Brava Dance Ensemble By audtion only The Brava Ensemble builds a repertoire of a variety of dances in all styles--ballet, tap, jazz, theatre dance, etc., and focuses on performance and entertaining an audience. The Ensemble dancers are cast in our Christmas Show during Session I. Students 4th grade and up must be registered for at least five dance classes, including Jazz, two times per week Ballet, Tap, and Lyrical/Contemporary to be eligible for the Brava Dance Ensemble. Students 3rd grade and younger must be enrolled in Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Lyrical. Auditions take place once a year for new Ensemble members. Ensemble rehearsals will be scheduled certain Sundays, Saturday afternoons and Friday evenings. Rehearsal schedules will be sent out with Christmas Show casting. The Brava Ensemble builds a repertoire of a variety of dances in all styles--ballet, tap, jazz, theatre dance, etc., and focuses on performance and entertaining an audience. The Ensemble dancers are cast in our Christmas show and the opening nuimber of our spring recital weekend. REQUIREMENTS FOR ENSEMBLE:
Dancers will ONLY need to attend rehearsal for the part they are cast in for the Christmas Show. Rehearsals will be scheduled on Friday evenings, Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons from September-December. Cast rehearsal schedules will be sent out with casting announcements. Auditions announced soon! Brava Dance Competitve Teams: Brava Apprentice By audition only Brava Apprentice is a training company created to slowly introduce new dancers to the competition world, while developing their technique and performance quality for the competition setting. Brava Apprentice dancers will compete one dance for our competition season at 2 local regional competitions, and must attend one convention. Apprentice Company Dancers are required to take technique classes in our Intensive track, including Ballet twice a week, Jazz, Lyrical/Contemporary and Tap, and be enrolled in Apprentice Company rehearsal. Petite Apprentice members (3rd grade and 2nd grade) must take Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Lyrical. Mini Session is also required. If a dancer is chosen for company, they must be signed up for at least one week of the summer intensive before accepting. Brava Core By audition only This is for individuals who are serious about training in dance at a higher, competitive level. Brava Core is our competitive team that attends 2-3 local competitions per season and one convention. Brava Core Dancers are required to take technique classes in our Intensive track, including Ballet twice a week, Jazz, Lyrical/Contemporary and Tap, and be enrolled in Core rehearsal. Mini Session is also required. If a dancer is chosen for Brava Core, they must be signed up for at least 2 weeks of the summer intensive inlcluding Guest week before accepting. Choreography week and Boot Camp is also required.
Brava Company(our Elite Competition Team) By audition only Brava Dance Company is a nationally ranked and award winning competition team. It is for individuals who are serious about training in dance at a higher, competitive level. Company requires a big committment, strong work ethic, passion and a drive for self-improvement. Company dancers compete in 4-5 competitions and attend three to four dance conventions throughout the season. Senior, Teen, Junior and Mini Company Dancers are required to take weekly technique classes in our Intensive track, including Ballet twice a week, Jazz, Lyrical/Contemporary and Tap, and be enrolled in Company rehearsal for their age group. At least 2 weeks of the Summer Dance Intensive is required for ALL company members. If a dancer is chosen for company, they must be signed up for summer intensive before accepting. Extended Mini session is required for all Company dancers. Current students must be training in our intensive track for at least a year before being considered for Company. AUDITION INFORMATION: REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE TEAMS (Brava Apprentice, Brava Core and Brava Company):
We are looking for dancers for our Apprentice and Core teams in all age groups: Petite, Mini, Junior and Teen for the 2024-2025 season. Each dancer in Core and Apprentice must have their right and left splits and a clean, double pirouette on both sides. While it is important that dancers have these core skills, there are also other aspects of technique that we look for as well as ability to pick up choreography quickly and quality of movement. We are looking for dancers who attend all of their regular weekly classes throughout the year, show up for rehearsals, have a great attitude in class, and a strong work ethic. These characteristics are very important as our dancers represent Brava and become an example to the younger students at the studio. ************************************************************* The commitment level is very high for the Competitive Teams. If you travel frequently or have conflicts on weekends, please do not audition. This is for those dancers who want to put themselves 100% into dancing. If you meet the above requirements and wish to be considered for Competitive Teams please sign up via your customer portal, under Mini Session, Audition Workshop by May 1st. Thank you! Ensemble News rehearsal dates: (call times will be sent out a week before and will be scheduled between 12:00 and 4:00 on Sundays and between 12-4 on Saturdays) Sunday, January 7 Sunday, February 11 and 25 Sunday, March 10 Sunday, April 7 Sunday, April 21 Sunday May 5 and Monday 5/13
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