2025 Summer Intensives

Four Week AND Six Week Options

The New Ballet Difference

The New Ballet School Summer Intensive provides high quality, pre-professional ballet training featuring the renowned American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. A smaller program with expert faculty ensures that students get the individual attention and intensive training they are looking for.

The Summer Intensive can be the first step towards placement as a Company Artist, in the Studio Company and in the Pre-Professional Division. Achieve your goals by training with our world-class ABT certified faculty, including Dalia Rawson and Linh Mai Le.

The Summer Intensive provides a core curriculum of ballet technique, pointe, men's class, and variations, as well as classical and contemporary ballet repertoire. Additional classes may include partnering, modern, contemporary, character, strengthening, Pilates, music for dancers, and Barre à Terre, to help students develop versatility in their dancing. All faculty, classes, and schedules subject to change.

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE OPTION: Summer Intensives are an integral part of ballet training and we highly recommend taking advantage of training as many weeks in the Summer as possible to not only maintain your technique, but progress it. We do, however, understand the need for balance for students and are offering new, more flexible schedule options for our Summer Intensives.

If not registering for the full intensives, registration is by drop in. However, these classes are not meant to be registered for sporadically. Students who take advantage of this option should create consistent schedules i.e. sign up for all Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays in the session, sign up for one full week of the intensive, sign up for weeks 2 and 4 of the 4 week intensives, etc. 

Tip on drop-in registration:  Select each of your dates available by selecting the first date, selecting the dancer participating, and then hitting continue shopping to add each additional date, Select checkout at the end of selecting dates.

If you have any questions on what an acceptable drop in schedule is, please reach out to info@newballet.com

NO AUDITION IS REQUIRED TO ENROLL FOR NEW BALLET SUMMER INTENSIVES.

AUDITIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID AWARDS AND FOR CONSIDERATION FOR COMPANY AND STUDIO COMPANY POSITIONS. Merit Scholarships are rare, and based on extremely exceptional talent. New Ballet School students are automatically considered for Merit Scholarships, and may always apply for Financial Aid.

Bay area scholarship audition dates will be announced soon.

Email info@newballet.com for easy video audition requirements or to schedule a zoom or in person audition for scholarships or or company consideration.

Six Week Intensive

June 16 - July 25, Mondays through Fridays - ENROLLMENT LIMITED. REGISTER EARLY! There will be two class levels based on age and experience.

Six Week Intensive - Level A

Level A - Suitable for New Ballet students placed in Levels 2B-4B for the 2024/2025 School Year. Students should have started pointe work, or they will participate on flat in preparation for starting pointe work soon. Students from other schools should typically study ballet at least 3-4 days a week and should have studied ballet seriously for at least 3 years to participate.

Six Week Intensive- Level B

Level B - Suitable for New Ballet students placed in Levels 5A-6 at New Ballet School for the 2024/2025 School Year. Classes will be taught by New Ballet School Director Linh Mai Le and other distinguished faculty. Students should have at least three years of pointe training and should typically study ballet at least five days a week to participate.

Four Week Intensive

June 30 - July 25, Mondays through Fridays - Enrollment limited, register early to ensure your spot.

Suitable for New Ballet Students currently placed in Levels 1B and up for the 2024 - 2025 school year and for all dedicated and passionate ballet students ages 10-25. Students ages 10-13 should be dancing at least 3 days a week to participate. Students ages 14 and up should be dancing at least 4-5 days a week with at least 2 years on pointe to be placed in a class level with their peers. Students with less ballet training or less technique than might be expected for their age group may be placed with younger students. If you are concerned that your level of technique might not be adequate for you to be placed with your age group, an please attend an in-person audition, schedule an online or in-person assessment, or send in a video for assessment. After enrollment no refunds will be made due to level placement, which will be determined on placement day, and which is at the sole discretion of New Ballet leadership.

Sample Summer Intensive Schedule (subject to change)
10:30-12:30 Ballet Technique with Pointe (or pre-pointe) and Men’s Work
12:30-1:00 Break
1:00-2:00 Supplemental Class 1*
2:15-3:00 Supplemental Class 2
(Rehearsal, Variations, Floor Barre, Stretch and Strengthen, Contemporary, Etc. depending on the teacher)
All schedules subject to change.

Please note that June 30th is PLACEMENT DAY for the Four Week Intensive. Your schedule for placement day will be emailed out closer to the start of the Summer Program. On placement day, students will be assigned by age into two placement class groups. Your student's placement will be emailed in the evening on June 30th.

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY

All students in the Six Week and Four Week Intensives will have the opportunity to learn classical repertoire and to perform for family and friends! Don’t miss this chance to perform exciting classical and contemporary choreography.

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ALL CLASSES MAY BE MOVED TO A HYBRID OR FULLY ONLINE SCHEDULE SHOULD HEALTH AND SAFETY DICTATE. NO REFUNDS WILL BE OFFERED IF CLASSES ARE MOVED EITHER PARTIALLY OR FULLY TO AN ONLINE SCHEDULE.