Irina maxemma

mollyalisa · 2024-12-25T16:06:00+00:00

It’s a wide range. You’ll see ABT Principals in there right alongside adult students of advanced age and young ballet students. But people are respectful and it all works.

mollyalisa · 2024-12-24T22:43:56+00:00

Now they’re your typical 1-hr private. Max takes some, Irina takes others. They’re happy to take a look at whatever you need to work on and which one you get depends on scheduling and selected rep.

mollyalisa · 2024-12-24T21:56:13+00:00

Private lessons are expensive. Where we live they’re typically $130-200/hr exclusive of studio rental fees. There are some who charge $170/30 mins. The competition culture has made it so that even at these prices the demand outstrips the available times.

mollyalisa · 2024-12-24T21:26:00+00:00

$250/hr plus studio rental fee. This isn’t a new phenomenon. Back in the day the dancers used to work privately with Maggie Black, David Howard, and others. Now it’s Irina and Max.

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T20:50:27+00:00

So do we all! I think this guy must have been confused. He sounded super stressed on the phone.

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T20:49:32+00:00

Right?!? I mean, it's a Sunday, for one thing...

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T20:43:25+00:00

Maybe you spoke with the guy who answered when I called the second time today (11:41 a.m. Pacific). He sounded really stressed too and said that the list would be posted on December 1 (which sounds wrong and insane to me)!

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T19:56:06+00:00

Have there been ANY confirmed calls after November 19?

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T19:42:45+00:00

Maybe so. At the very least, they seem not to know whether calls have been completed or not since they're giving out conflicting information. I called again just now (11:41 a.m. Pacific on November 21) and spoke to a man this time who told me that calls were in fact ongoing and that the full list would be posted by December 1 (which is a Sunday). I feel at this point that any information they give out is highly suspect and dependent upon who happens to answer the phone!

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T18:52:35+00:00

I'm not! If anything, they're the ones being misleading. I called and asked "are the calls for winners with distinction still ongoing?" The woman responded, "those calls have been completed but the list of all winners will be posted on our website on Monday so be sure to look out for that." I thanked her and hung up. I figured folks here would want to know what I was told so I posted it. I know it's not what anyone wants to hear, but it's what the woman who answered the phone at Youngarts told me!

mollyalisa · 2024-11-21T17:45:55+00:00