2023/2024 TRAINING ENTRANCE AUDITION 


 

You would like to register for one of the professional training courses offered by the Calabash Choreographic Center, a training center authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Qualiopi certified.

To apply, simply complete the application form and attach the additional documents requested.

To apply, simply complete the application form and attach the additional documents requested.
All questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

ENTRY AND PROCEDURE


 

Entry into training is mandatory through auditions for the following courses:


▶︎ SCENE OF THE DANCER PERFORMER (in two years minimum)
▶︎ YOUNG BALLET CALABASH (in two years minimum)
▶︎ PREPARATION FOR THE JAZZ AND/OR CONTEMPORARY TECHNICAL APTITUDE EXAMINATION (in two years minimum)
▶︎ FIRST YEAR D.E TRAINING (U.E music, history of dance, anatomy)
▶︎ SECOND YEAR D.E TRAINING (U.E of Pedagogy)


⇢ Entry into theoretical U.E. training (DE 1) is subject to validation of the Technical Aptitude Examination - a training booklet must be provided.

AUDITIONS PROCEDURE


For the 2023/2024 season, auditions will take place face-to-face as follows:

Saturday - Technical group lessons (classical, jazz, contemporary)
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: Welcome
9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Classic lessons
11:10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.: Jazz lesson
12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: lunch break
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Contemporary Class
3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.: Learning about hearing variation

Sunday - Workshop, learning a variation, individual interviews and improvisation session,
A passage order will be given to you a few days before. If you have any transport requirements, please let us know.

For candidates applying for the Young Ballet Calabash, it is also requested to present a solo (personal composition) of 3 to 5 minutes.

Admissions are made as selections are made, we strongly advise you to send us your complete file as soon as possible. Places are limited for each training section.

AUDITION DATES


The selections take place in three sessions:

>> 1st session:
- Deadline for submitting the application file: Friday, February 3, 2023
- Hearing: February 18 and 19, 2023
- Answer following the hearing before February 25, 2023

>> 2nd session:
- Deadline for submitting the application file: Friday, March 10, 2023
- Hearing: March 25 and 26, 2023
- Answer following the hearing before April 1, 2023

>> 3rd session:
- Deadline for submitting the application file: Friday, April 07, 2023
- Hearing: April 22 and 23, 2023
- Answer following the hearing before April 28, 2023

Your complete application file must be submitted before the deadline for submission of the chosen session.
It should include:


- a detailed CV
- a cover letter
- a passport photo and two dance photos (one full length, one portrait)
- a medical certificate of no contraindication to the practice of dance, dating from less than 2 months
- a video extract (solo of your choice) lasting 3 to 5 minutes maximum including the following compulsory technical elements: gyration work, jumps, floor work, falls, leg raises,
- the payment of 50€ for the participation in the costs of hearings

After receiving your complete file, you will receive a summons specifying the date, time and place of the hearing.

However, if the sanitary conditions do not allow us to carry out the face-to-face hearings, you will be informed by email of the progress and the new methods put in place.

Any incomplete file cannot be processed.

Applicants can only attend one audition session.

▶︎ FOR MORE INFORMATION :
CALABASH CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTER

INPULSE
99 rue de Gerland
LYON 7 
Métro B Arrêt Jan Jaurès 09.54.56.79.83 / formation@cie-calabash.com /

CALABASH IN NUMBERS


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400

STUDENTS TRAINED

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250

MEMBERS

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7

YEARS

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88%

SUCCESS RATE

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