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Masters Workshop

2013 Masters Workshop Audition

Audition June 9, 2013
Registration 12 noon, Class 12:30 - 2:30pm
Audition fee $20, cash/check only

Video Auditions
Due Date: June 9, 2013

Video Audition fee $25
Video auditions are accepted for out-of-town students and students unable to attend an audition due to extenuating circumstances.  Submit a VHS or DVD recorded after December 2011, a photo in first arabesque, a registration form and the video audition fee.  Include a full body close-up of the student stating their name.  Girls should be in a black leotard, no skirt, and on pointe (if applicable), boys should wear a white t-shirt and black tights.  The video must include the following steps and should be no more than 10 minutes in length:

Barre (facing camera):  pliés, tendu & degagé, fondue & developpé, and grand battements (ALL combinations front, side and back)
Center: adagio, en dedans and en dehors pirouettes, petite and grand allegro
Girls on pointe: echappe-passe combination, continuous releves in arabasque, pirouettes from 5th and/or 4th (en dehors and en dedans), bourrees and piques turns from the corner
Advanced boys: entrechat six, tour en l’air, turns in a la seconde
Mail audition video to:
The Portland Ballet
6250 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR  97239
Attn: Registrar

For Advanced Dancers
August 12 - 25, 2013

Tuition $950

2013 Guest Masters:

JOHN CLIFFORD, Los Angeles Ballet, New York City Ballet 
GAVIN LARSEN,
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Suzanne Farrell Ballet
KATHI MARTUZA,
Oregon Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet
ALISON ROPER,
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Trey McIntyre Project 
KATARINA SVETLOVA-THOMPSON,
Dusseldorf Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre
      
TPB's Masters Workshop consists of 13 days of master classes and rehearsals in preparation for a public performance August 25 at The Bodyvox Dance Center. Repertory will consist of a selection from The Balanchine Trust, original work created for the Workshop and selections from a classical ballet. Actual program will be determined after dancers have been chosen.

The program is open to a maximum of 30 advanced dancers and conducted as a professional company. The daily schedule consist of a 2 hour class followed by 4 to 6 hours of rehearsal.  

     


Goldberg Variations - Masters Workshop Performance 2012

Goldberg Variations - Masters Workshop Performance 2012

 

 

 

Masters Workshop Repertoire From 2008 To Present


Street Songs
Choreography: Val Caniparoli
Staged by: Evelyn Cisneros

Napoli
Choreography: August Bournonville
Staged by: Jason Davis & Michelle Davis

Sonata
Choreography: John Clifford
Staged by: Nancy Davis

Raymonda Variations
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: John Clifford
Rehearsal Assistant: Carter Alexander

Serenade
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: John Clifford
Rehearsal Assistant: Carter Alexander

Paquita Suite
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staged by: Marianna Tcherkassky

Flower Festival Pas de Deux
Choreography: August Bournonville
Staged by: Carter Alexander

Scherzo a la Russe (premiere 2009)
Choreography: John Clifford

Goldberg Variations (premiere 2012)
Choreography: John Clifford

Une Danse Schubert (premiere 2012)
Choreography: Jason Davis

Sleeping Beauty 3rd Act Pas de Deux & Coda
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staged by: Jason Davis


Past Masters

  • CARTER ALEXANDER
  • EVELYN CISNEROS
  • JOHN CLIFFORD
  • JORGE ESQUIVEL
  • ALONZO KING
  • LAVEEN NAIDU
  • DEANNA SEAY
  • MARIANNA TCHERKASSY


         
James F & Marion L Miller Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Oregon Arts Commission Regional Arts & Culture Council Work for Art