News & Updates
pointe magazine featured spread: benefits of choosing a smaller school
Check out page 108 of the Dec/Jan issue of Pointe Magazine to see our first SC Summer Dance Conservatory ad, summer study listing, and feature in the Editor’s Letter, “Celebrating Ballet Bonds,” and article “The Benefits of Going Small.” Here are a few of our favorite quotes from “The Benefits of Going Small” by Gavin Larsen:
“South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory also recruits impressive names— NYCB’s Megan Fairchild and Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Addison Actor in 2018— but [Artistic Director Susan] Anderson says. she seeks out guests who are truly invested in teaching.”
“A more intimate environment can also be a boost for younger, less experienced students who want to focus on strengthening their technique more than networking. Fiftenn-year-old Clancy Penny, who attended South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory this summer, found the program’s size made it more comforting— and intense— than the larger programs she’d been to before. “We were arranged in small groups in the dorms, so I felt like I had my own little family. Everyone had a counselor you could talk to,” she says. “Fewer people and more individual attention made classes incredibly strengthening and even more challenging.”
“Many lesser-known programs are just as likely— or more— to have the elements for a successful and inspiring summer.”
GRAND JETE COMPETITION SCHOLARSHIP
SC Summer Dance Conservatory is pleased to announce that it will award one $750 tuition scholarship as a prize at Grand Jete, South Carolina's new Premier Student Ballet Competition, held at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. Please see their website for more information and how to enter the competition!
*Scholarship is valid only for our 2025 Ballet or Contemporary Intensive.
Montana Dance Arts Association Scholarship
SC Summer Dance Conservatory is pleased to announce that it will award a $750 tuition scholarship for a student selected through the MDAA application/audition process. The Montana Dance Arts Association works to assist deserving Montana dance students the opportunity to expand and enhance their dance training. Please contact them for further information and assistance at: montanadanceartsassoc@gmail.com.