JUNE 17 – JULY 12, 2024

An inclusive and immersive summer intensive experience
carefully crafted to ensure technical and artistic growth.

LOUISVILLE BALLET SUMMER INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE

Each experience is uniquely designed to help students grow and thrive at their level and pace. 

Downtown Campus

Levels A & B

June 17 – July 12, 2024
Louisville Ballet Center
Downtown Louisville, KY

The culminating performance for Levels A and B will be held on Friday, July 12 at The Ogle Center on the Indiana University Southeast campus.

St. Matthews Campus

Dancers in Levels C or D may choose a 2-week or 4-week experience.

Session 1: June 17 – June 29, 2024
Session 2: July 1 – July 12, 2024
or
Both Sessions: June 17 – July 12, 2024
The Louisville Ballet School
St Matthews, KY

The culminating in-studio demonstration for Session 1 will be held on Saturday, June 29, at the Louisville Ballet Center.
The culminating performance for Session 2 will be held on Friday, July 12 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 29, and the performance at The Ogle Center on July 12.

Louisville Ballet is seeking qualified candidates for Chaperone and Resident Assistant during the Summer Intensive.  LEARN MORE + APPLY HERE 

In the IU-S residence halls you will find lodge-style living by the lake with all the comforts of home. Each apartment has its own kitchen, living area, and bathroom as well as bedrooms and individual closets. 

Apartments are fully carpeted, furnished, provide controls for air and heat and feature high-speed Internet access. Each student is provided with a bed, mattress, dresser, closet, chair, and desk, as well as a fully equipped kitchen, dining chairs or counter stools, and living room furniture.

This year, a lodge will be dedicated exclusively to our dancers. The lodge has a central Great Room with plenty of common space to hang out, and a television with basic cable for watching your favorite shows!    

IU-S VIDEO TOUR >

Professional ballet schools from across the nation have come together to create a unified collective and created an audition opportunity that will keep our students and faculty safe, while providing national visibility. The NSIA professional school collective is offering in-person auditions at their facilities, and students will be considered by all schools in the collective for acceptance to their summer intensives.

The collective includes Atlanta Ballet, 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.

HOW IT WORKS

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 via Zoom. Students are required to follow the safety protocol of the school at which they audition.  The auditions will be recorded so that 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.

To learn more about the NSIA audition and registration process, visit the National Summer Intensive Audition Tour website.