Maya would like to attend a summer ballet intensive program in Philadelphia this year. When distance precludes an in-person appearance, prospective students must submit audition photos and videos of their dancing. This afternoon I spent several hours with Maya, her friend Maddie, and their ballet teacher shooting the mandatory still photograph poses. I got a great workout moving the necessary lighting equipment and background, which filled every cubic inch of my SUV, from my basement photo studio to the second-floor dance studio on the other side of town and back. As their teacher suggested ways to improve each pose I gained a new appreciation for the difficulty of ballet. Both girls did a great job and we will follow up with a video of the required dance combinations later next week.