Toronto, August 3rd – 28th, 2009

ProArteDanza's Summer Intensive Program (SIP) is a four-week program in Contemporary/Ballet for professional and pre-professional level dancers of advanced ballet and modern dance technique, between the ages of 17 and 25. SIP provides the ideal program for dancers who are committed to achieving a higher level of technique and artistry, and who are embarking on a professional career in dance. This program will place the dancer in a professional company setting, following a format of technique in the morning and learning from the repertoire in the afternoon.

A primary goal of the SIP is to nurture our dancers’ versatility, focusing on developing the ability to perform, with equal confidence, the centuries-old techniques of classical ballet and the contemporary dance techniques of our time. Working on New Creations by local and international choreographers, we expect our dancers to develop that versatility, in addition to both stylistic sense, and creative ease, qualities sought by choreographers and artistic directors worldwide. These works will be shown on the final day in a public performance.

Nurturing the Fusion Dancer

Working within a professional dance company setting, our dancers will be instilled with a sense of the realities of the profession and encourage openness to exploring new possibilities. In addition to rehearsals of original choreography and/or ProArteDanza repertoire, the SIP dancers will be taking a daily ballet class with ProArteDanza company members in order to stress the pedagogical importance for our participants to be closely engaged with professional dancers.

As places on the course are limited, auditions will be held in Toronto on April 19th, 2009, at the Walter Carson Centre for the National Ballet of Canada, 470 Queens Quay West.

The cost of four-week intensive program is $1700.00 (Canadian dollars) per student. For further information, please contact Hope Muir by email only, at: hope@proartedanza.com