Training Programs
Classical Ballet Division
The Classical Ballet Division prepares students to either achieve a professional career in Classical Ballet, or to develop a proficiency in the art form allowing students to dance and study in higher education institutions. Students can participate in at least two performance intensives and performances each school year.
Levels Offered
- Pre-Ballet
- Junior 1
- Junior 2
- Junior 3
- Intermediate 3
- Intermediate 4
- Intermediate 5
- Advanced Intermediate
- Advanced 1
- Advanced 2
- Senior
Performing Arts Division
- Performing Arts Private Training Program
- Performing Arts Full-Time Track
- Performing Arts Part-Time Track
- Performing Arts Junior Levels
The Performing Arts Division program serves dancers and performers who are: passionate about the art of dance, singing, and acting. Pursuing performing art forms at a higher level or professionally, taking their arts to college, enjoy dance as physical education and a creative outlet, just like to sing and act. The division allows for a creative approach while focusing on developing individual technical strengths. There are at least two performance intensives and performances each school year.
Levels Offered
- Pre-Dance
- Junior
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Classical Ballet Private Training Program
Program Description
We provide our most personalized attention with this structure of training. Ms. Séber and all teachers teaching within this program commit their time for the full school year and the academy dedicates a large amount of resources for the exceptional development of the selected students.
Alongside the offerings of single and rotation private classes (2–6 students) this personalized attention includes other necessary aspects that are completed during our director’s, teachers’ and staff’s administrative time.
Program Structure
PTP A
Students in this category train most intensely and attend large amounts of training hours that start earlier in the day and also have a larger percentage of Rotation Privates.
Alongside the intensified technical development, there’s a strong focus on artistic development, as well as classical and contemporary solo works.
Students can elect in this category to focus on training and performing without partaking in competitions.
Please see Management and Service Offerings 1, 2, 5 and 6 for further details.
PTP A with Competition Attendance
Students in this category train most intensely and attend large amounts of training hours that start earlier in the day and also have a larger percentage of Rotation Privates.
Alongside intensified technical and artistic development, there’s a strong focus on classical and contemporary solo works. Students’ readiness to attend competitions requires Ms. Séber’s approval. For classical ballet competitions, one-on-one private lessons with Ms. Séber are required.
Please see Management and Service Offerings 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 for further details.
PTP A with Applying to Professional Companies
Students in this category train most intensely and attend large amounts of training hours that start earlier in the day and also have a larger percentage of Rotation Privates.
Alongside intensified technical and artistic development, there’s a strong focus on classical and contemporary solo works. Students readiness to apply for professional companies requires Ms. Séber’s approval.
We help with the entire process of auditioning. Please see Management and Service Offerings for further details.
PTP B
An intensified training in which students do include at least one Rotation Private in their schedule in combination with Semi-Privates.
Students in this category can start their training later in the day, such as 3 PM or later, but students are required to have technique classes and at least one Semi-Private or Rotation Private with Ms. Lilla Séber.
Alongside intensified technical and artistic development, there’s a strong focus on classical and contemporary solo works.
Please see Management and Service Offerings 1, 2, 5 and 6 for further details.
Management and Service Offerings
1. Administrative time applied towards training related tasks and communication
- Discussing training topics and plans for individual students
- Finding solutions to all training and psychological issues arising that pertain to training
- Attending to dancer management for training and career
- Coordinating with physical therapists, doctors and other health & wellness professionals about technical improvements, injury prevention, injury management, rehabilitation
- Giving time to communication to parents about training and repertoire, and self-promotion / career management / competition plans and training psychology as needed
- Helping to strategize short-term and long-term professional goals
2. Preparation for auditions and videos
- Ms. Séber working with teachers and students to prepare the materials needed for recording and attends the filming if needed
- Ms. Séber working with teachers to check and select from the filming material
- Staff handles all related logistics
3. Administrative tasks for students attending competitions
- Competition registration
- Traveling with students and creating and executing competition warm-up and coaching schedule and attending to students for the entire time
- Staff handles all related logistics and costumes
4. Administrative tasks for students applying for companies
- Researching for suitable companies and giving professional advice of what type of company would be good fit and potential for success
- Helping to acquire an in-person audition when possible
- Helping to research the video submission requirements for auditioning
- Creating filming materials that are suitable for company auditions
- Selecting from already existing video materials
- Organizing the choreography process and the choreography filming for contemporary solos
- Composing different versions of videos as it is applicable and/or required to send to the various companies
- Planning repertoire and training ahead of time to be befitting for company auditions
- Submitting recommendation letters
- Helping to organize an audition tour
- Strategizing the audition process
- Advising on the psychology of auditioning as it relates to career management and training
- Adjusting the personal training schedule to be able to complete the audition tour
5. Administrative tasks for applying for college dance programs, submitting supplemental materials for general college applications / trainee programs
- Researching and advising for dance program selections
- Composing materials as needed for programs
- Selecting from already existing materials
- Creating new materials as needed
- Organizing the choreography process and the choreography filming for contemporary/jazz solos
- Submitting recommendation letters
- Giving professional advice of what type of program would be good fit
6. Administrative tasks for students applying for summer intensives
- Researching and advising for dance program selections
- Composing materials as needed for auditions
- Selecting from already existing materials
- Creating new materials as needed
- Organizing additional photoshoots
- Selecting and submitting photo materials to programs
- Submitting recommendation letters
- Giving professional advice of what type of program would be a good fit
Classical Ballet Full-Time Track
The Full-Time Track begins with Level 3, starting at 8 hours per week, and goes up to the Advanced and Senior Levels attending 15-25+ hours per week. Gradually increasing the time spent training for ballet over the years helps to fully accomplish the curriculum. Depending on a student’s goals, different intensities of hours, within each level’s recommended time brackets, are advised.
Classical Ballet Part-Time Track
Part-Time students are those in the Intermediate levels who attend 8 or fewer hours a week. In the Part-Time Track, students have the opportunity to receive a top quality ballet education with which they can utilize in two different aspects. First, ballet supplements training for other forms of dance. Its technique helps develop skills such as advanced steps or skills necessary to perform in many other styles of dance. Students can choose to participate in all of the performances. Secondly, practicing the art of the ballet can have wonderful mental and physical health benefits. Not only does it provide an excellent physical education, as it strengthens, prevents injury, and optimizes a body’s function, but also its positivity and creativity help to develop a balanced way of being.
Classical Ballet Junior Levels
We offer four Junior levels: Pre-Ballet, Junior 1, 2, and 3. In these levels, we build the foundations of Classical Ballet so that students can choose to attain a professional career or succeed at the collegiate level, as in our Full-Time track, or so that they can choose to pursue dance in other beneficial and enriching ways, as in our Part-Time track. All students will study Classical Ballet technique following the syllabus of the Séber Method, as they create kinetically positive and healthy habits from a young age, and find joy and strength in the power and beauty of movement. In the Junior levels, students will develop important movement skills of advanced steps early on and will delight in the magical world of creative expression.
Performing Arts Division
Performing Arts Private Training Program
Our Performing Arts Private Training Program (PAPTP) is designed for students who are focused on being well-versed in many styles at a professional level, through our creative training style.
Student can focus concentration in dance or as a triple threat (dancing, singing, acting) through our Musical Theatre Triple Threat Training Track. We provide classes in a wide variety of genres to develop the students’ style, technique and artistry. As a part of development, all PAPTP students have the opportunity to have dance and voice solos, private voice lessons, acting class, Alexander Technique, Speech and dialects and more. Students will also study in-depth different styles within different genres.
All students have artistic and technical mentoring and are selected for creative and artistic projects. Students work with our photographers and videographers and receive ample opportunities to build their resumes. Student will have the opportunity to work with industry professional in the DMV and on Broadway. Including session with casting agents, competitions and show performance opportunity.
The PAPTP is for committed students who have professional aspirations and is by audition only.
Performing Arts Full-Time Track
The Full-Time Track begins with Level 3, starting at 8 hours per week, and goes up to the Advanced and Senior Levels attending 15-25+ hours per week. For students opting for the strict dance focus one acting class or private is required. Students are able to choose to do private voice if they desire.
Students doing the Musical Theatre Triple Threat Track are required to have one private voice and one acting class. Which can be a rotation or semi private style. Scheduling will be done to meet the students needs and can be done virtually.
Gradually increasing the time spent training over the years helps to fully accomplish the curriculum. Depending on a student’s goals, different intensities of hours, within each level’s recommended time brackets, are advised.
Performing Arts Part-Time Track
Part-time students are those in the Intermediate Levels who attend 8 or fewer hours a week. In the Part-Time Track of PAD, students can focus on all dance forms or their chosen genre of dance, while having the opportunity to support their technique with a top quality ballet education. Additionally they will have the ability to have one vocal private and acting lesson.
Students in Musical Theatre Triple Threat Track in addition are required to have one voice and acting private. Which can be a rotation or semi private style.
A well-taught technique helps to unlock their ability for the strength, coordination, flexibility and endurance needed to perform advance exercises within either the dance or Musical TheatreTriple Threat Track. Practicing the techniques of different genres can have wonderful mental and physical benefits. Not only do they help to extensively develop essential skills but they can serve as a joyful and enriching creative outlet.
Performing Arts Junior Levels
In the Junior level of the Performing Arts Division, students can study Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap and Flamenco. As well as the Musical Theatre Triple Threat Track.
The Junior levels are divided into four Classical Ballet levels and two Contemporary, Jazz, Tap and Flamenco levels. As well as there are group acting and voice classes or private voice and acting for students who desire.
These levels are a great time to establish comprehensive technical foundations, assimilate proper movement patterns and develop creative and artistic skills. Due to our thorough attention to training in these early levels, students will have the chance to take it towards a focus to attain a professional career or succeed at a collegiate level, or simply pursue the beneficial, enriching and joyful ways of dance as a passion.