June 3-5 from 10:00am-2:30pm

August 19-21 from 10:00am-2:30pm

 

DESCRIPTION

The Project Ballet Intensives featuring Michael Vernon are three-day intensives for dancers who are interested in a technique-focused intensive with individualized instruction. Dancers will have a 2 hour class each morning and a 1.5 hour class each afternoon. Schedule will include daily pointe work and daily study with Mr. Vernon, as well as with our PB Faculty. Students enroll by-the-week and do not have to attend both weeks.

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QUALIFICATIONS

This intensive is open to Project Ballet students who are currently enrolled in Level 5 or Advanced, Project Ballet alumni, and Level 4 students by special invitation only. Guest dancers with an equivalent level of training would generally be 15-18 years old and accustomed to daily ballet and pointe training. However, at Project Ballet, level placement is based on skill competency, rather than age, so this age range is meant as a guideline, not a restriction. Guest dancers will need to reach out to our Artistic Director, Beth McLeish, to schedule a level placement evaluation, prior to enrolling: mcleish@projectballet.org

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LEVEL PLACEMENT

Students will be split into two levels each week to ensure relatively equal and balanced class sizes. Level placement will depend entirely on the demographics of the enrolled students each week.

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TUITION

The Project Ballet Intensive featuring Michael Vernon is $240 per week. A minimum $50 deposit is due a registration. Payment plan options will be available at check-out. Tuition is non-refundable. Tuition cannot be transferred, except in the case of documented illness or injury documented by a doctor's note. If a doctor's note is produced by 4:00pm on the Thursday prior to the Monday of the intensive week starting, then summer intensive tuition can be transferred into an account credit to be used for future classes. Otherwise, tuition is forfeited.

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SUMMER ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

Each week of the Mr. Vernon Intensive will fulfill one week of our summer attendance requirement.

• PB students placed in Level 4 for the 2025-2026 school year must attend aminimum of three weeks of Project Ballet intensives.

• PB students placed in Level 5 for the 2025-2026 school year must attend a minimum of four weeks of Project Ballet intensives.

• PB students placed in Advanced for the 2025-2026 school year must attend a minimum of five weeks of Project Ballet intensives, or approved outside summer intensive.

Students may mix-and-match weeks from our Full Day schedule and Mr. Vernon schedule to meet the minimum requirements. Dancers who fail to meet this requirement, due to schedule conflicts, illness, injury, etc. will be required to complete an equivalent course of two private lessons per day missed (at an additional cost), or may elect to be demoted to a lower level in the fall equivalent to the amount of summer study they completed. From there, students will be re-promoted once they have regained the strength and technique they lost over the summer months.

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DRESS CODE - FEMALES

Any solid color leotard. No multi-colored leotards. More than one type of fabric is permitted so long as the leotard is all one color (such as velvet and cotton, etc.). Pink or skin tone tights worn under the leotard and over the feet. Pink or skin tone ballet slippers and pointe shoes. Tights and shoes must match. Hair in a classical bun or similar style allowing free movement of the head and neck. No jewelry besides small earrings.

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DRESS CODE - MALES

Plain white or black fitted t-shirt. Black footed tights. Black ballet shoes or white ballet shoes with white socks. Dance belt. Long hair must be secured back from the face. No jewelry besides small earrings.

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FOOD AND DRINK

Please bring a water bottle and a lunch. Students will be given a 60 minute lunch break between classes each day.

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PARENT OBSERVATION

There is no parent observation permitted for this intensive, however parents are welcome to watch class on the video monitors in the lobby.

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Enrollment is now open. Enrollment links are not available to the general public. Current students received a summer enrollment email with links. New or guest students should contact the Artistic Director (mcleish@projectballet.org) to arrange for a level placement evaluation. 

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