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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 15, 2009. 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 photograph showing first arabesque in center 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.


January 10
Saturday
Austin, TX
UT Theater & Dance,
Winship Drama Building
23rd Street at San Jacinto
(512) 232-5301
10 am
12 pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 10
Saturday
Cincinnati, OH
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
www.ccm.uc.edu/events/directions.aspx
1pm
3pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 11
Sunday
Atlanta, GA
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Alpharetta
11460 Maxwell Rd.
(678) 297-2800
1:30pm
3:30pm
5:30pm
12-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 11
Sunday
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Ballet Academy of Texas, Coppell
145 Fitness Ct.
(972) 745-0199
9am
11am
2pm
4pm
12-13
14-15
16 & up
9-11*
       
January 11
Sunday
New York, NY
American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
(212) 477-3030 x1177
9-11 ONLY
1pm
2:30pm
4pm
9*
10*
11*
       
January 17
Saturday
Birmingham, AL
Alabama School of Fine Arts
1800 Eighth Ave. North
(205) 252-9241
9am
11am
12-14
15 & up
       
January 17
Saturday
Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah, Department of Ballet
330 S 1500 E Rm 112
(801) 581-8231
11am
1pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 18
Sunday
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre
10745 Linkwood Ct.
(225) 766-8379
11am
1pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 18
Sunday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Ballet
455 Franklin St.
(415) 861-5600
2pm
4pm
6pm
12-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 19
Monday
Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
The Phelps Center
301 Mercer St.
(206) 441-2435
3pm
5pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 19
Monday
Winston-Salem, NC
University of NC School of the Arts
1533 S. Main St.
(336) 770-3208
3pm
5pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 24
Saturday and
January 25
Sunday
Long Beach, CA
CSULB, Dance Department
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
(562) 985-2024
10am
11am
2pm
4pm
9-11*
12-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 24
Saturday
Miami, FL
New World School of the Arts, Dance Division
25 NE 2nd St., 8th Fl.
(305) 237-3341
11am
1pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 25
Sunday
Orlando, FL
Orlando Ballet School
1111 N. Orange Ave.
(407) 426-1733
2pm
4pm
12-14
15 & up
       
January 31
Saturday
Boston, MA
Boston Ballet School
19 Clarendon St.
(617) 695-6950
2pm
3:30pm
5:30pm
9-11*
12-14
15 & up
       
January 31
Saturday
Detroit, MI
Detroit Opera House
1526 Broadway
(313) 237-3426
1pm
3pm
12-14
15 & up
       
February 1
Sunday
Chicago, IL
Hubbard Street Dance
Lou Conte Dance Studio
1147 W. Jackson Blvd.
(312) 850-9766
2pm
4pm
12-14
15 & up
       
February 1
Sunday
Washington, DC
American Dance Institute, Rockville, MD
1570 E. Jefferson St.
(301) 984-3003
1pm
2pm
4pm
6pm
9-11*
12-13
14-15
16 & up
       
February 7
Saturday and
February 8
Sunday
New York, NY
American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
(212) 477-3030 x3416
10am
12:30pm
4pm
12-13
14-15
16 & up
       
February 14
Saturday
Denver, CO
Academy of Colorado Ballet
1278 Lincoln Street
(303) 339-1623
4pm
6pm
12-14
15 & up
       
February 14
Saturday
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
2900 Liberty Ave.
(412) 281-6727
3pm
5pm
12-14
15 & up
       
February 15
Sunday
Tucson, AZ
Ballet Arts
200 S. Tucson Blvd.
(520) 623-3373
3pm
5pm
12-14
15 & up
       

ABT Collegiate Summer Intensive may audition at any of the above sites with their age group.

*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 2, 2009. Please click below to download the appropriate video application form.

Summer Intensive Video Audition Application
Collegiate Summer Intensive Video Audition Application
Young Dancer Summer Workshop Video Audition Application

In the event an audition needs to be canceled in an emergency, please be prepared to send a video audition promptly. Videos that replace a canceled audition site must be postmarked 10 days after the scheduled date.

For audition details, please e-mail summerintensive@abt.org or call the Summer Intensive Hotline at (212) 477-3030, ext. 3416