• Develop and improve your ballet technique in a focused series of classes taught by professional dancers and dance educators.
• Experience one of the finest dance facilities on the East Coast, completed in 2000.
• Explore jazz, modern, character dance and other associated dance disciplines.  
  
• Enrich your performance skills by learning about mime, music, acting and the theatrical aspects of dance.
• Work with Richmond Ballet Company and Artistic Staff as a Trainee in preparation for a professional dance career.
• Join other serious-minded ballet students in an intensive yet fun atmosphere of camaraderie and shared dance interests.
  

Summer Intensive Program: June 28–July 31, 2010

The summer intensive program at Richmond Ballet is designed for young men and women who love dance and are committed to developing their ballet technique. The variety of classes offered—in ballet as well as associated dance techniques—encourages program participants to deepen and expand their expertise. Faculty members are from the School of Richmond Ballet and Richmond Ballet’s professional company. Guest faculty also contribute in specialized areas of expertise. Previous program participants have gone on to professional careers with Richmond Ballet as well as other ballet companies throughout the country.

Summer Classes: Not all levels participate in every class

Ballet: School of Richmond Ballet offers five intensive course levels for serious ballet students, ages 13 and up. The curriculum includes daily technique classes, augmented by subjects designed to develop a well-rounded dancer at each level of training. Courses are taught by internationally known faculty at Richmond Ballet’s state-of-the-art Canal Street studios in downtown Richmond.

Pointe: Pointe technique for all female students

Men’s Classes: Ballet technique for intermediate and advanced students

Variations: Instruction in selected variations from the classical and contemporary repertory for advanced female and male dancers

Pas de Deux: Partnering technique for advanced female and intermediate/advanced male students

Character Dance: Instruction in traditional national dance forms such as mazurka, polonaise, czardas and waltz, which are used extensively in classical ballets

Jazz: Contemporary trends from Los Angeles and New York merged with traditional jazz dance styles

Modern: Exploration of the movement capabilities of the body through dance elements of space, rhythm and dynamics found in established modern dance choreography

Enrichment Program: A variety of dance-related subjects such as Dance History, Injury Prevention, Nutrition, and the crossover of associated art forms such as Music for Dancers, Choreography, Acting and Mime. Also video tapes of ballets from the classical and contemporary repertory are shown regularly

Performance: All five-week intensive course students are eligible to participate in a workshop performance at the end of the session

Tuition Rates:

Levels  A/B    $1700.00
Level     C     $1600.00
Levels  D/E    $1400.00
Level     F      $950.00

We strongly recommend that each student participate in the full five-week program. Applications for a three-week session, June  28th–July 17th, will be considered on a first-come-first-served basis after all five week student applications have been processed. Rates for the three-week session will be adjusted accordingly.

Housing Information:

Housing option A: Students 13 years and older

Students will stay at the Crowne Plaza hotel next door to the Richmond Ballet.  Guestrooms include the following amenities:Two double-sized beds, cable TV, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, and telephones.  Students will have use of an indoor heated pool, whirlpool, dry saunas, and a full range of exercise equipment (some restrictions may apply).

  

Check-in will be on Sunday June 27th, and checkout will be on Saturday July 31st. 

*A variety of activities and excursions will be planned for free time during the students’ stay at the Crowne Plaza.  There will also be limited transportation for grocery and shopping needs.   

Five-week session              June 27th - July31st

Room and Board *                              $ 2900.00

*Housing cost includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner daily

Housing option B: Students 18 years and older

Students who are 18 years or older may arrange for their own housing in an apartment or house in the area.  The student will be responsible for arranging his/her own lease agreement and paying all rent, utilities, and other fees associated with the apartment and living arrangements.  The student will be responsible for all his/her own meals and transportation to and from the Richmond Ballet.  The School of Richmond Ballet can help students find appropriate housing by recommending areas to look in and by providing information about transportation.  Occasionally Richmond Ballet faculty, staff, or dancers have rooms or apartments available for rent during the summer intensive, and the School of Richmond Ballet will provide students with this information if it becomes available.

 

Faculty

Program participants benefit from the extensive experience of an internationally known faculty from the School of Richmond Ballet combined with an exciting roster of guest teachers. With degrees and performance/choreography credits from around the world, plus in-depth experience in dance instruction, our faculty offers students the highest level of professionalism.

School of Richmond Ballet Summer Faculty:
Igor Antonov
Anne Sidney Davenport
Starr Foster
James Frazier
Kaye Weinstein Gary
Jasmine Grace
Rebecca Hodal
Julie Fauth Job
Arnott Mader
Susan Israel Massey
Patricia Mochary
Tara Penick
Melanie Richards
Katherine Smothers
Judith Steel
Pedro Szalay

 

 

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