ORLANDO BALLET ENTERTAINS, EDUCATES, AND ENRICHES THROUGH THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF DANCE.
The Orlando Ballet School Summer Intensive Programs are for intermediate to advanced students ages 11 and up. Our summer program places a strong emphasis on ballet technique training while incorporating supplementary classes in character, pointe, variations, modern, jazz, men’s, partnering, and nutrition. All programs will have guest faculty throughout the intensives in addition to our wonderful OBS faculty.
2-Week and Men’s Summer Intensive
June 13 – June 24, 2022
Field Trips TBD
5-Week Summer Intensive
June 27 – July 29, 2022
Field Trips TBD
Questions? Reach out to us at summerprograms@orlandoballet.org
Will be accepted until April 30, 2022
Video Fee: $40
To Submit a Video Audition:
Please provide an audition video that is 5-7 minutes in length. The simple and concise combinations outlined below will help us to accurately assess where you are in your training. Be sure to clearly state your name and age at the beginning of the video.
Please wear the following when recording your audition:
Ladies: black or other solid colored leotard, pink ballet tights, pink ballet slippers and pointe shoes. Hair should be secured in a proper ballet bun.
Gentlemen: white dance t-shirt, black ballet tights, and black ballet slippers.
Audition Exercises
Barre – camera view from the side or diagonal
Center – Pointe for ladies
Ladies and Gentlemen
Glissade, développé into effacé, glissade, développé into écarté devant (repeat left),
balancé right, left, tombé pas de bourrée to 4th, pirouette finishing sous-sous 5th position
Glissade, jeté, temps levé, assemblé, 3 brisés, royale
Jeté and assemblé with beats
Ladies only
Gentlemen only
Video Submission Instructions
In Person Audition Tour
Bring a head shot and an arabesque shot.
Audition dates/times subject to change.
Read moreAudition Tour Click HERE
The locations with an *asterisk next to the name indicate that all students/faculty are required to be vaccinated in order to enter the audition site.
$30 Online Pre-Registration
All participants must be pre-registered in order to safely maintain class size. No walk-ins accepted.
Summer Intensive 2022 Showtimes
Jan 9, 2022 1:00 – 3:00pm
Ballet Academy of Texas | 145 Fitness Court, Coppell, TX 75019
Jan 15, 2022 – 1:00 – 3:00pm
The Tallahassee Ballet | 1940 N Monroe St, Suite 78, Tallahassee, FL 32303
Jan 16, 2022 – 9:00 – 11:00am
Atlanta Ballet | 1695 Marietta Blvd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Jan 16, 2022 – 1:00 – 3:00pm
University of South Florida | 3825 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, FL 33620
Jan 16, 2022 – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Houston Ballet* | 601 Preston Street, Houston, TX 77002
Jan 22, 2022 – 4:00 – 6:00pm
Gibney Dance NYC* | 890 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Jan 23, 2022 – 1:00 – 3:00pm
Maryland Youth Ballet | 926 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Jan 29, 2022 – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Boston Ballet* | 19 Clarenden Street, Boston, MA 02116
Jan 30, 2022 – 1:30 – 3:30pm
Orlando Ballet School | 600 N. Lake Formosa Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
Feb 5, 2022 – 2:30 – 4:30pm
Nashville Ballet | 3630 Redmond Street, Nashville, TN 37209
Feb 6, 2022 – 12:00 – 2:00pm
The Jeoffrey Ballet* | 10 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Feb 6, 2022 – 12:30 – 2:30pm
Philadelphia Ballet | 323 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Feb 6, 2022 – 2:00 – 4:00pm
International Ballet Academy | 201 Davis Grove Circle, Cary, NC 27519
Feb 12, 2022 – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Pittsburgh Ballet* | 2900 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Feb 13, 2022 – 5:00 – 7:00pm
Butler University | 4600 Sunset Avenue, Jordan School of the Arts, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Feb 20, 2022 – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Kansas City Ballet | 500 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108
Feb 27, 2022 – 12:30 – 2:30pm
Harid Students (Only) | 2285 Potomac Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Feb 27, 2022 – 3:00 – 5:00pm
Harid Students | 2285 Potomac Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431