Alessandro is already super excited about auditioning for Burklyn Ballet Summer Intensive this year! This past summer with the Young Men’s Program at Burklyn truly was the best dance experience of his life! 🙂 We also really loved coming to watch the weekly Big Burklyn performances all summer and are already looking forward to coming to watch again this summer! After his summer intensive with Burklyn, this year Alessandro has been placed in more advanced classes at his home dance studio and he has been super focused on his development as a ballet dancer (he is also taking several more classes this year, both above and below his placement level to get in more time at the ballet barre each week!). Speaking of, when I was going over the program options with Alessandro he said that the overnight experience was incredibly valuable to him and when I asked why he said: “Because it’s a total immersion in ballet and you are surrounded by people who all share a love of ballet. And you just don’t get to feel that way the rest of the year.” Made me smile and feel so grateful that there is this wonderful home in the ballet world right here in VT.