Meet our third IDA alumni feature, Joseph Lihos! Joseph Trained at Staunton Academy of Ballet with Pamela McCray and Shanda Hansen for 7 years. He entered IDA every year, the last level he did was Tier L. He was offered a scholarship to train full time at Ballet West in Utah, Salt Lake City. Joseph loved the opportunity to dance the male variations in the IDA program, particularly a Swan Lake variation. When learning a different version of the Swan Lake male variation at a summer program, he felt confident as he had already learned and performed this variation with IDA.

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