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I've been on a mission to learn as much as I can about dance in order to support my daughter who has decided that she wants to dance professionally. Hopefully other parents of dancers on Tnet will benefit from this info.

So far I've learned:

1. Classical ballet training is the root of all great dancing. The two methods of dance instruction are Vaganova and Cecchetti.

2. Ballet dancers pancake their toe shoes to keep them looking nice for the stage. Pancaking means to rub foundation (yes, the make up) onto the shoes.

3. Juilliard accepts 7% of the dancers who audition each year. The cost to attend Juilliard is $50 grand a year.

4. A teenager who is serious about dancing needs to dance 15-20 hours per week + take 3-6 week summer intensives that are all day long. Most of the summer intensives (the big ones -the good ones) are by audition only, so you have to be accepted first -before you pay $2-5 grand.

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