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2023 Junior Intensives

Summer is the perfect time to sharpen your skills and foster your love of ballet. The Project Ballet junior intensive is a time for young ballet aspirants to explore a more structured and formal approach to ballet training.

Four weeks, enroll by-the-week:

June 12-16 - 9:45-11:45am

June 19-23 - 1:15-3:15pm

July 10-14 - 1:15-3:15pm

July 17-21 - 9:45-11:45am

 

Description

The Project Ballet Junior Intensive is a half-day intensive primarily for dancers placed in Levels 1 and 2 for the 2023-2024 school year. Students will have a daily ballet class, as well as classes in contemporary dance, stretch/conditioning, ballet history and ballet repertory/choreography. Students will enjoy 10 hours of instruction, weekly. 

 

Schedule

Morning sessions (week of June 12-16 and week of July 17-21) meet from 9:45-11:45am, Monday-Friday. Afternoon sessions (week of June 19-23 and week of July 10-14) meet from 1:15-3:15pm. Please drop-off dancers no more than 15 minutes early.

 

Tuition

The Project Ballet Junior Intensive is $175 per week. (Currently enrolled PB dancers who are returning for the 2023-2024 school year may use a discount code to receive $50 off their enrollment, per week.) A minimum $50 deposit is due at registration. Payment plan options will be available at check-out. Tuition is non-refundable. Tuition cannot be transferred, except in the case of documented illness or injury documented by a doctor's note. If a doctor's note must be produced by 4:00pm on the Friday prior to the Monday of the intensive week starting, then summer intensive tuition can be transferred into account credit to be used for future classes.

 

Enrollment Eligibility

The junior intensive is geared for dancers who have been placed in Project Ballet Levels 1 or 2 for the 2023-2024 school year. New or guest students should contact the Artistic Director (mcleish@projectballet.org) to arrange for a virtual or in-person level placement evaluation. Significant previous experience is required.

Attendance

Students must pay for the entire week, however students will be permitted to miss days/partial days if they are ill, injured, have a schedule conflict, etc. Please make sure to communicate your absence to the front desk via an ABSENTEE FORM. Please note that Project Ballet students have a minimum attendance requirement that must be met, and if absence prevents them from meeting this requirement, they will be required to enroll in an equivalent course of private lessons. See the section below, entitled "Minimum Attendance Requirement".

 

Minimum Attendance Requirement

Project Ballet students placed in Levels 1 and 2 must attend a minimum of one week of summer intensive. Dancers who fail to meet this requirement, due to schedule conflicts, illness, injury, etc. will be required to enroll in an equivalent course of five private lessons per intensive week missed, or one private lesson per intensive day missed.

 

Dress Code - Females

Any black leotard. No color accents. No tutus, skirts or shorts. Pink or skin tone tights worn under the leotard and over the feet. Pink or skin tone ballet slippers. Tights and shoes must match. Hair in a classical bun or similar style allowing free movement of the head and neck. No jewelry besides small earrings.

 

Dress Code - Males

Plain white fitted t-shirt. Black footed tights. Black ballet shoes or white ballet shoes with white socks. Dance belt. Long hair must be secured back from the face. No jewelry besides small earrings. 

 

Food and Drink

Please bring a water bottle and a light non-messy snack. Students will be given time to drink and eat briefly between classes. 

 

Parent Observation

Parents will be invited into the classroom for the last 30 minutes of intensive each Friday. During morning intensive sessions, parent observation will be from 11:15-11:45am on Friday. During afternoon intensive sessions, parent observation will be from 2:45-3:15pm on Friday. Parents are permitted to take photos and videos during this scheduled observation time.

Enrollment is now open. Enrollment links are not available to the general public. Current students received a summer enrollment email on March 1. New or guest students should contact the Artistic Director (mcleish@projectballet.org) to arrange for a virtual or in-person level placement evaluation. Significant previous experience is required.

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