Princeton Ballet School’s Advanced Summer Intensive is a 5-week program designed to nurture a dancer’s technical and artistic progress. This program attracts advanced students from all over the globe interested in studying with our distinguished faculty. Dancers can audition in-person or by video.
For more information, call 609.921.7758 or contact [email protected]
The Program
JUNE 30 – AUGUST 1, 2025
9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Monday – Friday
10:00 A.M. – 12:45 P.M. Saturday
To be eligible, students must be at least 13 years old, with at least one year of pointe experience when the program begins on June 30, 2025.
Post High School Summer Intensive students may also be considered for the American Repertory Ballet/Princeton Ballet School Trainee Program.
Princeton Ballet School is honored to have such talented and accomplished artists join the faculty for the Advanced Summer Intensive, a five-week program that attracts serious dance students from around the world who wish to improve their technique and artistry.
The faculty includes highly respected dancers, teachers, and choreographers such as Kathleen Moore, Rebeca Maso, Luis Napoles, and Ana Novoa.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take your dance training to the next level.
More Information
Ways to Audition (and audition locations)
In-Person Auditions
| Date & Time | Location | Teacher |
| January 11, 2025 10:00am | Delaware Arts Conservatory Bear, Delaware | Jillian Kramarck – ARB2 Dancer |
| January 12, 2025 11:00am | The Rock School for Dance Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Eddy Tovar – PBS Faculty |
| January 25, 2025 1:45pm (Ages 13-15) 3:15pm (Ages 16 & Up) | Princeton Ballet School Princeton, New Jersey | Eddy Tovar – PBS Faculty |
| January 26, 2025 2:30pm | Ballet Academy East New York City, New York | Eddy Tovar – PBS Faculty |
| February 1, 2025 12:15pm | Princeton Ballet School – New Brusnwick New Brunswick, New Jersey | Anna McDowell – PBS Faculty |
| February 2, 2025 3:30pm | Washington Ballet Washington, DC | Tony Lee – PBS Faculty |
| *VIRTUAL AUDITION ONLY *Please contact Tomo Muranaka ([email protected]) to register! | *Tokyo, Japan Minato City Ballet Hamamatsuchou honkoh | Tomo Muranaka |
Video Auditions
Video auditions must be accompanied by an audition form and $35 audition fee via Dance Apply. Please submit a video demonstrating the following:
– Barre exercises – Pliés, tendus, dégagés, rond de jambes, grand battements, adagio.
– Center exercises – Adagio, Across the floor Pirouette, Petit Allegro, Grand Allegro.
*Female identifying students should show several pointe exercises (one with pirouette)
Click here to upload the video to Dance Apply along with your registration, your headshot and first arabesque photo (en pointe for female identifying dancers)
Virtual Auditions
Virtual auditions will be held every Monday (ages 13-14) and Thursday (ages 15 and up) from 4:30-6:30pm from March 3 – April 3, 2025. Registration is required via Dance Apply. Click here to register now and learn more.
Classes
Summer Intensive focuses on ballet, including pointe and men’s classes. Other coursework includes variations, contemporary, character, Afro-Cuban, Hip Hop, Flamenco, and choreography. Sessions in BioMechanics/Conditioning gives dancers the opportunity to identify and resolve problems, increasing the sophistication with which dancers approach technique class. Additional classes in Nutrition and injury prevention.
Placement In Levels
Levels are determined on the first day of the program, the classes start meeting in their regular groups on the second day.
“What made a great impression on me right from the beginning of the first lesson of the Summer Intensive, was a method of studying classical ballet definitely new in some of its aspects, and in other ways, richly motivating me to reflect on and deepen my prior knowledge: I found every movement, from the very beginning of the barre work, more danced, more lived, more breathed.”
–Federica Valla, Torino, Italia
The Studios
Princeton Ballet School is located in the heart of Princeton with four large studios featuring high ceilings and sprung dance floors. Live music accompanies all ballet and modern dance classes.
The facility includes a dance library and is adjacent to numerous shops and restaurants, with generous open space, picnic tables, and gardens. The entire studio complex is wireless accessible.
Performance Opportunity
Students participating in the last three weeks of class can participate in a performance on August 1.
Tuition
To allow for even greater flexibility for families, the Summer Intensive programs will be offered in different sessions: 5 weeks (6/30-8/1, 2025), 3 weeks (7/14-8/1,2025) or 2 weeks (6/30-7/12,2025).
5 Weeks
- Pay in full
$2900 - Payment plan
$500 due at registration
$1200 due 5/1/25
$1200 due 6/1/25
3 Weeks
- Pay in full
$1850 - Payment plan
$500 due at registration
$675 due 5/1/25
$675 due 6/1/25
2 Weeks
- Pay in full
$1260 - Payment plan
$500 due at registration
$380 due 5/1/25
$380 due 6/1/25
Housing + Housing Fees
Housing will be at Rider University – Lawrenceville Campus. Meal plan will include breakfast and dinner. Contact [email protected] for more information.
5 weeks
- Pay in full
$3400 housing +$100 activity fee - Payment plan
$500 due at registration
$1500 due 5/1/25
$1400 + $100 (activity fee) due 6/1/25
3 weeks
- Pay in full
$2350 housing +$60 activity fee - Payment Plan
$500 due at registration
$955 due 5/1/25
$895 + $60 (activity fee) due 6/1/25
2 weeks
- Pay in full
$1740 housing +$40 activity fee - Payment plan
$500 due at registration
$640 due 5/1/25
$600 +$40 (activity fee) due 6/1/25
Scholarships
A limited number of merit-based tuition scholarships are available. All students attending each audition site are automatically considered for scholarship. There is no separate application process.
Age Qualifications
Summer Intensive is for students ages 13 and over.
Further Opportunities: The American Repertory Ballet, ARB Trainee Program
The Trainee Program, a two-year-program, begins with the Summer Intensive and is the bridge between the student phase of training and that of a professional career. ARB Trainees start each day with intensive classes designed to polish technique and build strength. The program includes pointe class, variations, contemporary, bio-mechanics/conditioning, choreography, career development and American Repertory Ballet and classical repertoire to further technique and performance skills in a professional environment. Trainees also participate in the Princeton Ballet Workshop – the rehearsal and performance training program for the top levels of Princeton Ballet School. Trainees may also have the opportunity to participate in American Repertory Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker.
International Students Princeton Ballet School is authorized and accredited by the federal government to enroll non-immigrant students.
Summer 2024
Summer Schedule
Uniforms
Advanced Summer Intensive uniforms consist of:
black leotards
convertible tights
black character shoes
knee length character skirt