2019 SUMMER INTENSIVE NATIONAL AUDITION TOUR ANNOUNCED
24 City Audition Tour for ABT Summer Intensive and Collegiate Program to Begin January 5, 2019
Auditions for Young Dancer Summer Workshop to be Held in Select Cities
American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive National Audition Tour will kick off on
January 5, 2019 in New York City and will visit a total of 24 cities through February 10, 2019. Intermediate
and advanced students, ages 9 to 24, are invited to audition for ABT’s New York, Collegiate and Satellite
Summer Intensives, as well as Young Dancer Summer Workshop.
American Ballet Theatre’s 2019 Summer Intensive programs will be held in five locations:
New York City (June 24 – July 26), Tuscaloosa, Alabama (July 1 – July 19), Austin, Texas (July 8 –
August 2), Irvine, California (July 22 – August 9) and Tampa, Florida (dates to be announced in late
December). Each site will offer ABT training tailored to the needs of participating dancers.
Under the supervision of American Ballet Theatre’s Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and
Summer Intensive Artistic Director Kate Lydon, ABT Summer Intensives focus on developing well-
rounded dancers through exposure to a wide variety of disciplines and ABT’s artists, history and repertory,
with an emphasis on classical ballet technique. ABT Summer Intensives are the primary recruitment tool for
the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and ABT Studio Company. Over 50 former and current
dancers from ABT have trained in the Company’s Summer Intensive programs.
Current faculty members from ABT training programs will be joining this year’s Summer
Intensive teaching staff, including ABT JKO School Artistic Director Cynthia Harvey, Principal Guest
Instructor Ethan Stiefel and Principal Teacher of the Children’s Division Harriet Clark, along with ABT
Studio Company Artistic Director Sascha Radetsky and ABT Studio Company Ballet Mistress Petrusjka
Broholm. Past faculty for the Summer Intensive programs have included renowned ABT alumni and faculty
such as Charles Askegard, Ethan Brown, Leslie Browne, Wes Chapman, Yan Chen, Carla Stallings Lippert,
Carlos Lopez, Duncan Lyle, Amy Rose, Lupe Serrano and Cheryl Yeager, among others. Past guest faculty
have included ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and ABT Ballet Mistresses Susan Jones and
Nancy Raffa.
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American Ballet Theatre’s 2019 Collegiate Summer Intensive will be held at ABT’s
New York headquarters (June 3 – 21). This specialized program, designed for students ages
17 to 24, will focus on technique, ABT repertory, pointe work, partnering, modern dance, jazz and
character. College credit options are available. Applicants for the Collegiate Summer Intensive may
audition at any of the Summer Intensive audition sites or by video.
American Ballet Theatre’s 2019 Young Dancer Summer Workshop programs will be held in
three locations: New York City (July 29 – August 9), Costa Mesa, California (July 8 – 19) and Dallas,
Texas (July 22 – August 2). These programs educate young dancers ages 9 to 12 in ballet technique and
related topics including nutrition, ballet terminology, classroom and rehearsal etiquette and injury
prevention. Auditions for Young Dancer Summer Workshop will be held in select cities. Please see attached
audition tour schedule for further information.
Auditions for ABT Summer Intensives are open to male and female students who have
achieved intermediate or advanced levels of ballet training. Students can audition by video for all programs.
Merit-based scholarships will be granted during the ABT Summer Intensive National Audition Tour.
Scholarships are available for all three programs.
For more information on any of the Summer Intensives and to pre-register for auditions, please
visit
https://www.abt.org/SummerPrograms. Please see attached schedule for specific tour dates.
Freed of London is the official sponsor of the ABT National Audition Tour.
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2 0 1 9 N A T I O NA L A U D I T I O N T O U R
January 5 Saturday
New York, NY (YDSW ONLY)* American Ballet Theatre 890 Broadway, 4th Floor 10am age 9*; 11:30am age 10*; 1pm ages 11-12*
January 21 Monday
Houston, TX Houston Ballet 601 Preston Street 12pm ages 9-12*; 1pm ages 11-14; 3pm ages 15 & up
February 2 Saturday
Columbus, OH Ballet Met 322 Mt. Vernon Avenue 4:30pm ages 11-14; 6:30pm ages 15 & up
January 5 Saturday
Phoenix, AZ The School of Ballet Arizona 2835 East Washington Street 10am ages 11-14; 12pm ages 15 & up
January 21 Monday
Orlando, FL Orlando Ballet School 415 East Princeton Street 4:30pm ages 11-14; 6:30pm ages 15 & up
February 3 Sunday
Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 2900 Liberty Avenue 3pm ages 11-14; 5pm ages 15 & up January 6 Sunday
New York, NY American Ballet Theatre 890 Broadway, 4th Floor 10am ages 11-13; 1pm ages 14-15 4pm ages 16 and up†
January 21 Monday
Winston-Salem, NC University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1533 S. Main Street 1pm ages 11-14; 3pm ages 15 & up
February 3 Sunday
New York, NY American Ballet Theatre 890 Broadway, 4th Floor 10am ages 11-13; 1pm ages 14-15; 4pm ages 16 & up† January 6 Sunday
Denver, CO Colorado Ballet Academy 1075 Santa Fe Drive 10:30am age 11-14; 12:30pm age 15 & up
January 25 Friday
Birmingham, AL Alabama School of Fine Arts 1800 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd 3pm ages 11-14; 5pm ages 15 & up
February 9 Saturday
Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Ballet 323 N. Broad Street 3pm ages 9-12*; 4pm ages 11-14; 6pm ages 15 & up January 12 Saturday January 13 Sunday
Long Beach, CA Cal. State University Long Beach, Dance Dept. 1250 Bellflower Boulevard 10am ages 9-12*; 11am ages 11-13; 2pm ages 14-15; 4pm ages 16 & up
January 26 Saturday
Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre 10745 Linkwood Court 3pm ages 11-14; 5pm ages 15 & up
February 9 Saturday
Grand Rapids, MI Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive, Performing Arts Center, Room 1600 10am ages 11-14; 12pm ages 15 & up January 19 Saturday
Austin, TX UT Austin, Dept. of Theatre & Dance; Winship Drama Bldg.
23rd Street & San Jacinto 10am ages 9-12*; 11am ages 11-14; 1pm ages 15 & up
January 26 Saturday
Portland, OR Oregon Ballet Theatre 0720 SW Bancroft Street 3pm ages 11-14; 5pm ages 15 & up
February 10 Sunday
Atlanta, GA Atlanta Ballet 1695 Marietta Boulevard NW 9am ages 11-13; 11am ages 14-15; 1pm ages 16 & up
January 19 Saturday
Tampa, FL University of South Florida Dance Building – 3825 USF Holly Drive West 10am ages 9-12*; 11am ages 11-14; 1pm ages 15 & up
January 27 Sunday
Boston, MA Boston Ballet School 19 Clarendon Street 10am ages 9-12*; 11am ages 11-13; 1pm ages 14-15; 3pm 16 & up
February 10 Sunday
Chicago, IL Joffrey Ballet 10 East Randolph Street 10am ages 11-13; 12pm ages 14-15; 2pm ages 16 & up
January 20 Sunday
Dallas, TX Ballet Academy of Texas, Coppell 145 Fitness Court 10am ages 9-12*; 11am ages 11-13; 1:30pm ages 14-15; 3:30pm 16 & up
January 27 Sunday
San Francisco, CA San Francisco Ballet 455 Franklin Street 10am ages 11-12; 12pm age 13; 2:30pm ages 14-15; 4:30pm ages 16 & up†
February 10 Sunday
Washington, DC The Washington Ballet 3515 Wisconsin Avenue NW 11am ages 9-12*; 12pm ages 11-13; 4pm ages 14-15; 6pm ages 16 & up January 20 Sunday
Miami, FL Miami City Ballet 2200 Liberty Avenue 9:30am age 11-14; 11:30am age 15 & up
January 27 Sunday
Seattle, WA Pacific Northwest Ballet School 301 Mercer Street 2pm ages 11-13; 4pm ages 14-15; 6pm ages 16 & up
Freed of London is the official sponsor of the ABT National Audition Tour
† Studio Company Audition * Young Dancer Summer Workshop Audition
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