There are many things to do and many options of what to see when you go to New York. Today we are going to focus on several NYC hotspots and give you a little insight to what makes New York City one of the most entertaining places to visit!

Let’s begin with one of my favorite places. As you might know I am a ballet dancer and New York is the place I love to go to see live entertainment. I’m about to let you in on all the most amazing ballet company in the United States.  You guessed it.  This company can be found in the heart of NYC.  This ballet company is called the New York City Ballet and they are hands down my favorite ballet company to watch perform. What is so cool about them is that every dancer that is in this company all had to train at a place called School of American Ballet to be able to make it in as a professional dancer.  This makes this company very exclusive.  Not just anyone can say they are a dancer for the New York City Ballet.  The thing about this company is that they have a little bit of a neo classical look (this is a fusion between ballet and contemporary dance ) and it makes them so captivating! It is very cool to see dancers on the stage and to think about how they all attended the same training school and now they are continuing their dance journey together still today.  This company performs all their shows at the historic Lincoln Center!  The theatre is grand and the dancers are gorgeous.

Right across the street from Lincoln Center is the world famous Juilliard School. What I really love about them is that they do not only train in dance they train in so many other areas, too.   They have a music department, and instrument department, and even a design school.  Julliard takes people from all over the world. This is THE top college for musicians and dancers. There are only 50 admitted in each of these departments each year! I

 

 

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Finally the Youth American Grand Prix in held in NYC every year.  This is the Olympics for ballet dancers under 18 and it’s only for the world’s top dancers to compete. YAGP goes worldwide for regionals and if you get excepted for their finals you get to go to New York to compete against the best of the best!  For anyone who wants to watch, you can just buy tickets because it’s open to the public every year.

 

 

As you can see, NYC has some of the best performing arts options for entertainment.  I know I can’t wait until my next trip to this grand city!