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Auditions are open to the public and will be on March 9th. San Jose Dance Theatre students entering levels 3-6 should attend the Summer Intensive.
About San Jose Dance Theatre's Summer Intensive:
San Jose Dance Theatre’s 3-Week Summer Intensive Program is June 10 to June 28, 2019. We also accept video auditions.
Registration and open auditions for the Summer Intensive Program will be March 9, 2019. Video auditions are accepted (more details below).
Classes in the San Jose Dance Theatre Summer Intensive include:
- Ballet Classes
- Progressing Ballet Technique
- Conditioning Classes (Pilates, Yoga, much stretching, core strength training, and teachings on injury prevention)
- Pointe and Pre-Pointe Classes for girls
- Men’s Class for boys
- Pas de Deux Classes
- Character Dance
- Contemporary & Jazz Class
- Chinese Tumbling & Stretching
- Labanotation
- Ballet Education
- YAGP Private Coaching available
- Repertory and rehearsals for the in-studio showing for all dancers
Mon-Fri. 12:00-6:00pm
Dancers will receive two short breaks and a half hour lunch in which they will be supervised. These will be long days of training and we recommend that the students rest after training and on the weekends during the Summer Intensive.
San Jose Dance Theatre will also continue weekly Open Classes for adults and Pre-Ballet, Level 1 and 2 classes (ages 4-8) throughout the summer.
Summer Intensive Supplies Needed:
- A dance bag with his/her name on all belongings.
- Water bottle. We have a water cooler for refills, but students must bring their own water bottle.
- Lunch and one or two small snacks, like a power bar, fruit, or yogurt. Please feel free to use our refrigerator and microwave.
- Theraband that is 6″ wide and 9 feet long. (Please note if you have a smaller theraband, we are requiring you to purchase this longer one that can be used for all Progressing Ballet Technique and Pilates classes moving forward. We will use them to strengthen feet for releve, jumping, pointe work, and for abdominal work and stretching in Pilates class. Write your dancer’s name on the theraband.
- Small paper notepad and pen for taking notes on corrections from class and also new choreography.
- Small towel.
- For female students age 10 and up: small 2 lb. ankle weights for each leg.
- For male students age 12 and up: small 5 lb. ankle weights for each leg. You can purchase them at a sporting good store, Walmart, Target or online (example here).
- Required for Levels 4, 5, & 6: Character shoes and black character skirts for girls. Character shoes can be purchased at a dance store or online (example here). Boys can just wear black ballet technique shoes. The black character skirt should just cover the knees in length. This can be purchased at a dance store or online (example here).
The exercise balls needed for Progressing Ballet Technique will be provided.
Please refer any questions about the above information to our Artistic Director, Linda Hurkmans: [email protected], and any registration or payment questions to the front desk: [email protected].
Dress Requirements:
Females please wear a black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers, pointe shoes if appropriate, hair neat and secure in a ballet bun. Please no jewelry other than small earrings.
Males please wear a clean white T-shirt, black tights, dance belt, black ballet shoes. For Lyrical class and Contemporary class, males and females can wear ballet slippers, “foot undies” or go barefoot.
It is recommended that dancers bring a back up set of dance clothes in their bag, in case they need to change.
Audition Information:
Saturday, March 9th, 2019
Audition for Advanced Dancers
12:30-1:00pm Check In
1:00-2:30pm Audition for Advanced Dancers, Ages 12-20 (Male & Female, Ladies, please bring your pointe shoes).
Approximate SJDT Levels: Entering Level 5A, 5B, or 6. Those advanced dancers taking summer intensives elsewhere should still take the audition.
Audition for Intermediate Dancers
2:30-3:00pm Check In
3:00-4:30pm Audition for Intermediate Dancers, Ages 8-11 (Male & Female, Ladies, please bring your pointe shoes if if you have danced on pointe).
Approximate SJDT Levels: Entering Level 2, 3, 4A, or 4B. Those dancers finishing Level 2 and will start 3 and those currently in Level should take the audition.
Here’s a checklist of things to do or bring to help your audition day go smoothly:
- Register online before the day of the audition. Everyone must register and pay before auditioning. No need to print your registration form.
- Print out your audition photos to be presented at check in. We need a headshot (a school photo is fine) and a picture of the dancer in 1st Arabesque. (See more info below)
- Ladies, please bring pointe shoes, if you have danced on pointe.
- Make sure you know when to arrive for check in for the audition.
- Email [email protected] with any questions about registration, the audition, or the Summer Intensive program.
Required Audition Photos:
1. Head shot (even a picture from your phone is fine).
2. Picture of the dancer in 1st Arabesque. Girls: wear a spaghetti strapped leotard, pink tights, and pink soft ballet shoes. Boys: wear a white t-shirt, black tights, and black soft ballet shoes.
3. Please print out pictures and bring them to the audition.
Audition Video Requirements:
If a dancer cannot attend the audition in person on March 9, a video audition will be accepted.
Deadline: March 8, 2019
The video should be posted to a private YouTube or Vimeo account and the link emailed to the Artistic Director: [email protected]
Or the video may be put onto a DVD and mailed to:
Linda Hurkmans, M.A.
Artistic Director
San Jose Dance Theatre
1756 Junction Ave. Suite E
San Jose, CA 95112
The video should be 20 minutes in duration, filming the dancer completing exercises on one side.
Barre work:
1. Plies
2. Battement tendus
3. Battement degages
4. Rond de jambe
5. Fondu
6. Frappe and petite battement
7. Pirouette or pirouette preparation
8. Jumps at the barre
9. Stretches
10. Grand battement
The student then has the choice of showing EITHER a
11. Classical ballet solo variation OR
Center work:
11. Pirouettes
12. Adagio
13. Petite allegro (small jumps)
14. Medium allegro (medium sized jumps)