Comments on: Ballet and Bachelor’s Degrees http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: jolene http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12356 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:44:31 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12356 In my bias, college MUST be so much easier than taking a company ballet class at NYCB or ABT. I guess it means that we really take what we have for granted sometimes. It's a really interesting article, and it sounds like a cool program. In my bias, college MUST be so much easier than taking a company ballet class at NYCB or ABT. I guess it means that we really take what we have for granted sometimes. It’s a really interesting article, and it sounds like a cool program.

]]> by: sam http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12348 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:12:49 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12348 Pursuing college at one of the best, most competitive university in the land, namely Columbia, and performing at a comparably high level in dance is especially daunting, challenging, and allegedly unsustainable. Yet, with a lot of focus, enthusiasm, and perseverance, it is possible to get this job done at a world-class level, although on a day-to-day, week-by-week basis, when both of these activities are in session, there sometimes doesn't seem that there are enough hours in the day to do all of this and stay healthy. At the end of the day or when all of this is said and done, intrisically it is all than more than worth the effort. Pursuing college at one of the best, most competitive university in the land, namely Columbia, and performing at a comparably high level in dance is especially daunting, challenging, and allegedly unsustainable. Yet, with a lot of focus, enthusiasm, and perseverance, it is possible to get this job done at a world-class level, although on a day-to-day, week-by-week basis, when both of these activities are in session, there sometimes doesn’t seem that there are enough hours in the day to do all of this and stay healthy. At the end of the day or when all of this is said and done, intrisically it is all than more than worth the effort.

]]> by: Evan N http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12314 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:22:47 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12314 It was so exciting to see this article in the Times, but I wish Kourlas had written more about some of the other options that dancers have for higher education besides LEAP. Even though Justin looks really scared in the Butler Library "stacks" (and understandably, considering the stacks are windowless, dark and depressing), Columbia and Barnard are two awesome and not-so-scary uptown options for professional dancers. It was so exciting to see this article in the Times, but I wish Kourlas had written more about some of the other options that dancers have for higher education besides LEAP. Even though Justin looks really scared in the Butler Library “stacks” (and understandably, considering the stacks are windowless, dark and depressing), Columbia and Barnard are two awesome and not-so-scary uptown options for professional dancers.

]]> by: SanderO http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12293 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:20:34 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12293 That's a well deserved notice. Incredible dedication. Good show guys. That’s a well deserved notice. Incredible dedication. Good show guys.

]]> by: gwyneth muller http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12284 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:45:33 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12284 Hi Miriam!! Thanks again for letting me come late to the exam, you have no idea how much I appreciated it. (I was rehearsing until 7pm on Wednesday night and had to arrive about an hour late to my biology exam. Miriam was nice enough to stay a bit later with me so that I could complete the test!) Hi Miriam!!
Thanks again for letting me come late to the exam, you have no idea how much I appreciated it.

(I was rehearsing until 7pm on Wednesday night and had to arrive about an hour late to my biology exam. Miriam was nice enough to stay a bit later with me so that I could complete the test!)

]]> by: Miriam Madry http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12282 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:25:04 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12282 I actually, randomly enough, proctored Gwyneth's bio test on Wed night! I actually, randomly enough, proctored Gwyneth’s bio test on Wed night!

]]> by: sandi degeorge http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12280 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:09:49 +0000 http://thewinger.com/words/2007/ballet-and-bachelors-degrees/#comment-12280 Thanks to you and to Matt for informing me through the Winger about this program. I didn't know it existed. I am very interested in enrolling! Thanks to you and to Matt for informing me through the Winger about this program. I didn’t know it existed. I am very interested in enrolling!

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