Fort Wayne Ballet’s Summer Intensive:
June 27 – July 30, 2021
Two Week (June 27 – July 10) or Five Week (June 27 – July 30) Options;
*younger dancers are encouraged to participate in the two week session
THREE WAYS TO AUDITION:
Virtual Zoom Audition, In-Person Audition, Video Submission
Auditioning through any of three options is $25;
All auditioners, regardless of which option you choose, must pay audition fee
* FWB Summer Intensive Alumni Special*
Any dancer who has been accepted to Fort Wayne Ballet’s Summer Intensive in the past two years can automatically reserve their spot for SI 2021 without an audition! Spots are very limited.
Email rsparrow@fortwayneballet.org to reserve before March 1.
2021 AUDITION DATES
January 10th; Virtual Audition- Open to all; 12:30PM
January 17th; Virtual Audition- Open to all; 12:30PM
February 20th; In-Person Audition- Specifically for students of the Auer Academy of Fort Wayne Ballet; 10:00AM
February 21st; Virtual Audition- Open to all; 12:30PM
March 7th; In-Person Audition at Fort Wayne Ballet- Open to all; 12:30PM
April 30th; All Video Auditions Due
Please email our Ballet Registrar at
rsparrow@fortwayneballet.org to reserve your spot for either a Virtual Audition, In-Person Audition or to submit your Video Audition. All Virtual and In-Person auditions are limited to 25 spots per session.
Fort Wayne Ballet’s Summer Intensive emphasizes technique, artistic expression and musicality necessary to prepare well-rounded, classically trained dancers.
BENEFITS:
- Outstanding faculty and exceptional studios in downtown Fort Wayne’s Arts District
- Individual attention – our teacher-student ration is approximately 1:15
- Seminars focus on choreography, dance terminology, nutrition, dance history, injury prevention, and other related topics
- Performance opportunities for 5-week participants and planned social activities
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- Fort Wayne Ballet Summer Intensive is for intermediate to pre-professional students.
- Audition or video audition is required for participation. Audition fee: $25. Video Audition Requirements
- Placement classes for all participants will be held first day of Intensive
- Fort Wayne Ballet enforces a dress code and traditional rules of dance etiquette, as set forth in the registration confirmation letter.
- Participants are invited to perform in a culminating workshop performance at the end of the program
- Auditions for Fort Wayne Ballet contracts, Full-Year Trainee Program, BFA Dance Degree, and Summer Intensive Program
- For more information about Fort Wayne Ballet’s post-high school Trainee Program email rsparrow@fortwayneballet.org or call 260.484.9646
“First you learn your technique, your vocabulary, your repertoire. Then you are ready to become an artist.”
-Karen Gibbons-Brown
2021 TUITION:
Five-Week Summer Intensive Program: $2,400.
Two-Week Summer Intensive Program: $1,100.
Housing and Activity Plans To Be Announced.
2021 FACULTY INCLUDED:
Karen Gibbons-Brown – Artistic Director of Fort Wayne Ballet; ABT® Certified Instructor; Click to read full bio
Chartel Arthur – Formerly with the Joffrey Ballet, Repetitieur for Gerald Arpino Foundation;
Kim Sagami – Formerly with the Joffrey Ballet, Repetitieur for Gerald Arpino Foundation; ABT® Certified Instructor; Click to read full bio
Cameron Basden – Formerly with Joffrey Ballet; Repetitieur for Gerald Arpino Foundation
Jane Lanier – Tony nominated choreographer
Eleonora Pokhitonova Hartung– Master Character and Ballet Teacher; Click to read full bio
Nurzhan Kulybaev – Ballet Master at Fort Wayne Ballet; ABT® Certified Instructor; Click to read full bio
Natalya Vyashenko – Fort Wayne ballet Faculty; ABT® Certified Instructor; Click to read full bio
Tracy Tritz – Ballet Mistress at Fort Wayne Ballet; ABT® Certified Instructor; Click to read full bio
David Ingram – Formerly of Louisville Ballet and Charlotte Ballet; Professor of Dance at Butler University
Sarah Wingo– Broadway, contemporary, and commercial dancer
