Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive gives aspiring dancers the opportunity to train like professionals. With our inspiring facilities and world-renowned faculty, dancers will hone their technique and build strength all within an inclusive, encouraging and motivating environment.
Our limited class sizes ensure one-on-one faculty attention and our enriching curriculum is thoughtfully crafted for maximum growth with visible results.
Potential Studio Company candidates are encouraged to attend the Summer Intensive.
Open to dancers ages 12 years and up with 1 year of pointe experience. Acceptance by audition only.
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Summer Intensive Dates
Levels A & B
5-Week Session: June 21 - July 23, 2027
Levels C & D
2-Week Session: June 21 - July 3, 2027
3-Session: July 5 - July 23, 2027
Dancers placed in Levels C or D may choose to attend our full 5-week session or one of the shorter sessions.
Program Features
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Daily classes include Ballet, Pointe, Variations, and Conditioning
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Additional complementary dance styles such as Modern, Musical Theater, Flamenco, Pilates and Yoga
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Partnering classes throughout the program for all levels
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Dedicated Men’s Program includes daily men’s technique, strength training, conditioning and partnering
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Culminating demonstrations & performances that include original choreography by faculty and guest teachers and excerpts of Louisville Ballet repertoire
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Physical Therapy professionals available on-site and offer seminars throughout the intensive
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Level placement, based on technical and physical readiness, will be determined at the time of audition and communicated in each dancer’s acceptance letter
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The program is limited in class size to ensure an intimate environment with personalized attention tailored to the needs of each dancer
2027 Faculty
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Guest Teachers
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Guest Teachers
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Anthony Krutzkamp
Artistic Director
Louisville Ballet
Helen Starr
Former Associate Artistic Director, Louisville Ballet Artistic Director + Former Principal Dancer, English National Ballet
Jorge Laico
Director of The Louisville Ballet School
Mikelle Bruzina
Senior Rehearsal Director
Tuition + Housing
5 Week Program
Tuition: $2995
Housing: $3100
2 Week Program (Levels C & D Only)
Tuition: $1350
Housing: $1400
3 Week Program (Levels C & D Only)
Tuition: $2025
Housing: $2100
Housing Features
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Students live in furnished dormitory style rooms with a roommate on the Bellarmine University Campus
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Microwave and refrigerator in every room
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Access to free laundry, wireless internet, and community lounges
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Includes all meals and transportation to all programming
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Supervision provided by Louisville Ballet staff, resident assistants, on-call Bellarmine University staff, and an active campus security force
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Optional weekend activities available for an additional fee
Louisville Ballet is seeking qualified candidates for Resident Assistants during the Summer Intensive. Housing scholarships are available. Dancer 18 years old and over are encouraged to apply LEARN MORE + APPLY HERE
Dancer & Parent Reviews
The attention to encouraging dancers to become better technically, artistically, and individually all while maintaining a healthy, kind, and uplifting studio culture is so refreshing and unique.
The training was hard but very rewarding, everyone received similar amounts of attention, and the PT and medical seminars were very helpful. I feel I’ve grown more here than at past summer intensives.
She loved the intensive! I was very impressed by how much she grew as a dancer and the wonderful connections that she made with the students and staff.
Audition Tour
Dancers have several options to audition for the 2027
Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive:
Auditions are open to dancers ages 12 years and up with 1 year of pointe experience. Acceptance by audition only.
Audition Information
REGISTRATION
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Online registration is required. Dancers must register in advance to reserve a place in the audition class. Registration is not complete without payment of the audition fee. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.
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Walk-ups are NOT admissible for NSIA auditions.
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Walk-ups are admissible for Louisville Ballet Summer Intensive Regional Tour Auditions if space remains. Walk-up audition fees must be paid online. Cash and check will not be accepted.
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Audition fee must be paid at time of online registration.
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Registration fees are not refundable or transferable.
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Registration opens Monday, November 2, 2026 for Louisville Ballet Audition Tour sites and Monday, November 30, 2026 for NSIA.
AUDITION DAY DETAILS
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The audition class lasts 90 minutes and consists of barre and center work.
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Ladies with 3 years of pointe experience should be prepared to go en pointe immediately after barre for the center portion and remainder of the class.
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Ladies should wear a solid color leotard, pink tights, ballet and pointe shoes or tights and shoes that align with their natural skin tone. Gentlemen should wear a white shirt, black or grey tights and ballet shoes.
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Dancers should submit a headshot and photo of first arabesque (en pointe for ladies) via email to summerintensive@louisvilleballet.org prior to scheduled audition.
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Partial and full merit scholarships are available to select dancers.
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Audition results are emailed within 12 days of your audition. Level placement will be communicated in each dancer’s acceptance letter.
Louisville Ballet Audition Tour
City | Date | Location | Check In Time | Class Time | Registration Fee |
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Memphis, TN | 01/10/2027 | Ballet Memphis
2144 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104 | 11:00 - 11:30 AM | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | $40.00 |
Tampa, FL | 01/17/2027 | Patel Conservatory
1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FL 33602 | 4:00 - 4:30 PM | 4:30 - 6:00 PM | $40.00 |
Atlanta, GA | 01/24/2027 | Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance
601 Houze Way Suite 100, Roswell, GA 30076 | 11:00 - 11:30 AM | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | $40.00 |
Houston, TX | 02/07/2027 | Ballet Center of Houston
8515 Jackrabbit Rd Houston, TX 77095 | 1:30 - 2:00 PM | 2:00 - 3:30 PM | $40.00 |
Louisville, KY | 02/21/2027 | Louisville Ballet
315 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 | 11:00 - 11:30 AM | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | $40.00 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 02/27/2027 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
2900 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15201 | 1:00 - 1:30 PM | 1:30 - 3:00 PM | $40.00 |
Registration for the Louisville Ballet audition tour and video submissions opens on November 2, 2026:
National Summer Intensive Audition (NSIA)
The National Summer Intensive Audition Tour (NSIA) is a collective of professional ballet schools that was forged to provide young dancers with the opportunity to audition for multiple national level summer programs with a single audition class. Each school in the collective offers in-person auditions at their facilities, and students who attend the National Summer Intensive Audition are considered by all schools in the collective for acceptance to their summer intensives.
The collective includes Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Arizona, BalletMet, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, Kansas City Ballet School, Louisville Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Sarasota Ballet School, Texas Ballet Theater and Tulsa Ballet.
To learn more about the NSIA audition and registration process, visit the National Summer Intensive Audition Tour website.
Date | Location | Ages | Check In Time | Class Time | Registration Fee |
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01/31/2027 | 315 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 | 12-14 | 11:00 PM | 11:30 - 1:30 PM | $150.00 |
01/31/2027 | 315 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 | 15-16 | 1:00 PM | 1:30 - 3:30 PM | $150.00 |
01/31/2027 | 315 E Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 | 17+ | 3:00 PM | 3:30 - 5:30 PM | $150.00 |
Registration for NSIA begins November 30, 2026 at 9:00 am EST
After reserving an audition spot through The Louisville Ballet School's Jackrabbit Portal, we will reach out to confirm your registration and share a link to an Airtable form, which will collect additional details, shared with the NSIA collective. The Airtable form must be completed at least 10 days in advance of the NSIA audition.
Video Auditions
Dancers auditioning by video should register via the link below. Video applications will not be reviewed until online registration is received. Video auditions will be accepted until March 1, 2027 or until our program reaches capacity.
Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Video Audition Guidelines
Individual Video Audition Fee: $40.00
Please contact summerintensive@louisvilleballet.org for group video audition options & rates.