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Student Company/Apprentice/Trainee Audition Information

Thank you for your interest in being a part of the North Central Ballet 2024-2025 Season!  Dancers ages 12-17 are eligible to audition for this program.  Dancers wishing to be considered for the Student Company/Apprentice must be proficient in classical ballet and pointe. Trainee applicants do not need to be en pointe.  The audition will consist of a ballet class.  Please bring all appropriate shoes. Below are guidelines for membership in all 3 categories.  We look forward to having you audition with us!

Click HERE for Audition Form

Founded in 1993 by Leslie M. Jordan III, the ballet studio and North Central Ballet Company enrich the environment of our community through education, performance and dance related activities. North Central Ballet provides a training for the beginning dancer as well as the serious dancers who wish to develop a stage presence while advancing their education. Dancers in the area who are proficient in classical ballet and pointe work are eligible to audition for the company. In all things we strive to instill the desire for excellence in art, cooperation among young people and a sense of pride in our community.

The North Central Ballet is committed to providing the finest dance training available in the Northeast Tarrant County Area. Students from the North Central Ballet have been awarded scholarships to study with major professional ballet company schools throughout the United States including:

• School of American Ballet (New York),
• Joffrey Ballet (New York)
• North Carolina School of the Arts,
• Boston Ballet,
• Hartford Ballet,
• Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell,
• Kennedy Center,
• Ballet Austin and
• Colorado Ballet

as well as major university dance departments. In addition, several of our former students are now performing with professional dance companies around the world. Professional ballet instruction is the basis of our student’s success.

Many of North Central Ballet’s current students were accepted into summer intensive programs including:

• Joffrey Ballet New York, Los Angeles and Miami,
• Orlando Ballet,
• Kansas City Ballet,
• American Ballet Theater
• The Long Beach Ballet’s Ambasadors to China.
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Pittsburgh Ballet and many others.

Former students have also been accepted to American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Scholar Program as well as represented the school as a finalist for the National
Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Presidential Scholar program. Former
students have represented the United States of America at the 2002 International
Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.

Dancers accepted to the Student Company, Apprentice or Trainee program must study full time at North Central Ballet and be available for all rehearsals and performances.  The Company presents 3 major ballets each season.  Student Company members, Apprentices and Trainees are included in all of these performances.

2024-2025 Season

The Nutcracker (November/December)

Fairy Doll/Firebird (March/April)

Coppelia (June)

Company/Trainee/Apprentice Member Information

MEMBERSHIP

If accepted, the dancer agrees to become a member of the company during the 2024-2025 season. The Company agrees to provide the Dancer ballet instruction and opportunities to gain performance experience. The Dancer agrees to comply with the Company’s instructions regarding the times and places at which the dancer will rehearse, attend workshops, perform and receive instruction. The Dancer and Parent agree to adhere to the instruction and training provided by the Company’s Artistic Director and agree that the Artistic Director will have sole and exclusive discretion regarding the Dancer’s involvement in any Company performances.

TERM

The term of this membership will be from August 19, 2024 to August 19, 2025

RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Dancer agrees to adhere to the rules and regulations of the Company as outlined below:

1. Appearance: I will maintain the appearance and weight required for a Company Dancer and I will maintain a moderate skin tone. If I allow myself to become either over or under the desired weight, I accept the fact that I may not be cast in a ballet or may be removed from a ballet in which I am cast. I will also attend all classes and rehearsals in the proper attire as outlined by the dress code.
2. Attendance: I will be on time, and rested for all classes, workshops and rehearsals. I will apply myself diligently in the classes required and will obey the following rules for attendance.
3. During the months of August through June, Dancers will be required to attend five ballet classes per week, and all scheduled rehearsals for the role/roles in which they are cast.
4. In case of illness or other emergency, absences will be reported before class to the Artistic Director. Failure to do so may mean dismissal. A doctor’s excuse may be required for extended illness and injuries that prevent a member from dancing.
5. There will be two excused absences per semester (semester one being August thru December and semester two being January thru June). Any other absences must be emergency or unavoidable situations only and must be pre- approved in writing by either the Artistic Director or Ballet Mistress. I also understand that absences will never be excused in the two- week period preceding a scheduled performance.
   

Behavior: All company members will conduct themselves in a respectable, courteous and tasteful manner befitting a North Central Ballet Company Member at all times and at all events. The utmost respect of all faculty, staff, teachers, choreographers, stagehands, crew and other dancers will be shown at all times in the studio and at all theaters, festivals, public performances and appearances.

1. Casting: Casting is always at the discretion of the Artistic Director and is subject to change at any time. Dancers may be cast in different styles of ballets that will be a learning endeavor. Each challenge must be accepted and approached with enthusiasm, for the good of the Company.
2. Understudies: Designated understudies are required to be at all rehearsals of the ballet for which you are understudying.
3. Summer Workshops: All NCB Company dancers and apprentices are required to attend at least two weeks of the NCB Summer program in addition to any other approved summer programs.
4. Conferences: Any conferences with the Artistic Director or Ballet Mistress regarding an issue must be scheduled during regular school hours and at least one parent of the dancer must attend. Phone calls and/or drop in requests will not be honored.
5. Parents: If the Parent of the Dancer comes between the Dancer and the Director, a production or the mission of the Company, that Dancer may be dismissed from the Company

TUITION

The Dancer and Parent agree to pay $335.00 per month for tuition. Please note that this monthly tuition fee does not include any costume, performance, advertising or rehearsal/guest artist fees.

Performance Fee Information (The Nutcracker/Fairy Doll/Firebird)

Each dancer or parent is responsible for obtaining a minimum ¼ page advertisement for each dancer. Other sizes available. ALL advertisements are to be turned in the proper size, format, and ready to be placed directly into program. Please submit all ads electronically. NCB does not provide design work for ads. ¼ page ad = $135.00check/$142.00 online. See advertising section at the bottom of this form

All dancers are required to sell a minimum of twelve (12) full priced tickets @ $32.00 each.

There will be a $125 check/$130 online per dancer rehearsal fee.

Costume fees: TBD

Click HERE for Audition Form