Louisville Ballet School dancers who are enrolled
in Intermediate or Pre-professional level classes are eligible
to audition for the Youth Ensemble.
Non-LBS students, please call for information.
Audition date: Audition has passed for 2007-08.
Please call to inquire about auditions in August 2008
Audition fee: $25.00
Due to the inclement weather, the Louisville Ballet
youth Ensemble performances for this week-end
are being rescheduled.
The new dates & times are:
Monday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m.
April 30 – May 4, 2008
High Point, NC
The Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble (LBYE) was founded
in 1952 as the Louisville Ballet Civic Company. It is now in its
fifty-fifth year as one of the leading classical ballet training
companies in the United States.
Currently, the Youth Ensemble is under the artistic
direction of Elizabeth Hartwell, with co-directors Bruce Simpson
and Helen Starr (Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director
of the Louisville Ballet, respectively). Serving as a platform
for young dancers and as the performing wing of the Louisville
Ballet School, the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble is a SERBA
honor company and a founding member of SERBA.
The Company members train at the Louisville Ballet
School – the official school of the Louisville Ballet. In
addition to their own performances, the Youth Ensemble dancers
perform with the professional company in a number of major productions
each season, gaining valuable on-stage experience. Many Youth Ensemble
dancers have received awards for their choreography and outstanding
technique, as well as scholarships to study with other professional
schools. The divisions of the Company are as follows: The Senior
Company, Apprentices, and The Junior Company.
Members of the Louisville Ballet School have become
professional performers with major ballet companies throughout
North America and Europe. Among our alumni are Wendy Whelan (NYCB),
Clinton Luckett (ABT), Eric Miles (Ballet Jazz de Montreal), Brandon
Faulls (Rambert Dance Company, England), Ivy Canapa (Ballet Magnificat),
Peter Franc (Houston Ballet), and Mallory Mann and Stephanie Pence
(both of Louisville
Ballet).
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