How to Apply
To apply for one of our programs, please e-mail Director@elevatesummerdance.com today with the following contents!
A Complete Application Includes:
General Info (name, age, years of training and city of residence)
Video Audition (see requirements below)
Which program you wish to attend
Any additional information about your current and past dance training
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, we are happy to assist you.
Keep In Mind…
Applicants must apply by submitting an online application and a video audition. Applicants must adhere to Elevate’s Video Audition Guidelines and demonstrate their most current ability.
Dancers can submit their videos by uploading their content to Youtube as a private video, applicants can then send the link of their video audition via e-mail to Director@elevatesummerdance.com. Dropbox links are also accepted.
Audition + Video Requirements
Who Should Audition
The programs at Elevate are designed for dancers between the ages of 9-11 and 12-18 who wish to increase their artistic and technical skills and/or pursue a professional career in dance.
Our programs are geared towards developing dancers with a wide range of technical skills and artistic sensibility, preparing them for the vast range of performance, choreography, and teaching opportunities available to them in today’s dance field.
Artistic Criteria
Elevate recommends that students have a minimum of 2 to 4 years of consistent dance training in ballet and recent training in modern or jazz in order to be a seriously considered candidate for acceptance. Decisions are emailed to applicants within 1 to 2 weeks of the audition video being received.
We are looking for:
An advanced to intermediate level training in ballet, jazz and modern
A flexible and strong body
A demonstrated sense of musicality
A desire to explore the artistry and esthetics of movement
A commitment to developing technical skills
A willingness to enhance one’s sense of discipline
Material
Videos should include a solo no longer than 3 minutes in either Ballet, Modern, Lyrical, Contemporary or Jazz techniques. Dancers can also include 5 minutes of an additional style to the solo, i.e. Solo piece in additional styles or more of the same style. Videos may be of a performance or in class training.
We ask that your video submission be no longer than 10 minutes total.
Please have the dancer indicate their name, age (by July 2024), height, city of residence and how many years they have studied dance.
Tuition 2024
SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAMS 2024
2 Weeks
9:00am - 3:00pm
$989
50 Hours of Classes
Headshots
Dance Photos
Group Photos
JUNIOR INTENSIVE PROGRAM 2024
1 Week
9:00am - 3:00pm
$549
25 Hours of Classes
Headshots
Dance Photos
Group Photos
How to Hold Your Spot!
Full cost of each program is due in full by 11:59pm on July 1st, 2024 for July Programs or August 1st, 2024 for August Programs.
A $300.00 deposit is required after acceptance to hold your space in the program starting today! This deposit is non-refundable and will not be returned for any reason.
To be eligible to receive our early bird pricing (5% off tuition), deposits of $300 are required by May 1st, 2024.
Registration closes when all spaces have filled. All prices are before HST.