A Postcard from the Summer Ballet Intensive at the NBS

Summer is the time when most of us expect students to be doing anything but studying. We figure they’re busy with summer jobs, spending time at the beach, hanging out with their friends, and making the most of that brief, magical couple of months when school is out.

It can be a whole other world for arts students. For them, summer is the time for intensives, art residencies and master classes. School is most definitely in.

This summer we got a lovely summer greeting from Olivia MacLean, who received a Talent Trust scholarship to attend a four-week Summer Intensive at Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) in Toronto.

This isn't a casual thing — students need an invitation from NBS to attend, after passing an audition during the Fall/Winter National Audition Tour. Approximately 175 students attend the summer session each July.

In the photos below we see Olivia with teachers Lin Zhou (left) and Carina Bomers.

  

We were delighted to follow Olivia’s progress over her summer studies and look forward to see what she does next.

This story originally appeared in the Talent Trust August newsletter. Click here to subscribe!

Congratulations to the 2014 NSTT Scholarship Recipients

Thank you to all our supporters:  The many individual donors and the 2011 Canada Games Legacy Fund, The Craig Foundation, RBC Foundation, Music Nova Scotia, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Theatre Nova Scotia, Debut Atlantic, immediaC, the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council, Norex.ca, DocaittaDesign, NSTT Foundation, Dalhousie Music in Medicine HEALS Program, Alderney Landing Theatre, Support4Culture, Halifax Municipality, and Arts Nova Scotia.  The NSTT is pleased to work in partnership with the province to develop and promote our cultural resources for all Nova Scotians. The 2014 NSTT Scholarship and  Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund Scholarship Recipients Dance - Ballet               Shona Duggan, Stellarton Jaeda Alders-Pearl, Coldbrook Dominique D’Arnall, Mineville Andris Kundzins, Hubley Gabrielle Murray,New Glasgow Hilary Knee, Halifax - Modern/Choreography Aliah Schwartz, Canning - Modern/Contemporary Brian William Ross, Halifax Chloe Hart, Halifax - Flamenco Francesca Nardi, Halifax Music - Keyboard - Piano Willem Blois, Halifax LaLa Lee, Halifax Kathryn Wagner, Lunenburg Lucas Porter, Port Williams Julia Morrison, Halifax Emily MacDonald, Bedford Ria Kim, Halifax Pierre Riley, Antigonish - Strings - Double Bass Peter Bull, Halifax - Strings - Violin Heemin Choi, Hammonds Plains - Voice - Opera Marcel d’Entremont, Merigomish Brittany Cann, Halifax Rita Wood, Dartmouth Benjamin Shaw, Halifax Patrick Simms, Cole Harbour Jodie Alcorn, New Glasgow - Voice - Contemporary Andrew Machum, Halifax - Brass - Euphonium Claire Amiro, Dartmouth - Woodwinds - Flute Claire Ahern, Dartmouth Emery Van de Wiel, Antigonish -Composition Lucas Oickle, Lower Branch -Jazz Composition/Bass John Janigan-Mills, Mahone Bay Theatre - Acting Rachel Hastings, Hammonds Plains Katerina Bakolias, Halifax - Music Theatre Robyn Harrison, Truro Tia Andriani, Dartmouth Katherine Norris, Dartmouth Film/Media Arts  - Animation Gwyneth Christoffel, Halifax Sam deCoste, Halifax Visual/Fine Arts  - Interdisciplinary Matthis Grunsky, Halifax - Ceramics Susan McKinnon, Halifax Literary Arts - Prose Pearl Chan, Halifax Elisabeth (Lis) van Berkel, Canning - Fiction/Poetry David Flemming, Dartmouth - Poetry Andrew Patterson, Halifax Clay Everest, Halifax Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund Scholarship Recipients Music:  Julia Millett, Lunenburg Andrew Son, Halifax Lilith Richter-Stephenson, Dartmouth Visual Arts:  Cameron Roberts, Halifax Dance:  Erin Atkinson, Amherst