What's behind the Youth America Grand Prix and reputable summer intensive programs? Nicholas Cowden is a studio company dancer for the Washington Ballet Company and he shares his experience from hometown studios to the YAGP competitions, summer intensives, and onto a professional career. Nick breaks it down and gives us the ins and outs of preparing and competing in a nationwide ballet competition. He goes into his experience receiving a scholarship for the HARID Conservatory Summer Intensive and then the JKO School at the American Ballet Theatre. This is a great episode for all of you who dream of what is beyond your hometown studio and the possibilities that lie ahead.