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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 11 by their audition date and no older than 22 on June 25, 2012. Applicants over age 18 will be considered for the New York Intensive only. Collegiate Summer Intensive applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 24, and Young Dancer Summer Workshop applicants must be ages 9-11 in New York. Dancers exclusively interested in the Young Dancer Summer Workshop, audition at starred sites only. Applicants must pay a $30.00 registration fee (check or money order payable to ABT or cash for in-person auditions only), submit one informal headshot (does not need to be professional), and a photograph showing first arabesque in center in order to register. Photographs will not be returned. 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 and merit-based scholarships. Pre-registration is suggested but not required.

Click here to view an informational video about the Summer Intensive Audition process.

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January 7
Saturday
Austin, TX
UT Theater & Dance,
Winship Drama Building
23rd Street at San Jacinto
(512) 232-5337
10 am
12 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 7
Saturday
Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona, School of Dance
1713 E University Blvd
Ina Gittings Bldg, Room 121
(520) 621-4698
1 pm
3 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 8
Sunday
Denver, CO
Academy of Colorado Ballet
1278 Lincoln Street
(303) 339-1623
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 8
Sunday
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Ballet Academy of Texas, Coppell
145 Fitness Ct.
(972) 745-0199
10 am
11 am
2 pm
4 pm
9-11*
11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 8
Sunday
New York, NY (YDSW Only)
American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
(212) 477-3030 x1177
1 pm
2:30 pm
4 pm
9*
10*
11*
       
January 14
Saturday
Detroit, MI
Detroit Opera House
1526 Broadway
(313) 237-3251
11 am
1 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 14
Saturday
Winston-Salem, NC
University of NC School of the Arts
1533 S. Main St.
(336) 770-3208
10 am
12 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 15
Sunday
Chicago, IL
Hubbard Street Dance
Lou Conte Dance Studio
1147 W. Jackson Blvd.
www.hubbardstreetdance.com
1 pm
3 pm
11-14
15 & up

       
January 15
Sunday
Nashville, TN
Nashville Ballet
3630 Redmon Street
(615) 297-2966
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 15
Sunday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Ballet
455 Franklin St.
(415) 861-5600
12:30 pm
2:30 pm
4:30 pm

11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 16
Monday
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Ballet
500 W. Pershing Road
(816) 931-2299
4 pm
6 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 21
Saturday and
January 22
Sunday
Long Beach, CA
Cal. State Univ. Long Beach, Dance Dept.
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
(562) 985-2024
10 am
11 am
2 pm
4 pm
9-11*
11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 21
Saturday
Portland, OR
Northwest Dance Project
833 N Shaver St (At Mississippi Ave.)
(503) 421-7434
10 am
12 pm

11-14
15 & up

       
January 22
Sunday
Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
The Phelps Center
301 Mercer St.
(206) 441-2435
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 22
Sunday
Toronto, ON
Canada’s National Ballet School
400 Jarvis Street
(416) 964-3780
1 pm
3 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 27
Friday
Birmingham, AL
Alabama School of Fine Arts
1800 Eighth Ave. North
(205) 252-9241
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 28
Saturday
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre
10745 Linkwood Ct.
(225) 766-8379
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
January 28
Saturday
Washington, DC
American Dance Institute, Rockville, MD
1570 E. Jefferson St.
www.americandance.org
1 pm
2 pm
4 pm
6 pm
9-11*
11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 29
Sunday
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Ballet
1695 Marietta Blvd. NW
(404) 873-5811
2 pm
4 pm
6 pm
11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
January 29
Sunday
Boston, MA
Boston Ballet School
19 Clarendon St.
(617) 695-6950
2 pm
3 pm
5 pm
9-11*
11-14
15 & up
       
February 4
Saturday and
February 5
Sunday
New York, NY
American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway, 3rd Fl.
(212) 477-3030 x3416
10 am
12 pm
3 pm
11-13
14-15
16 & up
       
February 4
Saturday
Miami, FL
New World School of the Arts, Dance Division
25 NE 2nd St., 8th Fl.
(305) 237-3341
3 pm
5 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
February 5
Sunday
Orlando, FL
Orlando Ballet School
1111 N. Orange Ave.
(407) 426-1733 x10
1 pm
3 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
February 10
Friday
Pittsburgh, PA
Point Park University
201 Wood Street
(412) 392-3450
4:45 pm
6:45 pm
11-14
15 & up
       
February 11
Saturday
Columbus, OH
Ballet Met
322 Mt. Vernon Ave.
(614) 224-1672
4 pm
6 pm
11-14
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.

Video auditions are also available. The deadline for all video submissions is February 1, 2012. Please click below to download the appropriate video application form.

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