Summer Intensive

SUMMER INTENSIVE 2012

Auditions for the 2012 Summer Intensive have passed. If you would like to arrange an audition, please contact us at (801)393-5000

Description :   The summer intensive program at Imagine Ballet Theatre focuses on developing well-rounded dancers by exposing them to a variety of styles and perspectives with an emphasis on classical ballet.

The distinguished staff consists of well-respected professional artists and teachers.

Intermediate and Advanced students will attend classes six hours a day (M-F).

Dates : July 9th – August 10th

End of Intensive Performance August 10th

Where  :   The School of Imagine Ballet Theatre

2432 Washington Blvd.

Ogden, UT 84401

Tuition : $1,250 for the complete 5 week session

**Non-refundable deposit of $200 due by April 1st

Final payment due June 15, 2012

Your registration will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.  Class sizes are limited.

Class Schedules :  Monday – Friday 10:00-4:00 with a 30 minute lunch break

(*dancers provide their own lunch)

Dress Attire

Girls:   Black leotards, pink tights and pink ballet shoes, jazz shoes, and hair in a bun

Boys:   Black tights or sweats, white T-shirt, white socks and white ballet shoes, jazz shoes

**Friday classes are open dress

Curriculum :  Classes for the Summer Intensive include:

Ballet Technique, Pointe, Partnering Variations, Modern, Choreography, Jazz, Hip-hop

Application :    Applicants will be considered based on levels of training and experience. Consideration will also be given to applicants on a first submitted/received basis.

**Because auditions for the 2012 Summer Intensive have passed, please contact IBT at (801) 393-5000 to arrange an audition.

Housing :    For out of area attendees, IBT would be happy to help coordinate accommodations for students to stay with IBT families, to provide affordable housing and transportation at a minimum cost.

Faculty

Raymond Van Mason

Artistic Director of IBT

International Choreographer

Former Principal Dancer with Ballet West

Former Ballet Master with Ballet Pacifica Guest Artist

BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah

Teaching: Ballet Technique, Choreography, Partnering, Pointe, Variations

Gary Flannery

Former Star of Broadway

Former Principal Dancer with Bob Fosse

Appears in the original motion picture production of All That Jazz

Full-time faculty, Assistant in Theatre, at the University of Central Florida, Conservatory Theatre.

Teaching: Jazz – Fosse style

Yi-Qi Cheng

Former Instructor, Ballet West

Former Instructor, The University of Utah and Brigham Young University

Former faculty at The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

Teaching: Ballet Technique, Pointe,Variations

Angela Banchero-Kelleher

Danced with Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) from 1985-92, and 1998-2006

MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah

Performed internationally

Taught at Ohio University, the University of Utah and Westminster College

Currently faculty at Utah Valley State College

Dancer with the Utah Arts Council Arts-in-Education program and Contemporary Dance Works

Served on the dance panel of the Utah Arts Council

Teaching: Modern

Allynne Noelle

Current Dancer with Los Angeles Ballet

Former Dancer with Inland Pacific Ballet and Los Angeles Classical Ballet, and Soloist at Miami City Ballet

Teaching: Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations

Christie Freebairn-Peery

Former Dancer with San Diego Ballet, Ballet West

Instructor, Clytie Adams School of Ballet

BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah

Teaching: Ballet Technique, Pointe

Oswaldo Muñiz

Former Principal Dancer with Eglevsky Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Edward Villela and Dancers, Ballet Oklahoma, Richmond Ballet, Ballet Chicago, The Garden State Ballet and others.

Costume Designer for Imagine Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and others.

Teaching: Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variatioins