The Associates Program at Canada's National Ballet School is a part-time Dance Education and Training program that allows boys and girls in the Greater Toronto Area, five to 17 years of age, to participate in after-school and weekend dance classes from mid-September to early June. Admission is by audition only.
The Associates Program curriculum is based on the formal ballet syllabus as developed and taught at NBS. In the first year of the program, the emphasis is on musicality and pleasure in movement; technique and artistry develop as students advance through subsequent certificate levels. Where appropriate, supplementary Conditioning, Historical Dance/Character, Repertoire Studies, Pointe and Jazz classes are also offered.
Students in the program will have an opportunity to perform in the Associates Program Closing Demonstration presented at the Betty Oliphant Theatre at Canada's National Ballet School, and to be considered for roles in the National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker and other productions. |