Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program offers the option of a video audition to students unable to attend an audition in person. All students interested in attending Summer Dance Program must audition either in person or by video. 

The video must be recorded between October 1, 2008 and February 20, 2009 to be eligible for submission to Boston Ballet. Please mark the video with the creation date of the tape. We must receive this video by Friday, February 20, 2009, but the sooner we receive them, the sooner the results will be processed. The video must be in American Standard Format, for VHS or in a digital DVD format viewable on American DVDs. Other formats cannot be viewed and therefore cannot be evaluated. 

The videotape should include the following:

• Complete barre (one side only) 
• Center floor work
  - adagio
  - pirouette combination
  - small jump combination
  - petit allegro
  - grand allegro       
• Pointe Work
  - echappés
  - relevés in arabesque
  - pirouettes en pointe
  - diagonal turning combination
• Please wear only leotards, tights and appropriate shoes in the video.

Variations from this format will affect the evaluation of your audition, which may in turn affect your acceptance into  Summer Dance Program. We will notify you of our decision by mid-March. If accepted, you will receive the necessary application forms. If you would like us to return the tape/DVD, enclose a self-addressed postage-paid video mailer.  If you do not include a self-addressed postage-paid video mailer, the video/DVD will not be returned and will become the property of the Boston Ballet.

This videotape must be accompanied by: 

• A $50.00 audition fee - make checks payable to Boston Ballet.
  
  
• A video audition card - click here to download
  (print, complete and send with video.)  
    
• A teacher evaluation form - click here to download 
  (print and give to present ballet instructor to complete.)  Please have your instructor seal your evaluation in a separate envelope, sign and date across the seal and give it to you to send with the video (preferred), or instructor may send directly.

All videos/DVDs and forms can be mailed to: 

    Boston Ballet           
    Summer Programs Office
    19 Clarendon Street
    Boston, MA 02116

Enrolled International Students
Enrolled students must fill out the appropriate "Boston Ballet School International Student Application" in order to receive an I-20 Form. The Boston Ballet School International Student Application is available for download below. Please fax completed International Student Applications to (617) 695-6995 with attention to Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program. Please add appropriate country codes if you are faxing. 

Download the I-20 Application for Summer Dance Program Commuter Students.

Download the I-20 Application for Summer Dance Program - Boston Residential Students.

Download the I-20 Application for Summer Dance Program - Newton Residential Students.

For more information:
Patrick Schneider - Summer Programs Manager
Natalie Wombwell - Summer Programs Coordinator
Jamie Schlessinger - Summer Programs Assistant
summerprograms@bostonballet.com
Phone: 617.456.6269
Fax: 617.695.6995