Summer Intensives

The countdown to summer intensives has begun! And it’s time for a new set of nerves (and excitement) to kick in. How can you prepare your body and mind to get the most out of your summer training? Here are some tips from Shelly Power, associate director of Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, and Sabrina Lenzi, ballet mistress of Houston Ballet II.

Want to get your Vaganova on this summer?

For a week (or weeks) now you’ve been waiting for that email. You check your inbox every hour and constantly hit refresh—did I get in or not? Summer intensive audition season is coming to an end, and the results are finally being released.

Lindsay Karchin checks in with Pointe from the end of ABT's summer intensive. See her other blog entries here.

Maddy Graupmann checks in with Pointe from the end of Houston Ballet's summer intensive.

Lindsay Karchin checks in with Pointe from ABT's summer intensive. See her other blog entries here.

Houston Ballet student Maddy Graupmann checks in from her fifth week of the summer intensive.

This summer, students attending summer intensives around the country are sharing their experiences with Pointe. Here, Lindsay Karchin checks in from the 2011 ABT New York Summer Intensive.

This summer, a handful of students attending summer intensives around the country are sharing their experiences with Pointe. Here, Maddy Graupmann recounts a typical day iat Houston Ballet.

So maybe some of y’all are wondering, “What exactly do the students at Houston Ballet do on a typical day?” Well, let’s see…

This summer, a handful of students attending summer intensives around the country will be sharing their experiences with Pointe. Here, year-round ABT/JKO student Lindsay Karchin recounts her summer at the 2011 ABT New York Summer Intensive.