Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory

[balletmania]

Hi! 

 

New member here and was curious about the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, CA. If anyone has experience with the school, could you answer some of the questions below?

 

1. Favoritism exists to some extent at most schools, but how big of a deal is it there? Are less favored/less skilled dancers also given a reasonable amount of corrections, or are they left to their own devices?

1a. IF there is significant favoritism, how correlated is it to actual skill? (i.e., can initially less favored kids change their status by catching up?)

2. What is the general level of the students there? Is there an abnormally large discrepancy between the more skilled and less skilled students?

3. How is the atmosphere? Is it competitive or friendly?

4. Any other informed opinions/personal experiences would be appreciated!

 

Thx!

[Jan McNulty]

Hello @balletmania and welcome to the Forum!

 

We are mostly UK based but someone may be able to answer your query.

 

 

[Jan McNulty]

This site may have useful information:

 

https://balletpursuit.invisionservice.com

[Birdy]

Unfortunately, Ballet Talk for Dancers, the big US-based ballet training forum recently shut down after decades of valuable service to the community. Ballet Pursuit hopes to pick up where they left off. A few people copied and pasted their posts before the old site shut down. There is one review posted for Nutmeg. I’ve included the link.

 

https://balletpursuit.invisionservice.com/topic/274-nutmeg-ballet-conservatory-si-reviews-research/

[balletmania]

Thank you, Janet and Birdy! I appreciate the info.

 

I'll try my luck over at ballet pursuit.