Dear Dancers,

Thank you for your interest in Cary Ballet Conservatory's Intensive Summer Training Program 2012. We added even more great faculty and guest teachers such as Mariaelena Ruiz, Shannon Parlsey, Elizabeth Gaither, Kim Sonderegger, Maria Chapman to make 2012 the most exciting summer ever!

At CBC, we have an outstanding professional faculty, along with renowned guest teachers, who look forward to working with our new, visiting students each summer. It's very rewarding to be able to make a positive impact in the training of young aspiring dancers from across the country and to follow their success as they return, year after year and move on into their careers.

Cary is a safe, friendly, young city centered near the Research Triangle Park, between Raleigh and Chapel Hill, NC. Consistently voted a top city to live in the United States, the quality of life, cultural diversity, educational opportunities and thriving arts community are all unique assets in which Cary Ballet Conservatory plays an important role. We take pride in our warm, friendly atmosphere at CBC with 6 beautiful studios. Our refreshing philosophy ensure all the benefits of advanced training while honoring the etiquette and preserving the timeless tradition of our classical art form.

Attracting gifted dancers from across the country, CBC's visitors and newcomers are welcome friends who often become like family. Through our shared passion for dance, many lifelong friendships are born at CBC.

Previous attendees raved about their invaluable CBC experience and their teachers were delighted with their substantial improvement in technique, strength, and artistry. We aspire to send each dancer home more confident; eager to continue the summer's enthusiastic "intensive" approach as they continue towards their goals.

Our intensive program focuses on technique and overall advancement. Each level's curriculum is jam-packed with beneficial training; not rehearsal hours. What sets our program apart from others is our flexible enrollment policy, allowing dancers to attend sessions of the program- as few as 2 weeks for ballet, or six days for our renowned jAZZfEST (June 25th - 30th). More importantly, we provide the very rare opportunity for close interaction with some of the nation's most highly regarded Ballet Masters in a smaller, more personal, nurturing environment. Each week will introduce new guest teachers and variations/choreography. For maximum benefit, we encourage students to attend as many weeks as possible to establish a rapport with our teachers, consistently apply corrections and build upon their training goals from week to week.

June 25 - 30 provides a special, deeper exploration into jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, modern dance and Broadway Jazz through our popular annual jAZZfEST! Students benefit from a daily ballet technique class, followed by exciting master classes where they will learn technique and various choreography from the industry's top professionals. This special week concludes with an informal in-house performance on Saturday, June 30th to showcase the many original combinations taught throughout the week.

Please explore the summer section of our webpage we will continually update information about our intensive program, sample schedule, levels, optional evening class schedule and tuition as it becomes available.

We hope you are able to attend one of our master-class auditions. If you are uable to audition in person, you may submit a simple DVD along with an application and your applicaiton fee. We provide general instructions for our audition videotaping; however we are not concerned with formalities or the professionalism of the videographer. We don't want to burden you or your teachers. Simple footage capturing highlights during a regularly scheduled ballet class is appropriate as long as we can clearly see the applicant. Teachers may submit multiple students on one DVD, as long as we can clearly identify and match each applicant with their individual application form.

This year we are pleased to partner with a local hotel to provide a fully chaperoned, safe, and enriching boarding environment for our extended-stay students. Students will be asked to fill out a housing preference questionnaire which will will use to group students appropriately. Of course, requests for specific roommates will be honored as well. All summer students (visiting and year-round) will enjoy planned social activities together to enhance their summer experience.

At CBC we are always happy to assist you and answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact us any time!
email: office@caryballetconservatory.com or phone 919.481.6509.

We look forward to meeting you!

Suzanne Laliberté-Clark, Director
Cary Ballet Conservatory