The ultimate gap year for dancers!
Auditions for the South African Mzansi Ballet’s 2014
Graduate Programme will be held on October 12th at 10h00 at the SAMB studios,
Joburg Theatre, Hoofd Street, Braamfontein.
For any post-matric aspiring dancer, the SAMB Graduate Programme
is a dream year, offering a unique opportunity to train for either six months
or a year with a professional ballet company and experience first-hand the
career of a professional ballet dancer. This exposure also enables amateur
dancers to experience whether they are equipped physically, emotionally and
mentally for the rigors of a full-time ballet career. The course exposes the
Graduate to the world of the professional stage and successful applicants will
participate in the professional company’s classes, rehearsals and productions
of a high professional standard.
The audition will consist of an audition ballet class. The
audition should be completed by 12h00. The downstairs studio will be available
from 09h00 in order to enable candidates to warm up beforehand.
Applicants should be appropriately dressed in ballet gear –
pink tights and leotards for ladies and tights and t-shirts for men to enable
the SAMB panel to clearly view their work. Female applicants need to bring pointe shoes.
The 2014 programme has been revised and enhanced and will
specifically offer:
PRACTICAL: Graduates will be taught a set ballet class which
they will learn at the beginning of the year, and work on in their private
classes with members of the professional company. They will also receive pas de deux classes. Graduates learn
repertoire variations - both classical and contemporary works – and how to set
a class. They will also receive strength, stretch and cardio training and will
learn about professional ballet hair, make-up and shoe care. At a Graduation
ceremony at the end of the year, they will present the class, perform their
variations from repertoire and present a group number. Graduates will appear in
all the company’s productions, including Coppélia
and La Bayadère, and learn the
repertoire.
THEORY: Subjects include physiology, pathology, anatomy,
dance history, music appreciation, ballet terminology and first aid. They will
be required to complete a project during the year. Graduates are also required
to job shadow selected members of management/artistic team, thereby broadening
their knowledge of and exposing them to alternative career opportunities within
the performing arts sector. This includes general office management, production
budgeting and public relations, dealing with the members of the media, public
and role-players in the ballet fraternity, and an introduction to fundraising
for the arts.
At the completion of the one-year course, the SAMB Artistic
Team will evaluate the Graduate’s progress and accordingly, and dependent on
availability, offer the individual a contract. All Graduates who successfully
complete the course, (including the research project), receive a certificate to
this effect.
Fees R1,350 per month. A limited number of bursaries may be
available for qualifying candidates. Please note that this fee does not include
the cost of pointe shoes.
Applicants may register their intention to audition by
calling Edgar Moagi on 011 877 6898 and are asked to provide a one-page
curriculum vitae on the day of the audition. For any other queries call 011 877
6898.
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