On Friday, I was messaged through YouTube because of the audition video we had made for Walnut Hill in 2007. My son was 10 when it was made, and his skill level was vastly different. That said, they wanted to know if he was signed up for any programs, because there was still space in theirs!

So I checked them out on a message board that dissects different SI programs across the country, and while this one is relatively new - there seems to be good buzz about it.

From the program description:

"Featuring: Russian ballet technique directly from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (Kirov) given by teachers who come from the prestigious academy. All ballet teachers have been students of Vaganova, Tarazov, Plaht, among others, with a high quality expertise in Russian, American, European and Latin American ballet companies."

My son had *just* completed two summer workshops at his home studio, and they allowed us to videotape them. (his director is really strict about pictures, we've never been allowed to in 7 years) The timing was impeccable! So I spent the weekend capturing and editing the tape for YouTube.




3 other videos from the summer workshops here

So I've posted the videos and emailed the program with the links. The rest is about biting our nails and scrambling to see if we can come up with the money to get him down there and back.