Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive gives aspiring dancers the opportunity to train like professionals. With our inspiring facilities and world-renowned faculty, dancers will hone their technique and build strength all within an inclusive, encouraging and motivating environment.
Our limited class sizes ensure one-on-one faculty attention and our enriching curriculum is thoughtfully crafted for maximum growth with visible results.
We are excited to announce our Guest Faculty includes Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director of Dayton Ballet, and Andrea Schermoly, Louisville Ballet Resident Choreographer, along with Louisville Ballet Artistic Staff and Company Artists.
Daily classes include Ballet, Pointe, Variations, and Conditioning plus complementary dance styles such as Modern, Musical Theater, Pilates and Yoga. All levels will have partnering classes throughout the program. Click here for a sample schedule.
Daily rehearsals are scheduled for culminating demonstrations & performances that include original choreography by faculty and guest teachers and excerpts of Louisville Ballet repertoire.
A dedicated Men’s Program includes daily men’s technique, strength training, conditioning and partnering.
Physical Therapy professionals available on-site and offer seminars throughout the intensive.
Dancers are placed in one of four levels, A and B at our Downtown campus or C and D at our St. Matthews campus. Level placement, based on technical and physical readiness, will be determined at the time of audition and communicated in each dancer’s acceptance letter.
The program is limited in class size to ensure an intimate environment with personalized attention tailored to the needs of each dancer.
Each experience is uniquely designed to help students grow and thrive at their level and pace.
Levels A & B
June 16 – July 11, 2025
Louisville Ballet Center
Downtown Louisville, KY
The culminating performance for Levels A and B will be held on Friday, July 11 at The Ogle Center on the Indiana University Southeast campus.
Dancers in Levels C or D may choose a 2-week or 4-week experience.
Session 1: June 16 – June 28, 2025
Session 2: June 30 – July 11, 2025
or
Both Sessions: June 16 – July 11, 2025
The Louisville Ballet School
St Matthews, KY
The culminating in-studio demonstration for Session 1 will be held on Saturday, June 28, at the Louisville Ballet Center.
The culminating performance for Session 2 will be held on Friday, July 11 at The Ogle Center on the Indiana University Southeast campus.
Dancers in Levels C or D who attend both sessions will perform in both the in-studio demonstration on Saturday, June 28, and the performance at The Ogle Center on July 11.
4 Week Program
Tuition: $2395
Housing: $1400
Meal Plan: $1400
2 Week Program (Levels C and D only)
Tuition: $1350
Housing: $800
Meal Plan: $800
The Housing Fee includes supervised accommodations and transportation.
The meal plan includes daily lunch and dinner. The meal plan does not include breakfast. Dancers will have a weekly trip to a grocery store.
Louisville Ballet is seeking qualified candidates for Chaperone and Resident Assistant during the Summer Intensive. LEARN MORE + APPLY HERE
Dancers will reside in the Lodges on the Indiana University Southeast campus. Apartment style rooms are fully furnished and include 2-4 bedrooms, living room, full kitchen and in-unit bathroom.
Dancers residing in housing are supervised by Louisville Ballet Resident Assistants, on-call Indiana University staff, and an active campus police force.
Dancers have several options to audition for the
2025 Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive:
1. National Summer Intensive Audition (NSIA)
2. Louisville Ballet Audition Tour
3. Regional/Festival Audition
4. Video Audition
The National Summer Intensive Audition Tour (NSIA) is a collective of professional ballet schools that was forged to provide young dancers with the opportunity to audition for multiple national level summer programs with a single audition class. Each school in the collective offers in-person auditions at their facilities, and students who attend the National Summer Intensive Audition are considered by all schools in the collective for acceptance to their summer intensives.
The collective includes Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Arizona, BalletMet, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, Kansas City Ballet School, Louisville Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Sarasota Ballet School, Texas Ballet Theater and Tulsa Ballet.
Students choose a city from the audition schedule and register with the host school. The audition is in-person, and the remaining schools will observe the audition either virtually or in person. The auditions will be recorded so the observing schools may review the auditions if needed. Students will have the opportunity to select which schools they would like to audition for, however, all schools in the collective may reach out to any students who audition. Students must pre-register and pay the registration fee directly to the host school in the city where they audition. The secondary registration form must be completed in order to be considered by observing schools. Students are required to follow the safety protocols of the school at which they audition.
To learn more about the NSIA audition and registration process, visit the National Summer Intensive Audition Tour website.
LOUISVILLE, KY
January 26, 2025
Louisville Ballet
315 East Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Please follow the event registration based on the dancer’s age as of January 26, 2025.
Ages 12-14
11:30 – 1:30 PM EST
Register starting December 2, 2024.
Ages 15-16
1:30 – 3:30 PM EST
Register starting December 2, 2024.
Ages 17+
3:30 – 5:30 PM EST
Register starting December 2, 2024.
Registration for NSIA opens December 2, 2024.
If a NSIA audition event has reached capacity, please join the waitlist using the links above.
DAYTON, OH
January 10, 2025
6:30 – 8:00 PM EST
Dayton Ballet
140 N Main St, Dayton, OH 45402
Register starting November 8, 2024.
PITTSBURGH, PA
January 11, 2025
2:30 – 4:00 PM
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
2900 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15201
Register starting November 8, 2024.
GREENVILLE, SC
February 1, 2025
1:00 – 2:30 pm EST
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
5 University St, Greenville, SC 29601
Register starting November 8, 2024.
LOUISVILLE, KY
February 2, 2025
11:30 am – 1:00 pm EST
Louisville Ballet
315 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Register starting November 8, 2024.
CHATTANOOGA, TN
February 15, 2025
3:30 – 5:00 PM EST
Chattanooga Ballet
817 N Market St Suite B, Chattanooga, TN 37405
Register starting November 8, 2024.
ATLANTA, GA
February 16, 2025
12:30 – 2:00 pm EST
Northeast Atlanta Ballet
4047 Darling Court, Lilburn, GA 30047
Register starting November 8, 2024.
HOUSTON, TX
February 23, 2025
1:00 – 2:30 pm CST
Ballet Center of Houston
8515 Jackrabbit Rd # A, Houston, TX 77095
Register starting November 8, 2024.
Registration will open November 8, 2024.
If a Louisville Ballet audition tour event has reached capacity, please utilize our waitlist on each audition registration link.
ST. LOUIS, MO
REGIONAL SUMMER INTENSIVE AUDITION (RSIA)
January 17-19, 2025
The Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
524 Trinity Ave, St. Louis, MO 63130
Registration Opens November 15, 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI
Cecchetti Council of America Ballet Festival
February 8-9, 2025
John R. Armstrong Performing Arts Center
24600 F.V. Pankow Building Clinton Township, MI 48036
Register
Please email for group video audition options & rates.
LEARN MORE
Register starting November 8, 2024.
NSIA Registration Fee = $150 (non-refundable, non-transferable between audition sites)
Tour Registration Fee = $40 (non-refundable)
Video Submission Fee = $40 (non-refundable)
Dancers must be 12 years of age with 1 year of pointe experience by the start of the summer intensive.
Online registration is required. Dancers must register in advance to reserve a place in the audition class. Registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. Walk-ups are admissible if space remains. Walk-up audition fees must also be paid online. Cash and check will not be accepted.
Audition fee must be paid at time of online registration. Registration fees are not refundable or transferable.
Registration opens Friday, November 8, 2024 for Louisville Ballet Audition Tour sites and Monday, December 2, 2024 for NSIA.
The audition class lasts 90 minutes and consists of barre and center work. Ladies with 3 years of pointe experience should be prepared to go en pointe immediately after barre for the center portion and remainder of the class.
Ladies should wear a solid color leotard, pink tights, ballet and pointe shoes or tights and shoes that align with their natural skin tone. Gentlemen should wear a white shirt, black or grey tights and ballet shoes.
Dancers should submit a headshot and photo of first arabesque (en pointe for ladies) via email to summerintensive@louisvilleballet.org 5 business days prior to scheduled audition.
Partial and full merit scholarships are available to select dancers.
Audition results are emailed within 12 days of your audition. Level placement will be communicated in each dancer’s acceptance letter.
