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2009 Summer Intensive
We are excited to offer our summer program option for serious dancers!
1-Week Intensive - June 22 - June 26
5-Week Intensive - June 29 - August 1
Includes a full production of Giselle, two performances — Friday
& Saturday night, 7:00 PM — at the historic, beautiful Circa 1903 Waterville Opera
House, Waterville, Maine.
Call 207-873-7000 for tickets.
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In order to encourage early sign-ups we are offering tuition, room, and board for
$2500 for the first ten enrollments. Call 207-487-6360 and ask for terms of contract;
or email Pvt57@aol.com.
We will contract by Fax or email. The standard price for our 2009 Summer Intensive
will be the same as for 2008: $3250 for tuition, room and board with some discounts
- up to 15% - offered as before for returning dancers who enroll early and pay monthly.
Monday, 29 June 2009 through Saturday, 1 August 2009.
Instruction continues through the Fourth of July.
Dancers normally arrive Sunday before the syllabus begins the following Monday.
Ages 10 and up. Dancers should have at least two years’ experience in classical ballet.
Typically, our summer troupe includes a few professional dancers on off season. Most populous age-group is 14-18; however, younger and older dancers at each end of the spectrum have plenty of company and are very much part of the team!
We limit the program to 64 dancers. They are divided up into 4 separate ability levels. This enables us to keep class-size down to 16 per studio. Every dancer, every level, receives instruction from all four faculty members. As Ballet Master, Andrei Bossov will personally know and place every dancer — down to the youngest 10-year-old.
Dancers are in the studio by 9:00 AM every morning. There are two classes before lunch, one class after lunch, and a rehearsal period as last period ending the day at 4:30 PM.
Classes include: Technique, Pointe, Men’s Class, Partnering, Classic Pointe Variations, Character, Acting, Face Make-up, Pilate, Floor Barre, Stretch.
A classic story Ballet, directed by Andrei Bossov, will culminate the program.
The final week, 5th Week, 27 July through 1 August 2009, is devoted entirely to rehearsals and performances. Dancers travel by bus to the performing venue in Waterville Wednesday and Thursday for dress rehearsals on stage. Cost of transportation is included in the room and board fee (quoted below under the heading “Cost”).
Performances in Waterville Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM, 31 July and 1 August 2009.
Dancers will be bussed to performances. After the final performance Saturday night, parents can pick up dancers after the show, or, dancers can return to the dormitory by bus for one more night on campus and depart the next day, Sunday 2 August 2009.
Andrei Bossov, Natalya Getman, Vladimir Karpov, Anna Karpova.
$3250 is the total, tuition, room and board.
The above figure represents a tuition cost of $1525 and $1725 for room and board.
 
3 full nutritious meals a day and brunch and supper, Saturdays and Sundays. We are extremely proud of our unique, nutrition-oriented food service. We make special provisions to accommodate special dietary needs. Lots of choice offered every meal, including for vegetarians. We are careful to ensure that every dancer eats a healthy diet. We place emphasis on being strong, not thin. Our theory, a well-balanced nutritious diet and a well-fed dancer who takes our rigorous regimen of classes will, over the long term, develop the best body for dancing.
Dormitories are supervised 24-hours by well-screened employees whom we have known for years. A thorough check of attendance is completed each night before “lights out.”
Dormitory Regulations
1. Letter of Application:
Write us a brief letter stating your desire to attend. Includes age, address, names of sponsors (typically mother and father or guardian(s)). Include also at least one phone number and, if available, email address. For dancers who are minors, there should be a signature of a parent or guardian indicating knowledge of and permission for application. The letter itself or an attached enclosure should provide a resume of your dancing experience to include teachers, approximate weekly frequency of study, and significant performing roles, if any.
2. Audition:
Audition can be by video or in person. Keep videos inexpensive and brief. Here is what — in fact all —
that Andrei needs to see:
At the barre: plie, tendu, adagio
At the center: adagio, turning combination, jumping combination
Andrei does not need to see you en pointe on the video. He will have you en pointe his way while you are here and when you are ready.
If you come in person, however, definitely bring your pointe shoes so he and Natalya
can look at you and give you a few tips to work on between now and summer.
To audition, just take class with us. We teach every afternoon and evening, Monday
through Friday, and every Saturday morning. Also you will receive a “cook's tour”
of our campus and the surrounding village. Advantage: You will get to know us at
the same time that we get to know you. Also we accept dancers without delay as we
move along through the sign-up season; so the longer you wait, the more competitive
it gets.
3. Letter of Recommendation:
We would like at least one good letter of recommendation from a teacher who is familiar with you. Especially important are comments about your work ethic and good citizenship.
Also, ability to learn, performing potential, and stage presence. Please ensure that we know how to call the teacher back in case we would like to discuss the dancer by phone.
We pick up dancers arriving at the Bangor, Maine, International Airport, free of charge.
Dancers are picked up in a van large enough to easily accommodate luggage. Upon Pick-up, dancers are transported directly to our dormitory.
Monday, 22 June 2009 through Friday, 26 June 2009
Ages 9 and up. Dancers should have at least one year experience in classical ballet.
Dancers are welcome to take both the one-week and the 5 week programs "back to back" if desired.
Dancers are in the studio by 9:00 AM every morning. There are two classes before lunch, and two classes after lunch, ending the day at 4:30 PM. Classes include: Technique, Pointe, Men's Class, Partnering, Classic Pointe Variations, Character, Pilate, Floor Barre, Stretch.
 
Andrei Bossov, Natalya Getman, Vladimir Karpov, Anna Karpova.
$575 is the total, tuition, room and board.
The above figure represents a tuition cost of $250 and $325 for room and board.
Same as comments under “Boarding” for the 5-week program.
1. Letter of Application:
Write us a brief letter stating your desire to attend. Includes age, address, names of sponsors (typically mother and father or guardian(s)). Include also at least one phone number and, if available, email address. For dancers who are minors, there should be a signature of a parent or guardian indicating knowledge of and permission for application. The letter itself or and attached enclosure should provide a resume of your dancing experience to include teachers, approximate weekly frequency of study, and, significant performing roles if any.
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