LINES BALLET SUMMER PROGRAM

Recent Summer Program Updates:

• Audition for the LINES Ballet Summer Program during our 2010 Audition Tour! Students do not need to pre-register to attend the audition and can register on the day of the audition. Please visit the Audition & Financial Aid page for the required audition materials.

• You can now find new questions and answers on our FAQ page and additional housing options on our Housing & Travel page!

• Once a student receives notification of acceptance into the LINES Ballet Summer Program, he or she may apply for Financial Aid. The application and video requirements can be found on the Audition & Financial Aid page. The postmark deadline for applications is Friday, March 5.

• We are looking to hire a Head Chaperone for Session One of the LINES Ballet Summer Program! Please visit the Housing & Travel page for more information. Parents who are applying for financial aid to attend Session One are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. The postmark deadline for applications is Friday, March 5.

• There will be Discovery Project workshops held during the 2010 Audition Tour in Kansas City, Santa Fe, and Tampa/St. Petersburg. Please visit the Discovery Project page for more information.

Overview

The LINES Ballet School Philosophy

LINES Ballet School offers a unified philosophy of guiding participants on a collaborative journey that values artistic risk-taking and independent thinking. Students are encouraged to problem solve through exploration and a tenacious work ethic. Emphasis is placed on cultivating the dancers’ abilities to recognize their individual gifts, realize their full potentials and express themselves with fluency, while developing a strong technical base. Our aim is to supply a solid technical underpinning, based in classical training, and to provide an environment for the unfolding of the students’ own creative powers.

The LINES Ballet Summer Program 2010

This intense program is designed for aspiring artists ages 11-24 with a focus on exposing young artists to process-oriented work that explores a variety of dance techniques, with ballet as its core discipline. A high priority is placed on educating dancers on the care and maintenance of their bodies while honing their individual voices. Participants of the LINES Ballet Summer Sessions will acquire techniques designed to cultivate strong, well-trained, educated dancers.

Participants of each session will benefit from a small student-to-teacher ratio and experience a rigorous schedule with a minimum of 40 hours per week of study that includes: Ballet, Pointe, Men’s Class, Partnering, Improvisation, Modern, LINES Repertoire, and GYROTONIC®. All students will have the privilege of training with Alonzo King in addition to current and former members of LINES Ballet and a diverse range of master artists. Students of both sessions will have the unique opportunity to work with choreographers from around the world on the creation of new work to be performed at the end of each session.

Our summer program is structured as follows:

Session One: June 13-July 9, 2010 will be four weeks long and geared toward intermediate/advanced level dancers ages 11-16.

Session Two: July 13-August 18, 2010 will be five weeks long and geared toward advanced/pre-professional level dancers ages 17-24.

Age is used as a general guideline. Each student will be evaluated and placed in the session that best matches their maturity and technical level.

Program Costs:

Session One - June 13-July 9, 2010
Intermediate/Advanced level dancers ages 11-16
Tuition: $1700
Housing & Meal Plan through USF: $1450 (approx)
Chaperone Fee (if staying at USF): $100

Session Two - July 13-August 18, 2010
Advanced/Pre-professional level dancers ages 17-24
Tuition: $2300

Housing:

Session One: University of San Francisco is located approximately two miles from LINES Ballet School and offers students secure, well-maintained housing and meals. Session one students that choose to live in the dorms at USF are chaperoned at all times with supervised activities throughout the city organized for days off.

Session Two: LINES will not be providing chaperoned housing for session two. A list of housing options will be posted January 2010.

Financial Aid:

Information regarding financial aid and scholarship applications will be posted December 2009.

LINES Ballet School Faculty:

Alonzo King - LINES Ballet Artistic Director
Shirin Keyani-Rose - LINES Ballet Summer Program Director, former LINES Ballet Company member
Karah Abiog - LINES Ballet Training Program Director, Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Marina Hotchkiss - LINES/Dominican BFA Director, former LINES Ballet Company member
Arturo Fernandez - LINES Ballet Ballet Master
Former and Current LINES Ballet Company members- Maurya Kerr, Yannis Adoniou, Carmen Rozenstraten, Gregory Dawson,
Keelan Whitmore, and Katherine Warner
Elana Anderson - Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre
LeeWei Chao - Joffrey Ballet and Milwaukee Ballet
Duncan Cooper - San Francisco Ballet and Dance Theater of Harlem
Kevin Cregan - Dutch National Ballet
Kara Davis - Kunst-Stoff and Project Agora
Robert Moses - Robert Moses’ KIN
Charles Moulton - Independent Choreographer
Amy Raymond - Ballet Frankfurt
Heidi Scweiker - Janice Garrett & Dancers