Nevada Ballet

This month we made a switch to Brianna's dance studio.  She really wants to be more focused on ballet and didn't feel that her current studio would do that for her.  Her friend had just switched to Nevada Ballet Dance Theater and was trying to recruit Brianna so we decided to check it out.  It wasn't an easy decision.  Brianna had a lot of friends at Fern Adair and loves to preform in their dance concert in August.  But she knew if she really wanted to improve in ballet, she would have to move.  She tried out for NVBT and was disappointed that she didn't place as high as her friend.  This just confirmed the fact that she wasn't getting the instruction she needed at her current studio.  This placement in level 5 complicated the decision because they meet on tuesdays (which happens to be our YW activity night).  We ultimately decided to make the switch.  She doesn't attend on tuesdays so she can't preform in the spring dance concert, but she does take an extra class on thursdays so she can make improvements and hopefully move up to level 6 by next fall.  She she had to give up friends and the chance to preform (which she loves) in the hopes that she can get the ballet instruction she needs to improve her future.  It's a big leap of faith but she is dedicated to making it work.  The new studio is 30 min away which has been a bigger commitment for us but I'm sure it will be worth it.  She comes home exhausted and says that they really work her hard.  It's our hope that she'll be able to preform in the nutcracker this Christmas.  We'll let you know :)