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Audition Preparation:
Q: Is pre-registration required in order to attend
the auditions?
Q: If a prospective student has a birthday before
the start of the summer intensives, which audition class should
he/she attend?
Q: What requirements are there for the audition picture?
Q: Do you have a form for the Teachers’ Recommendations?
Q: How much experience on pointe should a dancer
have before attending an audition?
Q: Can I schedule an individual audition in New York?
Q: How will I know if my Pre-Registration Form, Audition
Video, or Enrollment Form has been received?
Audition Day:
Q: What are the auditions like?
Q: Is there a dress code for the auditions?
Q: What do you look for in the auditions?
Q: What if I can’t make it to a scheduled audition?
Audition Results:
Q: How soon will I find out the results of my audition?
Q: When will I receive the results from my video
audition?
Q: How do you decide which program I will be accepted
to?
Q: Do you give out audition results over the phone
or via email?
Q: Can ABT provide specific feedback from the audition
classes?
Q: When are waiting list applicants notified and
what are the chances of a position becoming available to the summer
intensive?
Program Info:
Q: Does ABT offer financial aid?
Q: How long will it take to process my tuition payment?
Q: What is the daily schedule like at an ABT Summer
Intensive?
Q: What kind of housing is provided at each program?
Q: Do I have to attend the whole summer program or
can I attend just a few weeks? Can I arrive a few days late? Can
I leave early?
Q: How many pairs of pointe shoes should a dancer
bring to the summer intensive?
Audition Preparation:
Q: Is pre-registration
required in order to attend the auditions?
A: Pre-registration is recommended but is not required.
If you pre-register, then you will know in advance that you are
guaranteed a spot at the registered time.
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Q: If a prospective
student has a birthday before the start of the summer intensives,
which audition class should he/she attend?
A: Students should audition with their age group
at the time of audition even if they will have a birthday before
the summer. Eleven year olds, who are applying for the Summer Intensive
and who will be twelve by June 16th 2008, may audition with the
twelve year old class.
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Q: What requirements
are there for the audition picture?
A: At the audition you will be required to submit
one non-returnable black and white or color photo ranging in size
from 4 x 6 to 8 x 10 that shows the student’s First Arabesque
line clearly.
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Q: Do you have a form
for the Teachers’ Recommendations?
A: At the audition you will need to submit one
letter of recommendation from a present dance teacher. We do not
have a form for these recommendations. The teacher should write
a short letter stating the student’s strengths.
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Q: How much experience on pointe should a dancer
have before attending an audition?
A: It is best for students to have two or three
months of experience on pointe at the time of the audition. If the
student is not ready to begin pointe work, she may still audition.
However, students who attend an ABT Summer Intensive will be expected
to participate in pointe classes everyday.
* Twelve-year-old students at the pre-pointe or beginner point level
can be considered for the Young Dancer Summer Workshop, but should
audition with their own age group. For more information on the YDSW
please click here.
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Q: Can I schedule an individual audition in New York?
A: We cannot accommodate the scheduling of individual
auditions in New York. If you cannot make it to a scheduled audition,
please send a video audition. Please click
here for further details on how to send a Video Audition.
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Q: How will I know
if my Pre-Registration Form, Audition Video, or Enrollment Form
has been received?
A: ABT will send you a confirmation email upon
the receipt of your Pre-Registration Form, Audition Video, or Enrollment
Form. Please make sure to clearly print a current/valid email address
on any forms sent to our office.
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Audition Day:
Q: What are the auditions
like?
A: The audition will be a ballet class starting
with barre and progressing through center work. The last 30 minutes
will be reserved for men’s jumps and pointe work.
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Q: Is there a dress
code for the auditions?
A: Yes, there is a dress code. Girls should wear
pink full-length tights and black leotards with ballet slippers.
Boys should wear white t-shirts and black full-length tights with
ballet slippers.
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Q: What do you look for in the auditions?
A: We evaluate dancers on the basis of the level
of their classical ballet technique, with special attention to adagio,
jumps, turns, and pointe work. We also assess the dancers on their
retention of combinations, stamina, musicality, work ethic, attitude,
and potential.
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Q: What if I can’t
make it to a scheduled audition?
A: You can send a video audition. Video audition
forms are available to download on this website. The postmark deadline
for Videos is Feb. 1, 2008. The entire video should not be longer
than ten minutes and should include work at the barre and in the
center consisting of an adagio, petit allégro and grand allégro.
Women should include a pirouette combination en pointe with both
en dehors and en dedans turns. Men should include two turning combinations
and tours en l’air. Videotapes/DVDs must be converted to an
American format or they cannot be evaluated. Please note that some
DVD-R produced on home computers do not work on all players. In
the event that we cannot read your disc, ABT will contact you via
email to give you the opportunity to send your audition in a different
format.
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Audition Results:
Q:
How soon will I find out the results of my audition?
A: The results are mailed out one week from the
audition date. If you do not receive your results letter within
two weeks of your audition date, please contact the summer intensive
staff via email at summerintensive@abt.org.
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Q: When will I receive
the results from my video audition?
A: All results from video audition submissions
received by Feb.1, 2008 will be mailed by the end of February.
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Q: How do you decide which program I will be accepted
to?
A: The audition qualifies dancers for consideration in all five
Summer Intensive locations. We ask students to consider carefully
which programs they are most likely to attend and rank them in order
of preference on their registration card. We take this ranking into
consideration along with which site we feel best matches each student’s
age and ability. This means we can’t guarantee a student will
be placed in the program that is their first choice or closest to
their geographic location.
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Q: Do you give out
audition results over the phone or via email?
A: No, we do not give out audition results over the phone or via
email.
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Q: Can ABT provide
specific feedback from the audition classes?
A: Unfortunately, ABT is unable to provide specific training feedback
from the audition classes. We only have a short time to observe
each dancer and cannot compile a complete assessment during the
audition. Generally, students who are not accepted to one of ABT’s
programs should continue to work on overall strength, technique
and pointe work. ABT encourages prospective students to continue
working hard to achieve their goals in hopes to see them in the
future.
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Q: When are waiting list applicants notified and
what are the chances of a position becoming available to the summer
intensive?
A: Generally, waiting list applicants are called
starting the first week of March through the first week of June.
We don't use a numerical system for our waiting list, therefore,
it is very difficult say what the chances are of a waiting list
applicant being called and we cannot guarantee that a spot will
become available. In the event that a spot becomes available in
one of our programs, we will contact waitlisted students based on
their audition scores.
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Program Info:
Q: Does
ABT offer financial aid?
A: ABT does have a limited number of full and partial
scholarships to the 2008 Summer Intensive. Scholarship decisions
are made based on merit. All students are taken into consideration,
so it is not necessary to apply. ABT will notify students who are
awarded scholarships in their acceptance letter to the program.
We also encourage our students to explore alternate funding possibilities
for their summer training. Several students have had success in
finding local or corporate sponsors.
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Q: How long will it
take to process my tuition payment?
A: In accordance with our rolling admissions, please
allow our office 2-4 weeks to process a tuition payment after it
has been sent. ABT will contact you if there is a problem with your
payment, or if it has not been received.
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Q:
What is the daily schedule like at an ABT Summer Intensive?
A: Though some lecture and elective offerings
may vary by site, the daily structure and curriculum of all
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- Students will be in class or rehearsal
from approximately 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Some
programs include electives or lectures on Saturdays.
- On the first day of the program there will
be a placement class to determine student levels.
- All levels will have technique and pointe/pas
de deux everyday.
- Other class offerings may include: Variations,
Modern, Character, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater, Yoga,
Pilates, Music, Acting, and Dance History.
- Dancers will have rehearsals or choreography
sessions approximately 2-3 evenings per week.
- All students will have the opportunity
to participate in a final performance showcasing selections
from ABT's repertoire and new choreography created during
the program. The final performance is on the last day of
the program and is usually scheduled for the afternoon.
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Q: What kind of housing is provided
at each program?
A: Housing costs are not included in the tuition
payment made to ABT; there is an additional room and board fee made
to the institution in which the student will be living. Please read
below for housing information on each program. For more information
on each site, including tuition and housing costs, click
here.
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- New York: No supervised housing
is provided. ABT maintains a list of resources to help dancers
find short-term housing. Dancers accepted to the 2008 New
York Summer Intensive will receive this list.
- Michigan: Housing and three meals
a day are provided by the dorms at Wayne State University.
A commuter fee will apply to all students not residing in
the dorm.
- Alabama: Housing and three meals
a day are provided by the dorms at the University of Alabama.
- Texas: Housing and three meals a
day are provided by the University of Texas at Austin. Students
attending this site are required to stay in the dorms.
- California: Housing and three meals
a day are provided by the dorms at the University of California
at Irvine. A day student fee will apply to those students
not residing in the dorms. Day students can also purchase
a meal card to use on campus.
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Q: Do I have to attend the whole summer
program or can I attend just a few weeks? Can I arrive a few days
late? Can I leave early?
A: In order to receive the full benefit of the intensive summer
training everyone must attend the program in its entirety. As a
policy, there are no exceptions to this rule.
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Q: How many pairs of pointe shoes should a dancer bring to the summer
intensive?
A: The number of pointe shoes needed for the summer intensive depends
on the strength of the dancer’s feet, the brand of shoe, and
humidity. Dancers will be on pointe everyday in very humid weather.
Therefore, we suggest that each dancer brings approximately one
pair of shoes per week. Dancers are encouraged to take care of their
shoes and use hardeners when necessary to lengthen the life of their
pointe shoes.
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Kevin
McKenzie: Artistic Director