parents | | | | You may be able to get into an Independent program |
| worry if grades drop and use dance classes as | | | | through their public school, where you study at home |
| currency for academic improvement. What are the | | | | and check in with an academic advisor once or twice |
| alternatives for getting a good education and still | | | | a month, and do the usual school exams at school. |
| putting the time into classical dance training? | | | | This system allows for both disabled and gifted |
| If you want to audition for a professional academic | | | | students to arrange their own schooling circumstances. |
| ballet school, do a web search for their audition tours | | | | Look into all of this. If your school semesters start |
| and see if any of them come to your area. Most | | | | again in January, or early in the year, perhaps you can |
| auditions are held early in the year. | | | | arrange a switch to another system of schooling |
| The sooner you can start professional training the | | | | which would fulfill the requirements you would need as |
| better. Check all your choices! | | | | a professional dancer, (art, language, for instance), as |
| Can you home school - or get a an independent | | | | well as general education. |
| education program? Here in Los Angeles children can | | | | Also new here in California is a system for students to |
| home school - they register in a local private school for | | | | do ALL their schooling on line. They co-ordinate with a |
| home schoolers, and get a curriculum put together that | | | | public school advisor to stay on track, yet there is a |
| fulfills the grade requirements. They document their | | | | freedom of schedule for both the parents and |
| attendance (legal requirement is 3 hrs per day)and the | | | | students. |
| parents who have registered the school supply | | | | So check all your options, and make the best of the |
| computerized transcripts of their grades every year. | | | | years left to qualify for auditioning in a professional |
| There is no problem entering a private school or a | | | | company. Try to get some feedback from a local |
| college, later. | | | | ballet company - audition at their school! |
| This allows ballet students to attend their dance | | | | A lot of success in this world comes from having the |
| classes on a more intense schedule. Also, the dance | | | | nerve to approach people, present yourself, and make |
| training would fulfill a quota of the home schooling daily | | | | contacts. While ballet has specific requirements, often |
| requirements - such as physical education, field trips | | | | the bravest reach the top when the most talented do |
| (ballet, art galleries, etc.). There are very large home | | | | not. Just a tip! |