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
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Vaganova Ballet Technique
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Classical Ballet Repertoire
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Pas de Deux
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Character*
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Stretching and Conditioning
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Contemporary Dance
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Pointe/Pre-Pointe*
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Variations
WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY (scroll down for bios)*
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VASILY MEDVEDEV
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STANISLAV FECO
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ELISA CARRILLO CABRERA
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MIKHAIL KANISKIN
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ANTON LUKOVKIN
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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

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:
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Mon-Fri, 9:00am-5:00pm Group 1
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Mon-Fri, 9:00am-5:00pm Group 2
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Mon-Fri, 10:30am-6:30pm Group 3
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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
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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.
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:
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.
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
Instagram @stanik71
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