Application Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
This option is available beginning
February 1, 2023
Virtual Auditions
Camarillo Academy of Performing Arts
Camarillo, California
Ballet/Contemporary (ages 8+)
March 24, 2023
July 31-August 4, 2023
Camarillo, California
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If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Southern California Ballet Intensive at scballetintensive@gmail.com or 1+820-799-1520
- The Meet Misty Copeland Experience
- Instructors Straight from the Stage to the Studio
- Designed for dancers age 8-19 years old
SCBI is like No Other
Summer Intensive
Pasadena Dance Theater
1985 Locust Street, Pasadena, CA 91107
Ages 8-12 2:30-3:30 PM (check-in at 2:00 PM)
Ages 13+ 3:30-4:30 PM (check-in at 3:00 PM)
April 30, 2023
Please check back for specific audition times and locations
Application Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
Virtual Auditions
Ballet/Contemporary (ages 8+)
March 25, 2023
Burbank Dance Academy
Burbank, California
Ballet/Contemporary (ages 8+)
February 26, 2023
This option is available beginning
February 1, 2023
July 31-August 4, 2023
Camarillo, California
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- The Meet Misty Copeland Experience
SCBI is like No Other
Summer Intensive
- Designed for dancers age 8-19 years old
- Instructors Straight from the Stage to the Studio
Instructors Katie Williams and Carlos Gonzalez join us as CURRENT ABT company members and will literally have wrapped their season at the MET just days before the start of SCBI! Dancers will benefit immensely from daily classes with them, but also from the other incredibly talented master instructors, Jennifer Whalen (Ballet), Jason Coosner (Ballet/Contemporary) and Rachel Hamrick (Pilates/Stretch/Conditioning), all whom bring a wealth of knowledge to share.
The only summer ballet intensive that offers this unforgettable experience. The incredible Misty Copeland will be in the studio on Friday to not only meet all SCBI students, but also engage in an uplifting discussion about her experience in the ballet world. All students will leave with a special gift from Misty.
Unlike many summer ballet intensives of this caliber, we are offering FOUR different age group/skill level divisions beginning at age 8. Our youngest dancers can benefit from this amazing experience.
Ballet Instructor
American Ballet Theater,
alumni, 2002-2017
Contemporary Instructor
Founder Burbank
Dance Academy, President of Dance Masters Pacific Coast
Ballet Instructor
American Ballet Theater,
Corps de ballet, 2017-present
Pilates/Stretch/
Conditioning/Modern Instructor
Ballet Instructor
American Ballet Theater Soloist, 2018-present
2023 SCBI Distinguished Faculty
(Click on photo for bio)
Katherine Williams was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and began her early training with the Hawaii State Ballet. After moving to Maryland with her family, she studied at the Ballet Royale Academy under the direction of Donna Pidel. She was awarded the Youth Grand Prix at the 2003 Finals of the Youth America Grand Prix in New York, and was a Top 12 Finalist at the 2005 Finals. In 2003, she was awarded a full scholarship to the Boston Ballet Summer Dance program. From 2004 to 2006, she attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensives as a National Training Scholar and, in 2006, she attended the Stiefel and Stars Summer Program.
Williams joined the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in the Fall of 2005 and remained there until joining ABT Studio Company in January 2007. Williams became an apprentice with American Ballet Theatre in December 2007 and joined the corps de ballet in June 2008. She was promoted to Soloist in September 2018.
Her repertoire with the Company includes Polyhymnia in Apollo, a Shade in La Bayadère, Gulnare and an Odalisque in Le Corsaire, Mercedes, Queen of the Dryads, and a Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Myrta, the peasant pas de deux and Moyna in Giselle, the Spanish Dance and one of The Nutcracker’s Sisters in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, Rosaline and a Harlot in Romeo and Juliet, Fairy of Sincerity in The Sleeping Beauty, the Fairy Violente (Temperament), Princess Florine, Gold Fairy, and Cinderella in Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty, the pas de trois, a big swan, and the Italian Princess in Swan Lake, Mademoiselle Marianne Chartreuse in Whipped Cream, leading roles in Her Notes and ZigZag, and featured roles in Airs, Company B, Continuo, Deuce Coupe,In the Upper Room, and Jardin aux Lilas.
She created the Queen of Babylon in Of Love and Rage, Ice in The Seasons, leading roles in City of Women, Garden Blue, and New American Romance, and featured roles in AfterEffect, Convivium, Everything Doesn’t Happen at Once, Songs of Bukovina, and A Time There Was.
Katherine
Williams
Christina Sanchez studied dance on scholarship at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She was invited to join the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble by Director Sylvia Waters. It was there she performed the works of Alvin Ailey as well as many other notable choreographers, touring and teaching extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad. She continued her performing career in New York City, performing with Ballet Hispanico, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Buglisi Dance Theatre.
In 1996, Christina joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater where she performed and toured throughout Europe, South America and the US. In 2012 Christopher Pilafian invited Christina to become a member of Santa Barbara Dance Theater. She has taught modern dance at UCSB and also teaches and choreographs at SB Festival Ballet as well as for the Professional Track program at State Street Ballet.
Christina
Sanchez
Born in Madrid, Spain, Carlos Gonzalez began studying classical dance in 2005 at El Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Fortea. In 2012, he continued his training at El Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid. His repertoire included the peasant pas de deux from Giselle, Basilio in Don Quixote, Solor in La Bayadère, the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, Franz in Coppélia and roles in Le Corsaire, Paquita, Swan Lake, Majísimo, Jose Tirado’s A Bigas, Goyo Montero’s Alrededor no hay nada, Juan Carlos Santamaría’s Sounds and Jean-Philippe Dury’s Four Seasons. In 2013, Gonzalez placed third in the Junior Classical Dance category in the XVII International Dance Competition in Ribarroja del Turia, Spain.
Gonzalez joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in September 2015, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2016, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2017. His repertoire with ABT includes the Lead Gypsy in Don Quixote, the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Harlequin in Alexei Ratmansky’s Harlequinade, the Spanish Dance in Swan Lake, leading roles in AFTERITE, Seven Sonatas, and Single Eye, and featured roles in Deuce Coupe, La Follia Variations, and In the Upper Room. He created a leading role in Desire and featured roles in Convivium and A Time There Was.
Carlos
Gonzalez
Jason is a deeply passionate dance educator based in Los Angeles, CA. His eye for detail, masterful understanding of technique, innovative choreography and ability to extract organic, thoughtful performance continues to attract dancers form around the country to work with him. He holds a Master’s in Fine Arts Degree in Dance from Southern Methodist University which he attended on full artistic scholarship as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Musical Theatre from Elon University’s Professional Training Program. His choreographic accolades are numerous. They include recognition from Regional Dance America as well as many other dance competitions, conventions and organizations. His work has also been featured at the Anaheim International Dance Festival and International Ballet Festival Miami.
Jason continues to teach master classes around the country at conventions, studios, universities and high school dance festivals. His students are consistently accepted into elite summer and university dance programs on scholarship. As a performer Jason has been seen in over twenty regional theatrical productions including the Broadway National Tour of Kiss Me Kate. As a singer he has shared the stage with Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jo-Dee Messina, Norm Lewis and David Foster. Jason is entering his third season as the Director of Burbank Dance Academy in Los Angeles and his 4th year as a member of the BFA Commercial Dance Faculty at Relativity School where he teaches contemporary, ballet and dance composition. He is a member of both the Screen Actors Guid, and Actors Equity Association.
Jason
Coosner
Jennifer Whalen, a Ventura County native, was a full company member of American Ballet Theatre from 2002-2017. Prior to joining ABT, she danced professionally for State Street Ballet, was awarded the Gold Medal at the New York finals of Youth America Grand Prix, and received first place at the Spotlight Awards in Los Angeles. She appeared in the movie Black Swan, on the Jimmy Kimmel show, and in numerous national ad campaigns, including Under Armour with Misty Copeland.
Jennifer
Whalen
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If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Southern California Ballet Intensive at scballetintensive@gmail.com or 1+820-799-1520
Misty Copeland is a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, the first Black woman to be promoted to the position in the company's 75-year history in 2015. She has performed some of the most iconic classical ballet roles, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake; Juliet in Romeo & Juliet; Giselle; Manon; Coppelia; Kitri in Don Quixote; and Firebird, to name a few.
Misty has been featured in several publications, including the cover of Time Magazine for the Time 100, as well as the covers of ESSENCE, Self, ELLE South Africa, Oxygen and Women’s Health. She has also appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's The Today Show and Little Big Shots, celebrating extraordinary young people.
She made her first awards season guest performances in 2019 with Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards and at the 2020 Grammy Awards alongside Camilla Cabella, Common, Ben Platt, and dancers from the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, as well as the televised Prince Grammy Tribute performing with award-winning recording artist H.E.R. Misty made her Broadway debut in On The Town in 2015 and her major motion picture debut in Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms in 2018. She is also featured in an episode of MasterClass, the online series.
Misty started her production company, Life In Motion Productions, focused on bringing representative stories of artists past, present, and future, and normalizing the arts experience. Her first independently produced project, Flower, is a silent arts activism film using dance to help raise awareness about intergenerational equity.
Misty is an avid philanthropist and is an ambassador of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, of which she is also an alum, and MindLeaps, an arts education program based in Rwanda that helps young people get off the streets and into an academic setting to help enhance their lives.
In 2022, Misty launched The Misty Copeland Foundation, with its first signature program BE BOLD, which aims to bring greater diversity, equity and inclusion to dance, especially ballet.
Misty is the New York Times bestselling author of Life In Motion, Ballerina Body, Black Ballerinas, and a picture book titled Bunheads. She is also author of the award-winning children's picture book, Firebird. Misty’s newest book, The Wind At My Back, in tribute to her late mentor and friend, pioneering ballerina Raven Wilkinson, published November 2022.
In 2021, Misty was the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor.
