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We offer the highest quality ballet instruction for dancers between the ages of 8 to 21 at our Summer School of Excellence. We also train dance teachers and offer an exciting Teachers Intensive. And teachers, be sure to learn about our Performance Awards program, a series of distinctive choreographic compositions over 12 levels that will bring out the best in your dance students.
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2008 Summer School of Excellence
2009 Summer School of Excellence
SUNY, Purchase in Westchester, NY
We had a great summer in 2008! Big thanks to all you who attended for making it a great success! Now we're preparing for our Summer Program 2009 at Purchase College in Purchase, NY, so make your plans to join us!
Summer School of Excellence
6 weeks: July 5 - August 16, 2009
5 weeks: July 12 - August 16, 2009
3 weeks: July 26 - August 16, 2009
2 weeks: July 12 - July 26, 2009
1 week Technique Intensive: July 5 - July 10, 2009
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Junior Program
7-9 year olds: June 29 - July 3, 2009
10 & 11 year olds: July 13 - July 24, 2009
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Teachers Intensive
August 7 - 12, 2009
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Audition Dates 2008-2009
NOTE: Registration begins 1/2 hour before audition times. Please be sure to arrive 1/2 hour before the times listed below. Full audition requirements can be viewed here.
Audition Overview
Sunday, January 11, Purchase, NY -->
Saturday, January 17, Mahwah, NJ -->
Sunday, January 18, Saratoga Springs, NY -->
Friday, January 23, Dallas, TX -->
Friday, January 30, Seattle, WA -->
Saturday, January 31, San Francisco, CA -->
Sunday, February 1, Santa Monica, CA -->
Saturday, February 7, New York, NY -->
Sunday, February 8, Washington, DC -->
Saturday, February 14, Boston, MA -->
Saturday, February 21, Long Beach, CA -->
Sunday, February 22, Chicago, IL -->
Sunday, March 1, Inverness, FL -->
Sunday, January 11
Purchase, NY
SUNY Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road,
Purchase, NY 10577
12pm 11-13
2:30pm 14 & up
Saturday, January 17
Mahwah, NJ
Ramapo College
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
2pm 11-13
4pm 14 & up
Sunday, January 18
Saratoga Springs, NY
National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame
99 South Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
2pm
Texas Ballet Theater School
Dallas Academy
2379 Promenade,
Richardson, TX 75080
7pm
Friday, January 30
Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
The Phelps Center
301 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109
7pm
Saturday, January 31
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Ballet
455 Franklin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
2pm
Sunday, February 1
Santa Monica, CA
Westside School of Ballet
1709 Stewart Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
2pm 11-13
4pm 14 & up
Saturday, February 7
New York, NY
School of American Ballet
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
3:30pm 11-13
5:30pm 14 & up
Sunday, February 8
Washington, DC
The Washington Ballet
3515 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington DC,20016
4:30pm
Saturday, February 14
Boston, MA
Boston Ballet School
19 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 02116
2pm 11-13
4pm 14 & up
Saturday, February 21
Long Beach, CA
California State University
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
1:30pm
Sunday, February 22
Chicago, IL
Hubbard Street Dance
Lou Conte Dance Studio
1147 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60607
2pm
School of Dance Arts
301 North Apoka Ave
Inverness, FL 34450
12pm
Training Materials for Teachers
for All Levels of Students
We offer training materials for teachers including "1st Steps", "2nd Steps", "3rd Steps" and "Junior Steps"; "The Enchanted Doorway" series, "Between Tot and Teen" and "I'm Almost a Teen" as well written notes, sheet music, dvd's and cd's for the "Performance Awards". Look for our online store coming this Fall. In the meantime, you may order these materials by using our mail-in order form. And please feel free to call the office at 212-787-9500 to discuss our materials for teachers.
Internationally Acclaimed
Performance Awards
The Performance Awards are a series of distinctive choreographic compositions over 12 levels, that your students perform before an audience of parents and friends. A most important aspect of the Performance Awards is that they are NOT competitive - each student receives a medal, and a certificate.
Sponsors
We gratefully thank our sponsors for their generous prizes and for the interest in the American Academy of Ballet’s encouragement of performance among the young dancers of America.
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Macfadden Performing Arts Media LLC
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