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The Taos Ski Valley in the Sangre de Gristo Mountains of northern New Mexico is beautiful, remote, and free of the hazards of the city. To former New York City Ballet principal dancer Jillana, it seemed a nearly perfect site for her summer ballet school. All that was missing was a Web camera.
Since 1998, during July, 80 to 100 ballerinas ages 11 to 17 from around the country and the world have gathered in the Swiss-style studios of the Jillana School. There, nestled in the mountains, surrounded by aspens, dogwoods, and wildflowers, they study Balanchine technique and repertoire with Jillana, along with other former New York City Ballet dancers such as Bart Cook and Maria Tallchief. According to Jillana, it is easier for her students to focus in Taos, miles from the dance meccas of New York and California. "There are no distractions in Taos," she said in a telephone conversation from her home in San Diego, California.
"It's peaceful in Taos: no traffic, no noise," says Tiffany Perkins of Riverside, California, who will be entering her fourth summer at the school in summer 2003. "It makes it easier to focus on what you're doing. At Jillana it's a rigorous dance schedule."...
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