Carolina Ballet Summer Intensive Auditions

The Carolina Ballet Summer Intensive offers serious dance students extraordinary opportunities to train, rehearse, and perform alongside the professional dancers of Carolina Ballet

Carolina Ballet provides extraordinary training with a renowned faculty of experienced professionals, including our Artistic Director/CEO Zalman Raffael in addition to the artistic staff and principal dancers of Carolina Ballet.

June 24 – July 27, 2024

This summer our summer Guest faculty will consist of Michael Vernon, Chair of the Department of Ballet, Indiana University and Olga Kostritzky, world-renown ballet teacher/mistress. Over the summers past guest faculty have included Suki Schorer, former principal dancer New York City Ballet and Brown Foundation Senior Faculty Chair, SAB just to name a few of the instructors that our students have been able to work with.

Audition In-Person & Virtually
📍Raleigh, NC Saturday, February 3rd (THIS WEEKEND)
or Submit a Video 🎥

PREPARATORY DIVISION

This program is an exceptional opportunity for aspiring young dancers, ages 9-11, to enjoy a summer intensive training experience concurrent with Carolina Ballet’s pre-professional summer intensive. Focus on early training is considered essential to realize full potential as a dancer and to prepare a student for the strength necessary to dance en pointe.

JUNE 24-JULY 19, 2024 

Classes are intended to enhance technique, develop artistic qualities, and build on skills, with emphasis on correct alignment and posture. The program will include a fun and enriching exploration of the history of ballet, story ballets, famous dancers, and ballet terminology, along with the chance to meet Carolina Ballet dancers and find out how they fell in love with, and started their training in classical ballet.

CLASSES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, FROM 9:00AM-3:00 PM. NO BOARDING AT SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM.