The American School of Ballet

The American School of Ballet, otherwise known as, The New York City Ballet is many little dancers dream destination. George Balanchine; a ballet genius who the master mined of many very popular and well known dance pieces; founded The American School of Ballet in the year of 1934. Balanchine was so good at choreographing and dancing mainly because of his understanding of music; his dad was a composer so he grew up with a musical background. Many of the instructors are alumni of the very famous ballet school and were very high up in the company. Other instructors worked with Balanchine or his partner and were appointed by one of them to be one of their elite staff members and help keep classical ballet alive.

                Although it’s every tiny dancers dream destination, you must try out and get accepted to be a part of this amazing school of dance. Although there are thousands of kids from all over the world that try out and dream about getting an acceptance letter, only about 450 kids from the ages of 6 to 18 get to join the school. However, if dancers don’t get accepted to the school during the winter, The American School of Ballet accepts close to another two hundred of the top ballet dancers to join them for their summer classes, or intensive. The acceptance is solely based on talent, and for this reason they offer scholarships. They give about one million dollars’ worth of scholarship money out each year.

                Being a part of The American School of Ballet is nothing close to cheap. The full tuition fee depends on your age and level ranging from three thousand dollars to a little of six thousand dollars. On top of that you must pay the student activity fee which is another payment of one hundred fifty dollars. There is even more, the room and board fees are close to sixteen thousand dollars, it includes, housing, a meal plan with twenty meals a week, WIFI and computer access, and allows you to use the laundry machines. Since it is so expensive the school helps pay for the students who they believe have a professional future. With the scholarship however, comes restrictions, they can’t take a role in a ballet without making sure it is ok with the school, they can not audition or train at any other ballet school either. They also very much care about education and offer academic scholarships as well.
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