Professional Program

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the Professional Program is to train students for a professional ballet career while they pursue their academic education on an adjusted schedule. While the Program is open to out of state dance students, the Program gives the opportunity to receive intensive ballet training for dance students who want to remain close to home and family in Vermont.

NEBC believes that children aiming for a career in dance benefit most from an intensive ballet training program if they start such training before puberty, ideally before 11 years of age. While most professional ballet school and dance schools offering an intensive ballet training program in the United States open their programs only to older children, mostly high school students, NEBC admits children as young as 10. Older candidates may apply and those admitted are individually integrated into the program. However, the admission requirements become more demanding for the more advanced levels of the program. Students are selected through a two stage audition process.

NEBC's Professional Program is based on a six year syllabus program based on the French school of classical ballet. Almost four centuries old, the French School has evolved to train highly talented ballet dancers capable of performing the classics in the purest form but also a versatile range of choreographic styles. It is the goal of the NEBC's Professional Program to transmit the tradition of French classical ballet to form professional dancers whose technique and artistic abilities and skills able them to succeed in the best dance companies.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • an early start in dance professional training
  • integrated scheduling of dance and academic programs
  • career services
  • special clinics to assist students throughout the Program
  • individualized pedagogical approach
  • international faculty trained to use and teach NEBC's syllabus
  • frequent personal assessment of students
  • performance and demonstration opportunities

ADMISSIONS (audition a two step process)

In order to be considered for the Professional Program, candidates must first audition for the summer intensive. Attendance in the summer intensive enables us to determine candidates' eligibility to enter the Program and their dance level for placement in the Program.

Evaluation of the candidates includes factors like motivation to enter an intensive ballet program such as the one at NEBC, musicality, coordination, and physical and artistic abilities. Candidates need not have previous ballet training in order to be considered for NEBC's Professional Program.

Candidates may audition by video cassette. The video tape must demonstrate some barre and center work of the candidate and must be submitted with the application form and 2 photos in ballet attire in a standing dance position, one facing and one profile.

For more information and audition date, contact NEBC at PO Box 64768, Burlington, VT 05406.
Telephone Number: (802) 865-6800

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM REGISTRATION