Summer Intensive Performances

SUMMER INTENSIVE 2023
AUDITION

complete the application form below

to schedule an in-person audition

also accepting video submissions

PROGRAMS

JUNE 5-JUNE 23

JUNIOR INTENSIVE

Ages 8-10

JUNE 26-AUGUST 6

INTENSIVE

Ages 9-18+ years

Bayer Ballet’s Summer Intensive is where serious dancers come to refine their technique and artistry, while discovering opportunities to take their dancing to the next level. An artfully-rigorous curriculum, presenting Vaganova technique in its purest form, is delivered by an internationally-acclaimed faculty.

MASTER VAGANOVA & CONTEMPORARY INSTRUCTION

Vaganova Ballet Technique
Classical Ballet Repertoire
Pas de Deux
Character*
Stretching and Conditioning
Contemporary Dance
Pointe/Pre-Pointe*
Variations

WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY (scroll down for bios)*

VASILY MEDVEDEV
STANISLAV FECO
ELISA CARRILLO CABRERA
MIKHAIL KANISKIN
ANTON LUKOVKIN
INNA BAYER

...MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

PROFESSIONALLY-STAGED THEATRE PRODUCTION*

Work with world-renowned CHOREOGRAPHERS & PROFESSIONAL DANCERS, training & rehearsing to perform in a professionally-produced THEATRE PERFORMANCE of Coppelia.

(*) denotes elements of the 6-week intensive only

AUDITION

IN-PERSON audition

Complete the form below to schedule an in-person audition.

BAYER BALLET STUDIOS

2028 OLD MIDDLEFIELD WAY

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA

video audition

VIDEO SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (6-WEEK SI)

>> Complete the application form below

>> Short Introduction including: name, age, number of years of dance education, number of years of pointe work (if applicable), and name of your current school and teacher(s).

>> Barre and center exercises: plié, battement tendu, adagio, pirouettes, petit, medium, and grand allegro, tours en l'air for men, and pointe work for women. A classical ballet variation on pointe is optional.

>>Other links to performances of classical variations (optional)

>> Photo in first arabesque

audition dress code

Women: black leotard, pink tights, bring pointe shoes

Men: black tights and white t-shirt

Bayer Ballet Students: Wear uniform

Audition
ApplicatioN
Required prior to scheduling in-person audition or submitting video audition

First Name

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City

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Date of Birth

Age of dancer

Pronouns

Audition Format

Program

Ages 8-10 - 3-Week Program

Ages 9-10 - 6-Week Program

Ages 11-13 - 6-Week Program

Ages 14+- 6-Week Program

*Please indicate any anticipated conflicts with summer intenstive dates. If none, please indicate "none" below.

How many years of dance training?

Hours per week dancer studies

Dance on pointe?

Name of current dance studio

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Performance

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programs

3-week junior si
JUNE 5-june 23
Ages: 8-10 years

SCHEDULE*

June 5-June 23

Morning Session: Mon-Fri, 9:00am-1:30pm

Afternoon Session: Mon-Fri, 4:00pm-8:30pm

Sample program*

9:00-10:00am - Warmup - Stretching

10:00-11:30am - Ballet Technique

11:30-11:45am - Break

11:45-1:30pm - Repertoire / Character Dance

Intensive culminates in studio demonstration.

TUITION

$1400

*Schedule subject to change

6-week si

JUne 26-august 6

Ages: 9-18+ years

SCHEDULE*

The 6-week intensive will consist of levels. Students will be assigned according to age & ability:

Mon-Fri, 9:00am-5:00pm Group 1
Mon-Fri, 9:00am-5:00pm Group 2
Mon-Fri, 10:30am-6:30pm Group 3
Mon-Fri, 10:30am-6:30pm Group 4

Sample program*

9:00-10:00am - Warmup - Stretching

10:00-11:30am - Ballet Technique

11:30-11:45am - Break

11:45am-12:45pm - Pas De Deux class (M/W/F) Contemporary (T/TH)

12:45 -1:45pm - Lunch

1:45-3:45pm - Repertoire

3:45-5:00pm - Character Dance

theatre performance

Intensive culminates in professionally-staged theatre production of Coppelia. Performances on August 5-6 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

TUITION

$4950

*Schedule subject to change

Inna Bayer

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

PERFORMANCE

Kiev Classical Ballet Theater (Ukraine). Toured: France, Spain, Germany, and Poland as Principal Dancer.

TEACHING

San Francisco Ballet School,

Bat-Dor, Founded Bayer Ballet in 2005

AWARDS

Outstanding School (2018-2023)

"Outstanding Teacher" (YAGP, SF)

"Choreographer of the Year"

(American Dance Awards),

STUDENT SUCCESS

Acceptance into Prix de Lausanne 2020

(2 participants); YoungArts Finalist Winner 2020; Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), Grand Prix 2020; World Ballet Competition (WBC), Gold Medal

Students have been accepted into prestigious programs, including those of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, Paris Opera, American Ballet Theatre, Royal Ballet, Princess Grace Academy, and Bolshoi Ballet; as well professional companies: Mariinsky Ballet, Batsheva Dance Company (Israel), Ballet Israely (Israel), Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel), Scottish Ballet (Scotland), Compania Nacional de Danza (Nacho Duato Artistic Director), State Ballet of Georgia, Alberta Ballet (Canada), Inbal Pinto Dance Company, Austin Ballet, Boston Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Eifman Ballet Saint Petersburg, Russia, Atlanta Ballet, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište HNK Split Balet / Croatian National Theater, State Ballet in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria and more.

EDUCATION

Masters Degree, Pedagogy and Choreography with Honors, Moscow State Academy of Choreography

(Bolshoi Ballet Academy)

Cum Laude, State Academy of Choreography and Dance in Voronezh

Full Bio

vasily

medvedev

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Founder & Artistic Director, International St. Petersburg Dance Open Ballet Festival and St. Petersburg Dance Open Award. President and and Chairman of the Petipa Heritage Foundation.

PERFORMANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY

Since 1989, Vasily collaborated as a dancer and choreographer with various theatres and companies in Russia and abroad and was invited to prestigious events such as “World Ballet Festival” (Donetsk, Ukraine), “World Stars Gala” (Minsk, Belarus), “Stars of St.Petersburg Ballet” (USA), “Notte di Stelle” (Cagliari, Italy), “Gala International” (Estonia, Lithuania), “Y.Makhalina and Stars of St.Petersburg Ballet” (Argentina, Costa Rica), “Stars of St.Petersburg Ballet” (USA).

Among Mr. Medvedev's works is more than 50 titles created for Russian and international audience theatres for the major ballet companies, including Esmeralda from the Bolshoi Ballet. Companies include:

Bolshoi Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin,Lithuanian National Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza in Mexico, Czech National Ballet, Croatian National Ballet, Romanian National Opera, Slovak National Ballet, National Ballet of Panama, Macedonian National Ballet, National Ballet of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Theatre Lodz, etc.

AWARDS

US Pushkin Legacy with the Pushkin Legacy Ballet Award for choreography of the ballet, Onegin, presented in National Theatre in Prague.

Highest National Award Zirvia for Seven Beauties, National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Azerbaijan in Baku

EDUCATION

Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet under the guidance of famous N.Dudinskaia, K.Sergeiev, G.Seliutsky.

www.vasilymedvedev.com

Instagram @medvedevballet

stanislav

feco

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Official Ballet Master, Anton Dolin's Foundation and Director of the Petipa Heritage Foundation.

DANCER / ASSISTANT /

CO-CHOREOGRAPHER

with Vasily Medvedev:

PERFORMANCE

Former Principal Dancer:

Prague National Theatre,

St.Petersburg Russian Ballet,

National Theatre in Brno

Guest Principal Dancer:

Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Azerbaijan National Ballet, State Ballet in Kazan, National Opera Donetsk

AWARDS

Philip Morris Flower Ballet Award for the Best Dancer - Czech Republic & US

Pushkin Legacy Ballet Award for interpretation of Onegin

FORMER BALLET MASTER

Perm Theatre
Ekaterinburg Ballet

(Ural Opera) in Russia.

EDUCATION

Master Degree, Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg

www.stanislavfeco.com

Instagram @stanik71

Full Bio

6-week intensive
faculty
subject to change

anton

lukovkin

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Former Assistant Opera Director at the Dutch National Opera and the Opéra Bastille in Paris

PERFORMANCE

Soloist, English National Ballet,

Coryphée, Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet Company,

St. Petersburg

Mr. Lukovkin has worked with several leading world choreographers, including John Neumeier, William Forsythe, Russell Maliphant, Akram Khan, David Dawson and Alexei Ratmansky

FILM

Several films of the Mariinsky Ballet. Played Erik Bruhn in the BBC drama “Margot”

TEACHING

Faculty member of Kazakh National Academy of Choreography (KNAC), Kazakhstan

Has served as Ballet Master on multiple KNAC Productions

AWARDS

English National Ballet

People’s Choice Award (2011)

Benois de la Danse Awards,

Moscow, Nominee (2004)

GALAS

Men in Motion Ballet Gala at
the London Coliseum (2017)

EDUCATION

Master's Degree, Choreography and Dance

Kazakh National Academy of Choreography

Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg

Graduated into the Mariinsky

Instagram @alukovkin

elisa carrillo

cabrera

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Artistic Director of Sir Anton Dolin Foundation,
Co-Artistic Director of the Compañía Nacional de Danza México

PERFORMANCE

Principal Dancer, Staatsballett Berlin

Soloist, Stuttgart Ballet

AWARDS

Medal of Fine Arts

(National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico)

2019 Prix Benois de la Danse (Juliet, Nacho Duato: »Romeo and Juliet«),
Petipa Heritage Foundation Award, Soul of Dance Award

2010 Ambassador
of Culture in the State of Mexico

Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals at Concurso Nacional de Danza Clásica Infantil y Juvenil (1994-1996)

GALAS

Summer Intensive Performances

SUMMER INTENSIVE 2023 AUDITION

AUDITION

Audition ApplicatioN Required prior to scheduling in-person audition or submitting video audition

programs

3-week junior si JUNE 5-june 23 Ages: 8-10 years

SCHEDULE*

June 5-June 23

Morning Session: Mon-Fri, 9:00am-1:30pm

Afternoon Session: Mon-Fri, 4:00pm-8:30pm

Sample program*

​

Intensive culminates in studio demonstration.

​

6-week si

JUne 26-august 6​

Ages: 9-18+ years

SCHEDULE*

The 6-week intensive will consist of levels. Students will be assigned according to age & ability:

6-week intensive faculty subject to change

SUMMER INTENSIVE 2023
AUDITION

Audition
ApplicatioN
Required prior to scheduling in-person audition or submitting video audition

3-week junior si
JUNE 5-june 23
Ages: 8-10 years

JUne 26-august 6

6-week intensive
faculty
subject to change