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We offer the highest quality ballet instruction for dancers between the ages of 8 to 21 at our Summer School of Excellence. We also train dance teachers and offer an exciting Teachers Intensive. And teachers, be sure to learn about our Performance Awards program, a series of distinctive choreographic compositions over 12 levels that will bring out the best in your dance students.

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Dates for 2012 Summer School of Excellence at Purchase College SUNY

July 1 - August 12, 2012

1 Week Intensive

July 1 - July 6, 2012

2 Weeks

July 8 - July 22, 2012

3 Weeks

July 22 - August 12, 2012

5 Weeks

July 8 - August 12, 2012

6 Weeks

July 1 - August 12, 2012

2012 Summer School of Excellence
Audition Dates

NOTE: Registration begins 1/2 hour before audition times. Please be sure to arrive 1/2 hour before the times listed below. Full audition requirements can be viewed here.

*We apologize for the error in the brochure. THE AUDITION in ORLANDO, FLORIDA WILL TAKE PLACE on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th, not Sunday.

USA Audition

Saturday
January 7
Silver Spring, MD

Maryland Youth Ballet
926 Ellsworth Road,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
2:30pm
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Sunday
January 8
Purchase, NY

Purchase College SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road,
Purchase, NY 10577
12pm - ages 11-13
2:30pm - ages 14 & up
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Saturday
January 14
Mahwah, NJ

Ramapo College
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
2:30pm
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Sunday
January 15
Saratoga Springs, NY

National Museum of Dance & Hall of Fame
99 South Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
1:30pm
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Friday
January 20
Richardson, TX

Texas Ballet Theater School
Dallas Academy
2379 Promenade Center
Richardson, TX 75080
7pm
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Saturday
January 28
Seattle, WA

Pacific Northwest Ballet
301 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA 98109
7pm
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Sunday
January 29
Santa Monica, CA

Westside School of Ballet
1709 Stewart Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
4pm
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Sunday
February 5
New York, NY

School of American Ballet
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
3pm 11-13
5pm 14 & up
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Saturday
February 11
Boston, MA

Boston Arts Academy
174 Ipswich Street
Boston, MA 02215
10am
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Saturday
February 18
Orlando, FL

Dr. Phillips High School
6500 Turkey Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32835
1pm
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Sunday
February 26
Long Beach, CA

California State University
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
12:30pm
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International Audition

Tuesday
December 20
Tokyo, JAPAN

Shinjukumura Studio
2-1-8 Kita Shinjuku
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo
6:15pm
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Saturday
January 14
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

Centro de Artes Nós da Dança
Av. Nsa. Sra. de Copacabana, 1138
3pm-5pm
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Sunday
January 15
São Paulo, BRAZIL

Gisele Bellot Escola de Dança
Rua Caiowaá, 266. Perdizes
3pm-5pm
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Saturday
January 28
Paris, FRANCE

Goube European Dance Center
8 Rue Emile Allez 75017
7pm
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Sunday
March 4
Mallorca, SPAIN

Estudio de Danza
Maria Antonia Mas
C/Marqués de la Cénia 35
07014 Palma de Mallorca-Baleares
10:30am
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Junior Programs 2012

Junior Program 1 July 10 - July 14, 2012

Junior Program 2 July 16 - July 27, 2012

Teachers' Intensive 2012

August 3 - August 5, 2012


Internationally Acclaimed
Performance Awards

The Performance Awards are a series of distinctive choreographic compositions over 12 levels, that your students perform before an audience of parents and friends. A most important aspect of the Performance Awards is that they are NOT competitive - each student receives a medal, and a certificate.

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