Classes
Summer Ballet Intensive 2010 ~ July 5 - 31
Audition - March 7, 2010
Registration 1:30pm - Class 2-3:30pm (ages 11 - 18)
If you miss the in-house audition, please refer to the video audition guidelines listed below.
Video Audition Deadline- March 20, 2010
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 2009, a photo in first arabesque and the video audition fee of $20. 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): plies, tendu & degage, fondue & developpe, 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, pique turns from corner
- Advanced boys: entrechat six, tour en l'air, turns in a la seconde
Acceptance And Tuition
After the audition and video audition deadlines, TPB will mail out letters of acceptance. If you are accepted into the TPB's Summer Ballet Intensive, the following is a schedule of tuition payments and options:
Total SBI Tuition: $1100
The SBI Program has two options for payment:
One Full Payment: By April 12th, the FULL tuition amount is due by check or money order along with all specified paperwork
OR
Three Payments by Authorized Credit Card: By April 12th, $100 is charged on authorized secure credit card and all specified paperwork is due- By May 17th, $500 is charged on authorized secure credit card
- By June 14th, a final payment of $500 is charged on authorized secure credit card
- All tuition payments are non-refundable
Daily Schedule
Daily classes include ballet technique, pointe, partnering, modern, jazz, character, stretch & core, lecture series and performance workshop. Students will not be notified of their placement or daily schedule until the first day of the SBI. Schedules will be posted biweekly on the bulletin board in the hallway. An average day for the SBI will begin at either 10am to 12pm, depending on day of the week, and end at either 4pm or 6pm, Monday - Saturday. The program concludes with workshop performances in the TPB Studio Theater on Saturday, July 31.
RED GROUP
M/W 11:00 am - 5:45 pm
T/Th 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
F 11:00 am - 5:30 pm
Sa 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
PURPLE/BLUE
M/W 10:15 am - 5:45 pm
T/Th 12:15 pm - 6:00 pm
F 10:15 am - 5:30 pm
Sa 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
EXCEPTION *Please wear your hair down!
Thursday July 22nd
Ages 10 - 12
11:45 am - 6:00 pm
Ages 13 - 16
12:45 pm - 6:00 pm