Meet Mackenzie, and she is 12 years old. She is in Denver and she dances at Denver Academy of Ballet. She would say the hardest thing was having her face fractured in an accident at school and then having to become comfortable dancing again in an environment with lots of people around her knowing any little hit to her face could be devastating again.

A couple months ago, we gave you our tips for balancing dance and school. This time, we asked our dance community who experiences this struggle almost, if not, every day. So if you’re stressed about how you’re going to balance dance classes and school work, you came to the right place! These are our dance community’s tips for balancing school and dance.