Upcoming Auditions

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

For Advanced Dancers
August 12 - 25
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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

2013 Young Dancer Summer Series

Ages 6 - 12
July 1 - July 27
Audition Saturday June 8th, 2013
Registration 1:00-1:30pm Class 1:30-2:30pm
Audition fee $20, cash/check only

*Current students need not audition as they continue in their 2012-13 level for the summer
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