DETROIT PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
DIRECTOR: MEG PAUL
Complexions Contemporary Ballet's Pre-Professional Program is rigorous and immersive experience that provides guidance and mentorship to dancers preparing for a performing career in dance.
The program is intended for students with an advanced or pre-professional understanding of classical ballet technique. Students train in NIQUE - the official training method of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, developed by Complexions co-founder/co-artistic directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.
NIQUE utilizes sound anatomical principles and cutting edge choreography to propel student growth, ignite creative artistry while unlocking the body's expressive potential, and aims to reflect the movement of our world - and all its constituent cultures - as an interrelated whole.
This immersive training experience, limited to 30 dancers, will focus on Technical Efficiency, Artistic Expression, and Performance. Students will take class in NIQUE, learn Complexions repertory, and participate in a creative process that culminates in a live performance sharing the stage with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in its performance at the Music Hall in Detroit.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet embodies its historical moment as a sanctuary where those passionate about dance can celebrate its past while simultaneously building its future.
The mission of Complexions is to become a more fluid, more changeable and more culturally interconnected world than ever before.
REGISTRATION
Open for students 15 years and up.
Audition submission is required.
The submission should be 2-4 minutes in length and can be from a previous Contemporary or Ballet performance or it can be center work from ballet or contemporary ballet class. Please add a pointe variation or exercise for those who have 3 yrs of minimum training on pointe
Registration closes once the program is at capacity.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER IF YOU APPLIED AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM US IN 10 DAYS.
TUITION
Tuition $800
Includes a $100 Non-Refundable Registration Fee
Payment plans available.
Invoices will be sent to the email submitted in your registration form.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dates:
Monday April 17 - Sunday April 23, 2023
Schedule:
Monday - Friday: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: All day Rehearsal and Performance
Schedule may change according to specific theater and rehearsal schedules.
Class/Rehearsal Location:
MON/TUE/WED/SUN
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
350 Madison St, Detroit, MI 48226
THU/FRI/SAT
Detroit Opera House
1526 Broadway St, Detroit, MI 48226
Performance:
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
*Dates and schedule subject to change
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Participants will be required to maintain health protocols provided by CCBA as a general practice while in class, dressing rooms and on stage. A full description of the protocols will be provided after registration is completed or a month before the start date. It may include, but not limited to, wearing a face mask at all times and a negative Covid-19 PCR test prior to the start date.
Intensive Updates and Communication will occur via e-mail and website updates! It is important to CLEARLY PRINT an accurate contact e-mail for student or guardian (if under 18). All important information will be emailed to the email addresses provided in the student registration form from info@complexionsacademy.com
An application response will be emailed to you within 15 days of receiving your video submission. Registrations are revised in the order they are received.
If accepted, The Complexions Information Packet containing all of the instructions on how to best prepare for the intensive; what to bring, dress code, procedures, forms and waivers, will be emailed a month prior the beginning of the program, and only after your application is paid in FULL.
Space is limited and will fill quickly!
*Refunds
Registration fee is non-refundable.
In the event of accident or illness, tuition refunds will be considered on a case by case basis.