Students of Ballet Program Pass ABT Exams with Honors

Students of LesPetits and L’Academie completed their Primary A & B exams on June 9, 2010. To the delight of their teacher, Carolyn Zettel -Augustyn, all of them ( 14 in total ) passed with flying colors! In fact many received high honors and stellar comments  by ABT adjudicator, Raymond Lukins.

Congratulations to you all and Mrs. Zettel-Augustyn!

Huntington Ballet Academy advanced students head for prestigious summer ballet programs

Advanced students auditioned and were accepted to many well- respected summer ballet programs across the country such as:

Burklyn Ballet Theater

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet

Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago

Peridance, NYC

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Walnut Hill

Congratulations to all and enjoy your programs!

SUMMER BALLET WORKSHOP FOR BEGINNER -PRE-PROFESSIONAL STARTS AUGUST 9TH 2010

SUMMER BALLET WORKSHOP CLASS SCHEDULE  2010 – AUGUST 9-26  

Weekly classes – Mon – Thursday

WEEK 1- August 9-12 – Instructors: F. Augustyn, *A. Strelick, ,* C. Zettel-Augustyn, T.Alessi (Nutcracker Workshop)

Week 2 – August 16-19 – Instructors: *O.Konobeyeva, *A. Strelick,T. Alessi (Nutcracker Workshop)

Week 3- August 23-26- Instructors:* O.Konobeyeva, *A. Strelick,T. Alessi (Nutcracker Workshop)

Intro to Ballet – (Ages 6 -8 NO PRIOR TRAINING) – 4:30 – 5:30 -$100/wk; 175/2wks;250/3wks

JUNIOR  – 4:30 -5:30 -   (Ages 6-8) – $100/wk; 175/2wks; 250/3wks

Introduction to ballet technique, tap (shoes not required for summer study) and  folk dancing (character ballet) make this a perfect class to become acquainted with our program of study.

INTERMEDIATE- 5:30 – 7:00pm (Ages 7 & up with 2 years of prior ballet training) – $150/wk; 275/2wks; 375/3wks

Ballet techique, pre-pointe, turn &  jump classes for the current dance student in levels A1, A2 in the Academy (as of June 19 placement) or any student that has taken a ballet class for at least 2 years and is familiar with basic barre work, center and basic turns.

ADVANCED – 5:30 – 7:30pm- $175/wk;  325/ 2wks; 500/3wks

Ballet technique, Pointe, Variations, Partnering for Academy levels A3, A4 & Pre-professional or the student that has been om Pointe for at least 2 years.

***New students call for free placement class – 631-271-4626 We strongly recommend taking a placement class if you are not currently enrolled in our school.

**** Nutcracker Workshop – Thursdays - Each level will prepare for Nutcracker auditions for LIBT Nutcracker that will take place September 11 & 12 , 2010.

*ABT certified instructor for ABT National Training Curriculum