National Audition Tour

REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE CLASS FOR YOUR AGE GROUP. ADDITIONAL CLASSES WILL BE HELD IF THERE IS AN OVERFLOW FROM EARLIER CLASSES.

Audition Information:
Auditions are open to all male and female students who have achieved intermediate or advanced levels of ballet training. Applicants for all Summer Intensives must be at least age 12 and no older than 22 on June 16, 2008. Applicants over age 18 will be considered for the New York Intensive only. Collegiate Summer Intensive applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 24, and Young Dancer Summer Workshop applicants must be ages 9-11. 12-year-old applicants at the beginning pointe level may be considered for the Young Dancer Summer Workshop but should audition with their age group on the National Audition Tour. Applicants must pay a $30.00 registration fee (check or money order payable to ABT or cash for in-person auditions only), submit one letter of recommendation from a present dance instructor, and a first arabesque photograph in order to register. Girls must wear full-length pink tights and black leotards with ballet slippers. Bring pointe shoes for the last twenty minutes of class. Boys must wear white t-shirts, full-length black tights and ballet slippers. Auditioning at any site will allow you to be considered for all Summer Intensive Programs. Pre-registration is suggested but not required.

Freed of London is the exclusive sponsor of the ABT National Audition Tour.

ABT Collegiate Summer Intensive may audition at any of the above sites.
 
*ABT Young Dancer Summer Workshop audition for ages 9-11 at starred sites only, interested 12-year-old students should audition with their age group.

Video auditions are also available. The deadline for all video submissions is February 1, 2008. For Collegiate video applications please visit Collegiate Page. For Young Dancer Summer Workshop video applications please visit YDSW Page.

For audition details, please call the Summer Intensive Hotline at (212) 477-3030, ext. 3416.