Recent Alumna & Interviewer Open to Questions!

calmom
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:57:07 +0000

Jaden, the first dance class my daughter took at Barnard was a ballet variations class, at a fairly high level. She just signed up and went. It was not required to be en pointe – I think most of the women in the class did dance on pointe, but my daughter was not willing to do that, as she hadn’t danced on pointe since about age 14. She felt it was dangerous to just start right up in a challenging class after not being on pointe for so many years. There was one time – I think for family weekend – that the class was going to do a small performance for guests, and my d. couldn’t be in it because the teacher wanted everyone en pointe — but it didn’t matter. My d. really loved the instructor, and she got an A+ in the class, so obviously her unwillingness to dance on pointe didn’t count against her in any way.