Application Deadline: January 15, 2010. Application must be submitted in its entirety. Ballet Magnificat! will notify you by e-mail on February 1, 2010, regarding your acceptance into the next level of the audition process. This next level is a personal audition at the Ballet Magnificat! studios in Jackson, Mississippi, February 25-26, 2010.

APPLICATION AND AUDITION PROCESS:

Step 1: By application deadline, submit Trainee Application Packet to include Application Form, Audition Fee, required photos, Pastor's recommendation letter as a personal reference, Audition Video of required exercises.

Step 2: If accepted into the second phase, the dancer will be invited to a personal audition. Ballet Magnificat! will arrange housing and local transportation for any dancer invited to these auditions. (Family or friends traveling with the dancer are responsible for their own housing and transportation arrangements.)

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Participants are admitted to the Trainee Program by invitation only, following a personal audition.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age by September 1st of the school year they will enter the program.
• Applicants must complete high school prior to September 1st of the school year they will enter the program.
• Applicants must submit a completed Trainee Application packet.
• Prior to being admitted to classes, registered Trainees must sign and adhere to the
  1. Trainee Program Agreement;
  2. Guidelines for Accountability Agreement;
  3. Code of Conduct Agreement.

Ballet Magnificat! reserves the right to make exceptions to previously stated rules and requirements, at its discretion, in circumstances it deems special or extra-ordinary.

AUDITION VIDEO

Please use DVD or VHS tapes only. Other types of video tapes are not acceptable, including camcorder and VHS-C tapes.

The audition video provides the faculty of Ballet Magnificat! with the necessary information showing technical potential of a Trainee applicant, and is considered to be the first round of the Trainee Program auditions.

A. Introduction: State your name, age and where you are from.

B. Ballet technique class. Please record barre work from the side and center work from the front.

1. Barre
• ___Plié
• ___Battement Tendu/ Battement Dégagé
• ___Rond de jambe
• ___Grand Battement
2. Centre
• ___Adagio
• ___Battement Tendu with Pirouette en-dehors
• ___Balancé combination with Pirouette en-dedans
3. Allegro
• ___Petite allegro with Battu
• ___Medium allegro with Sissonne
• ___Grand allegro with Entrelacé and grand jeté
4. Pointe
• ___ Échappé with en-dehors pirouette
• ___ Piqué turns with tours chaînés déboulés

C. Classical variation en pointe.

TRAINEE APPLICATION CHECKLIST

Your completed packet will include the following:

1. Completed Trainee Audition Application
2. $25.00 Audition Fee
3. Full body dance photo, in profile 1st arabesque, en pointe for ladies and demi-pointe for men. Ladies in a leotard and tights and men in black tights with a tight fitting black or white shirt. No costumes or skirts, please.
4. Head-shot photo with your name on back
5. Pastor’s recommendation letter as a personal reference.
6. Audition Video labeled with your name