LINES BALLET SUMMER PROGRAM
Recent Summer Program Updates:SESSION ONEMove-in Day at USF Dorms Sunday, June 13 Rooms are guaranteed after 3:00 pm. If you arrive early, your room may be ready. If it’s not, you’re welcome to wait in the Gilson Hall Lobby. There is a dorm orientation meeting at 6:00 pm for all dancers residing in the dorms. Parents are welcome to stay but it is not required. The meeting will end about 7:00 pm, at which point the dancers are dismissed for dinner in the cafeteria. Day One of Summer Program Monday, June 14 This is the first day of classes for all dancers. The day begins at 8:30 am at LINES Ballet School in Studio One with an orientation meeting. Following this meeting, all dancers will begin placement classes. All dancers will take ballet and all ladies will take a pointe class. This day ends at 5:00 pm, following a Safety Meeting for all students. Day Two of Summer Program Tuesday, June 15 This is the second day of classes for all dancers. The day begins at 9:00 am at LINES Ballet School. Please take the elevator to the fifth floor where you will find a posted list detailing your level placement for the program. Your level placement will determine your individual schedule for the rest of the program. On Day Two, all dancers will take ballet and all ladies will need their pointe shoes. Levels C-E will have choreography placement during the afternoon. This day ends at 6:00 pm for Levels C-E. Level A ends at 4:30 pm and Level B ends at 5:00 pm. Please arrange pick-up that morning, as necessary. SESSION TWO If you have not turned in all of your paperwork, please visit the Accepted Student Info page to download this packet. If you have not secured housing for your stay in San Francisco, contact Emily Withenbury at emily@linesballet.org for assistance. FOR ALL STUDENTS We are currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 LINES Ballet Training Program. Please visit the LBTP Audition page for more information. |
Overview
The LINES Ballet School Philosophy
LINES Ballet School offers a unified philosophy of guiding participants on a collaborative journey that values artistic risk-taking and independent thinking. Students are encouraged to problem solve through exploration and a tenacious work ethic. Emphasis is placed on cultivating the dancers’ abilities to recognize their individual gifts, realize their full potentials and express themselves with fluency, while developing a strong technical base. Our aim is to supply a solid technical underpinning, based in classical training, and to provide an environment for the unfolding of the students’ own creative powers.
The LINES Ballet Summer Program 2010
This intense program is designed for aspiring artists ages 11-24 with a focus on exposing young artists to process-oriented work that explores a variety of dance techniques, with ballet as its core discipline. A high priority is placed on educating dancers on the care and maintenance of their bodies while honing their individual voices. Participants of the LINES Ballet Summer Sessions will acquire techniques designed to cultivate strong, well-trained, educated dancers.
Participants of each session will benefit from a small student-to-teacher ratio and experience a rigorous schedule with a minimum of 40 hours per week of study that includes: Ballet, Pointe, Men’s Class, Partnering, Improvisation, Modern, LINES Repertoire, and GYROTONIC®. All students will have the privilege of training with current and former members of LINES Ballet and a diverse range of master artists. Students of both sessions will have the unique opportunity to work with choreographers from around the world on the creation of new work to be performed at the end of each session.
Our summer program is structured as follows: |
Students are given the opportunity to work intimately with Alonzo King in a master class style setting during one week of the summer intensive.
Photo: Liza Voll