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In this podcast we'll cover all you need to know about sending your older dancer off to summer ballet intensives. We'll cover why networking is so important, how your reputation can impact success and how to figure out if you want to stay at your summer program for year-round ballet training.

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Ballet friends are the best friends! In this podcast we talk about how to manage friendships with the same people who are your fiercest competitors. We highlight times when dancers showed great kindness and we talk about how important it is to have friends who lift you up when things aren't going your way.

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Ballet Help Desk answers listener questions about all aspects of ballet training. This week we delve into questions about types of ballet training, figuring out if that training is any good, and also how to manage paying for ballet training on a fixed budget. See more at www.ballethelpdesk.com

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This week, the Ballet Help Desk answers questions about how we, as dance parents, would have done things differently had we known then what we know now. We also dig into questions about the age dancers start full-time training, how to handle declining an acceptance to summer programs, as well as questions around financing ballet training.