AUDITION
AUDITION PROCESS
To be considered for the Training Program, students are encouraged to audition through one of the following available options:
- Application and acceptance to join an open audition at the BBA headquarters.
- Application for video audition, for international students. Video auditions should contain a short barre containing plies, tendu, fondu, adagio and grand battement - one side is sufficient -, center practice, adagio and pirouettes, one small and one big allegro, pointe exercise for girls and/or variation in case there is one prepared.
- Application and acceptance for private audition .
- Attend BBA's Summer Course and apply for audition, students may be considered for invitation into the training program, based on ability exhibited .
REGISTRATION
Students must apply by sending the Audition Application Form to audition@bbacademyone . A pass photo and ballet photos (including an arabesque) must accompany the application form.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Email notification within a week after an application has been review.
TRAINING PROGRAM
The Junior Program offers training for students aged 10 to 13
The basic disciplines remain Classical technique supported by Contemporary Dance.
Students will be accepted by audition. Selection is based on physical suitability for a ballet career plus talent, ability and artistic qualities. A child’s dance education and level placement at BBA is based on many factors: age, muscle and bone development, maturity, work ethic, years trained in ballet, potential, etc... Mid-year progress and yearly examinations will be held before a jury of high professional level.
An open class or a performance will close the school year, giving a chance for students to present their achievements and to gain stage experience.
The study program will be conform with the age of the students taking into account the necessities which the discipline requires for a correct evolution.
Students are required to equip themselves with the appropriate clothing which will be indicated by BBA - academy uniform -.
BBA BALLET ACADEMY ALUMNI
2021
Junior Ballet Antwerp (Belgium), Swiss Offspring Ballet (Switzerland), Ballet de Barcelona (Spain)
2020
State Opera Bourgas (Bulgary), Étoile Ballet Theatre (Italy), La Junior Company - Compagnie Chorégraphique François Mauduit (France), Swiss Offspring Ballet (Switzerland), Hungarian National Ballet School (Hungary)
2019
Victorian State Ballet (Australia), Coastal City Ballet (Canada), Opera Comica Bucarest (Romania), Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (UK), Menlowe Ballet (USA)
2018
Latvian National Opera and Ballet (Latvia)
2017
Milano Contemporary Ballet Junior Company (Italy), EBB Studio Junior Company (Spain)
2016
Palucca Hochschule für Tanz (Germany)
2015
English National Ballet School (UK)