Chantry Dance Company Associate Programme

[Chantry Dance Company]

Chantry Dance Company's Associate Programme is for young dancers of a pre-vocational or pre-professional level, who aspire to have a career in dance.

 

Our young dancers of today are the professional company dancers of the future. CDC seeks to give these young dancers the opportunity to experience what professional company life is like and to prepare them for the professional world. The Associate Programme exists to nurture, develop and inspire the country's most talented young dancers, and to encourage them to be courageous with their dancing  in order to reach new levels in their technique and interpretative skills. 

The CDC Associate Programme is unique in the fact that, not only does it provide strong technical development of ballet and contemporary dance skills, but students are also given the opportunity to learn the specific contemporary ballet style which is used in CDC by working directly with the Artistic Director. This means the students learn how to work collaboratively with a choreographer, since the dancer's input is vital to the style, and this in turn helps them develop their own individuality as a dancer. 


Programme details
The Associate Programme is divided into two groups:
1) Ages 11-13
2) Ages 14-18 (although we will accept dancers over 18 in certain cases)

The programme runs for 11 sessions per year, held one Sunday per month from September-July at the prestigious London dance theatre, Sadler's Wells. Each session lasts for 3 hours. Students receive technique classes in contemporary ballet, repertoire, creative development, and the opportunity to work directly with the CDC company choreographers.

Selected students may be also given the opportunity to perform with the company at certain points during the year.

Auditions
Entry to the programme is by audition only. 
The auditions will be held on June 30th at Sadler's Wells, 13:15pm-17:15pm.
If you cannot make the audition date, please get in contact with us anyway, and we will find a way of making alternative arrangements.

To apply for an audition please download and complete the audition form from our website (www.chantrydancecompany.org/associate-programme.html). Alternatively, please contact us and we will send you a form.

 

Programme Fees
11 sessions per year, 3 hours per session.
Annual Fee: £230
Scholarships and Bursaries are available - please contact us for details.