Ballet Your Way To A College Degree

If you want to become a ballet dancer and take on the world, then you better do it by furthering your dancing skills and get a college degree while you're at it. There are several ballet schools that offer full and partial scholarships to ballet students.

The School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center provides scholarships to ballet students who have shown potential in dancing at world-level performances and demonstrates financial need. Aside from the scholarships, the School of American Ballet is also willing to shoulder the recipient's room and board expenses, transportation, and academic high school tuition (for high school students). While the scholarships are reserved for Americans, foreigners can also apply depending on certain conditions.

The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, another prestigious ballet school, also provides scholarships to deserving individuals who have shown potential promise in the field of ballet. Based in New York and Connecticut, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy is in partnership with the Alex, Shelby and Jaden Family Scholarship and the Russian American Foundation Scholarship to further help ballet students reach their dreams and become world-class ballet dancers.

Aside from academic excellence, the scholarships are mostly given to ballet students who have competed in the Youth American Grand Prix International Competition. However, you need to perform really well if you want be accepted since the selection is on an invitation-only basis.

There are still various ballet scholarships offered by various dance institutions and universities that have dance majors as part of their curriculum. You can check them on campus and online.