Article Contributed on: 10/15/2009 2:01:06 PM
60 Full Scholarships for Ballet Classes
Auditions ~ November 17, 2009
International Ballet School is holding auditions for full scholarships consisting of 1 ½ hour ballet classes twice per week for the period of January, 2009 through June 12, 2010. During the audition we will be looking for students with good physique, flexibility, musicality, and enthusiasm! An important component of our program is performing, which led to the development of a professional children's performing group called International Youth Ballet. IYB has quickly become a favorite children's performing group in our community. The company does two productions each year at the beautiful Newman Center Gates Concert Hall at the University of Denver. The holiday classic "The Nutcracker", runs December 4th, 5th and 6th 2009, followed by "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", June 12th and 13th 2010. Both productions offer our students the real theater experience with a beautiful theater and professionally designed sets and costumes, but the sustaining value comes from learning to be part of a professional production. This includes learning choreography, working as a group to create a quality production, working with choreographers, ballet coaches, stage managers, and learning that hard work and dedication can create something far beyond the typical recital so many other schools produce. Students who receive a scholarship MUST perform in the Mid-Summer Night's Dream production; this production has a $165 participation fee which goes towards covering the cost of the production. Participants are also responsible for selling 20 tickets. While this is a trial program, our intention is to continue indefinitely with subsidized lessons for the duration of your child's dance training up to 18 years of age. IBS has already established itself as an internationally recognized school for the training of young dancers ~ it is now our hope to expand the number of young people that we can help train and nurture into dancers. If you would like more information or have any questions, please visit us at www.internationalballetschool.net and www.internatioanlyouthballet.com, or call Mark Carlson at 720-283-6323.
This year student Claire Davis accepted a full year scholarship at The Princess Grace Academy of Dance in Monaco and student Stephen Achziger accepted a full year scholarship at the Zurich Ballet Academy in Switzerland!