Oklahoma City Ballet’s
2025 Summer Intensive
June 9th - August 1st, 2025
Session I: June 9 - June 27, 2025 (Ages 12 - 20)
Session II: June 30 - July 18, 2025 (Ages 12 - 20)
Session III: July 21 - August 1, 2025 (Ages 10 - 14)
Oklahoma City Ballet’s Summer Intensive immerses students in a rigorous professional training program, focusing on improving technique and enhancing individual artistry. The curriculum includes classes in ballet technique, pointe, men’s technique, variations, pas de deux, contemporary pas de deux, character dance, jazz technique, modern technique, contemporary, improv, Pilates, and conditioning. Classes are taught by renowned Oklahoma City Ballet Artistic staff and Yvonne Chouteau School faculty.
Oklahoma City Ballet’s Summer Intensive is open to students who are 10 to 20 years old as of June 1. Acceptance to the program is by audition only. For Session I and II, female students must have one complete year of pointe training to attend.
For Session I and II, students aged 12 to 20 may attend three or six-weeks. For Session III, students may attend one or two-weeks.
Company Apprentices, OKCB II, Trainees, and Day Program students are selected from our summer intensive program (attendance is mandatory to be considered).
Summer Intensive Audition Tour Dates
National Summer Intensive Audition (NSIA)
January 5, 2025
Regional Summer Intensive Auditions (COCA)
January 18, 2025
Oklahoma City Ballet - OKC, OK
January 19, 2025
Ballet Austin - Austin, TX
February 1, 2025
Ballet West - Salt Lake City, UT
February 23, 2025
Joffrey Ballet - Chicago, IL
February 23, 2025
Oklahoma City Ballet - OKC, OK
March 2, 2025
Where do I start?
Please select the register button for the audition of your preference. This will lead you to the audition payment. Once paid, you will receive an email from summerintensive@okcballet.org with further information.
Video Audition Information
Women dancers should wear solid-colored leotard and pink tights (or tights complementary to skin tone). Men dancers should wear a fitted white shirt and solid-colored tights.
Barre work (one side only)
Plié, Tendu, Dégagé, Ronde de jambe, Fondu, Grand Battement
Center work (Dancers en pointe - age 16+)
Adagio, Pirouette (en dehors & en dedans), Petit allegro, Grand Allegro
Pointe exercises (Beginner students - May be performed at barre)
Relevé, Échappé, Passé, Pirouette
Men’s Exercises:
Tour en l’air, Tours a la seconde, Entrechat
Videos should be no longer than 10 minutes. (Links must be active. Please be sure to grant all appropriate permissions to view all material.)
Requested Photos - Headshot and First Arabesque
Tuition
Sessions 1 & 2
6-weeks: $3,600
3-weeks: $2,100
Session 3
2-weeks: $1,200
1-week: $600
Housing
Sessions 1 & 2
6-weeks: $4,200
3-weeks: $2,175
Session 3
2-weeks: $1,750
1-week: $1,000
activites
The Activities Package will be available for purchase with registration.
Past activities have included trips to the Oklahoma City Zoo, The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Myriad Gardens, Science Museum Oklahoma, First Americans Museum, and swimming at Pelican Bay.
Need-based Scholarship
Oklahoma City Ballet offers a limited number of Need-based tuition scholarships to our summer intensive students. Scholarships will be preferentially offered to students attending the entire six-week program.
Applications must be requested from the Summer Intensive Coordinator and are not considered until the student has registered for the Summer Intensive with a non-refundable tuition deposit of $250.
Need-based scholarships cover only a portion of tuition.
Applications without supporting tax documentation materials will not be reviewed.