Ballet Summer Intensive:
A summer program for intermediate and advanced ballet dancers and choreographers

Ballet at Indiana IU Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department in The Choreography Project 2007

Michael Vernon, Director

These 2 one-week courses are designed to give both ballet dancers and choreographers a chance to study with a world class ballet faculty, and to develop ideas and concepts for choreography, using the professional ballet facilities at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Session I will be devoted to working on ballet technique and learning choreography, both existing and new. Session II will have the added component of a workshop for choreographers.

Session I:

The morning will consist of technique classes including pointe and men’s classes. The afternoons will comprise of talks on music appreciation for ballet, variation classes and the opportunity to work with established ballet choreographers who will reproduce their own works, and/or sections of choreography from classical ballets. The emphasis during this week is on ballet technique and the learning of ballet repertoire.

Session II:

The morning will also consist of technique classes including pointe and men’s classes. In the afternoon, classes in choreography will be offered. These classes are designed (through specially created exercises) to enable choreographers to broaden their range of ideas and movements, and to give them the chance to work and create a short ballet on the dancers in the class.

Choreographers who do not wish to partake in technique classes are welcome to this session. However, in this instance, observing class is encouraged though not required.

Session I and Session II will each end with an informal presentation – open to the general public – followed by a reception which will be attended by faculty members from that week’s Session.