Auditions for Summer Intensive Performance Workshop

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Boca Ballet Theatre holds auditions for Summer Intensive Workshops

BOCA BALLET THEATRE HOLDS AUDITIONS FOR

SUMMER INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP 2020

Boca Raton – Boca Ballet Theatre will be holding auditions for the Summer Intensive Performance Workshop on March 7, 2020 at Boca Ballet Theatre Studios. Registration is at 4:00PM and Audition is 4:30PM – 6:00PM.

Boca Ballet Theatre Studios, 7630 NW 6th Avenue, Boca Raton FL 33487, 561.995.0709

Boca Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive Workshop runs June 29, 2020 through August 2, 2020.

This 5-week intensive workshop includes well know and respected Artistic Directors Adam Sklute from Ballet West; Hope Muir from Charlotte Ballet; Robert Curran from Louisville Ballet; James Sofranco from Grand Rapids Ballet. The directors will be using this workshop as an audition for trainee, 2nd company and apprentice contracts in their ballet companies. What a great opportunity to be seen by these esteemed directors!

In the Performance Intensive Workshop, you will learn what it is to be a member of a Corps de Ballet dancing with some of the finest professional dancers in the world. Placement will be made during the first week of classes. There will be instruction in ballet technique, together with either jazz, character, modern or Pilates. Additional classes in pointe technique and variations will also be included. Dance enrichment sessions will include question-and-answer sessions with professional dancers, technical theater production, video critique of historic ballet performances, plus discussions on resume, make-up and audition skills.

The summer intensive workshop is offered June 29 - August 2, 2020, Monday through Saturday, 10am-6pm. Tuition is $1,995 (only $1,895 if paid in full by March 31) and room & board is $2,995. The program culminates in a fill-length production of La Bayadère with Pennsylvania Ballet’s Sterling Baca and Nayara Lopes and San Francisco Ballet’s Sasha de le Sola..

ACCEPTANCE IS BY AUDITION ONLY!

Two years of Pointe are required

Out-of-town students [MUST] submit a complete application with headshot, application fee and one letter of recommendation from your current dance instructor.

AUDITION BY VIDEO:

The video should be no longer than three (3) minutes and include the following:

Letter of recommendation from current dance teacher.

Full-face video introduction, including your name and age.

You should be the only one appearing on the video.

Any classical variation best suited for the dancer; and/or

A series of classroom exercises including adagio, petite allegro, and grande allegro. Please include échappés and pirouettes en pointe, and grande jetés.

Boca Ballet Theatre also offers an array of summer classes for ages 3 – 12 with no audition required.

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BOCA BALLET THEATRE To inspire, educate, enrich and empower our youth and diverse community through outstanding dance instruction, compelling performances, significant interaction with the professional dance world and impactful outreach programs. For more information please visit www.bocaballet.org or call 561-995-0709.