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Application Information
 
Admissions and Enrollment
Participation in the ABT Summer Intensive is by acceptance only. Dancers may audition in person, at one of the sites on our National Audition Tour, or submit a video application. Notification letters will be put in the mail the week following each audition. Please look over the schedule below so that you can be prepared to make your decision about enrollment. Each audition weekend will have a deadline by which their response must be postmarked:
 
If you audition on this date: Your deposit must be postmarked by:
January 5-6
January 12-13
January 19-21
January 26-27
February 2-3
February 9-10
February 16-17
January 25, 2008
February 1, 2008
February 8, 2008
February 15, 2008
February 22, 2008
February 29, 2008
March 7, 2008

 
Your spot in the Summer Intensive program will only be held until the deposit deadline date.
 
To apply by audition:
  1. Attend one of the audition sites listed.
  2. At the audition, submit a photograph in first arabesque (photographs will not be returned) and one letter of recommendation from a present dance teacher.
  3. Pay the $30.00 audition fee in cash, check, or money order.

 
Note: Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Please download and print a copy of the Pre-Registration Form. Pre-registration forms must be postmarked by Monday, December 3, 2007. You will receive confirmation of your audition time via email. If it is past the deadline to pre-register, simply come to the audition and register then.
 
To apply by Video Application:
  1. Print and fill in a copy of the Video Audition Application.
  2. Include a photograph in first arabesque (photos will not be returned.)
  3. Include one letter of recommendation from a present dance teacher.
  4. Include a videotape or a DVD (see Video Audition Application for details of what to include on the tape). Please make sure that the applicant is easily identifiable. Videotapes must be converted to an American format or they cannot be evaluated. Please note that some recordable DVDs may not play correctly and we will contact you in the event that we require another copy. Videotapes and DVDs will not be returned.
  5. Enclose payment of $35.00 (check or money order payable to ABT) with above materials and send by February 1, 2008 to:

    American Ballet Theatre
    Summer Intensive
    890 Broadway, 3rd Floor
    New York, NY 10003
In the event an audition needs to be cancelled in an emergency, please be prepared to send a video audition promptly. Videos that replace a cancelled audition site must be postmarked 10 days after the scheduled date. Please follow the above instructions.