Auditions for BBT's Summer Performance Workshops

 
American Ballet Theatre’s Amanda McKerrow and Jose Manuel Carreño in Boca Ballet Theatre’s production of La Bayadère.

Boca Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive Workshops have earned a reputation for being the most thorough and rewarding dance experience a student can have during the summer, and many use it as a launching pad for a professional career in dance. Under the supervision of BBT’s Co-Artistic Directors Dan Guin and Jane Tyree, the program offers top quality teachers and master guest Artistic Directors from top conservatories and companies around the country.

This 5-week intensive workshop includes well-known 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!

The Summer Performance Intensive Workshop culminates in a full-length performance of La Bayadère. Students perform together with guest artists: Sterling Baca and Nayara Lopes of Pennsylvania Ballet and Sasha de la Sola of San Francisco Ballet. Performances will take place July 31 and August 1–2.

Summer Intensive Workshops run from June 29, 2020, to August 2, 2020.

Audition Information

Auditions for BBT’s summer workshops will take place Saturday, March 7th.
Registration: 4-4:30 PM | Audition: 4:30-6 PM
Location: 7630 NW 6th Ave, Boca Raton, FL 33487

Audition fee: $20, cash or check 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.

When the audition is completed, students will be placed in the Advanced Workshop, Intermediate Workshop, or other placement as is appropriate to maximize training.

Note: This is an audition and not everyone will be accepted. Auditions are open to Ballet 6, 7, and 8.

American Ballet Theatre’s Jose Manuel Carreño and Maximum Dance Company’s Hiroko Sakakibara in Boca Ballet Theatre’s production of La Bayadère.

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, along 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.

To learn more about the levels of workshops offered, room and board costs, and tuition information, click below:

 
Kathy Biscuiti