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Ballet-only boarding schools in US?
If it exists, I would like a ballet boarding school, with academics included with the school, that's close to Ohio/Michigan, and doesn't cost a ton. I know that there's probably nothing exactly like what I'm looking for but I just want as close as I can get. The one thing I really want is academics included with the school because I feel like having academic classes separate would be complicated and it would make it harder to get good grades, which is really important to my parents. They wouldn't let me go to a school if the academics weren't good. I would prefer that it is ballet only, but a school with all arts programs is good too, as long as the ballet program is still strong. Location isn't the most important thing either. I don't want to be way out in California, but just as close as possible is fine. I'm also going to be a junior in high school next year, not a freshman, so I don't know if that makes things more complicated. If anyone knows of any schools like what I'm talking about, your help is greatly appreciated!!!
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- mintchips49Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
There are very few schools in the USA that do that. Usually they just have special arrangement with the local high school or students are home schools or schooled online. The Harid conservatory in Florida is an example of having a academic program arrangement with a local high school. There is the Rock school in PA. The JKO (ABT) school in North Carolina is also a residency with academics. You might want to consider a performing arts high school where you will get ballet and modern dance training (about 90 minutes a day of each) and then take additional ballet classes after school. As a incoming junior you may be too late for that. If you get into SAB you can dorm there and you can take classes at PPAS as you are too late for LaGuardia PA high school.
You may also want to look into schools like Walnut Hill in MA, The Kirov D.C., and Bossov in Maine.
The only reason to attend a ballet boarding school is if there is no pre-professional training in your area. You can get good training where you are and while it takes some effort to do well in school and do ballet, that makes little to no difference if the school includes academics or not. You still need the same things for a high school diploma. You may be able to arrange to gain more free time by asking if your ballet classes would be a substitute for gym in your public school and you would not be able to do extracurriculars. You wouldn't have them in a boarding school either.
*EDIT: There are also schools like Interlochen and Walnut Hill. While thy are okay you may find better ballet training where you live as there are professional ballet companies with feeder schools near where you live that have better ballet training.
