Ballet Help Desk

This is the best resource I have found and words cannot express my gratitude. I have made it through all episodes and we have listened to many twice. I found this podcast shortly after taking my son to an open audition for Nashville Ballet’s Nutcracker in 2024. We live over an hour away and thought this would just be a good experience for our son. We expected he would be a mouse and we could graciously say “no thank you we live too far,” but he was cast as Fritz. Then he fell in love. I studied dance at 2 universities, but was not prepared to have a young boy so taken with classical ballet. I needed help and found more than I could hope for at Ballet Help Desk. We choose to find a junior intensive because of what I learned from this podcast. We sought out online coaching through the Male Dancer Connection and we were armed with knowledge to make choices to leave our local studio for a company affiliated program. My son and I were prepared last week for his first conference with his teacher because of what we learned from all the episodes here. This truly is invaluable information and my son love listening to Fran! I cannot wait to keep learning and really feel that I am in good hands with Brett and Jenny. I could keep writing as their work has already many a huge difference in how I can support my son. Also know if you have a ballet boy Nashville is a great place. Because of the wisdom I heard in all the episodes we knew we had to make the drive to Nashville for the school year. My son is not alone any more and I would not have known the importance of boys being together without this podcast. From getting “color catching” Tide sheets to keep his white shirts bright to choosing the best summer opportunities for him…. This resource is the best. If I had had this podcast when I was a young dancer my life would be different. Listen to every episode families and know you are in good hands!

I am Florence and I’m a teenage dancer and I would just like to say thank you to my parents for being the best dance parents Andi hope to insue a dance career and do competition dancer

As a newbie ballet mom I’m so grateful I found this podcast! This is our third year of ballet and as my dancer gets older I feel like I have more questions about how to help them progress as a dancer and questions about competitions. Glad I found this podcast to answer some of these questions!

This is the podcast that every week, I eagerly listen to and make sure not to miss. As a parent of a teenager hoping to have a professional dance career, I wish this podcast existed years ago. Having a family with a STEM background, we knew little of the arts and how to prepare for a future in dance. Jenny and Brett’s podcasts have been illuminating. I appreciate that they don’t hold back asking their guests the hard questions about the ballet community that many are too afraid to ask. The education they provide in their podcasts and their summer intensive/ academy reviews have been pivotal in helping my teen guidance in making decisions. If you have a student who wants to pursue a ballet career, this is the podcast you need to listen to!!