[NEohioPAL] Abrepaso Flamenco announces pre-professional training program & auditions

[Alice Blumenfeld]

*💃ABREPASO flamenco💃 *

****Audition Announcement****



What: ABREPASO flamenco is starting a pre-professional training program
beginning Fall of 2020 through Spring of 2021 in flamenco dance and is
holding auditions for 5-7 dancers.



Who: No prior flamenco experience necessary; dance experience strongly
recommended. Must be 16 years or older.



First round of the audition is online. Please fill out this Google Form
https://forms.gle/P92UauEsDBEDv7yX7 & send resume and video samples to
aliceblumenfeld at gmail.com with subject “audition” by August 20th, 2020.
Artistic Director Alice Blumenfeld will call participants for a brief phone
interview. Acceptance to in-person audition will be via email. Video sample
should be 5-10mins in length.



Dancers accepted to audition in person:

Date: Friday Sept. 4th

Time: TBA (evening)

Location: Wilhelm Dance



Please come in dance attire. If you have flamenco, character, or folklórico
shoes, please bring those. Otherwise, jazz sneakers/shoes or converse-like
sneakers will work.



What we’re looking for:



*Professionalism* – professional attitude, willingness to learn and take
corrections. Great work ethic and discipline. Applies oneself fully to the
steps and accepts challenges. Shows up on time, can commit to the training
program.

*Enthusiasm* – interest in learning flamenco dance. Dedication and
commitment to sustained study.

*Coordination* – although no specific dance training required, general
sense of coordination, spatial awareness, physical fitness, and rhythm
necessary.



Audition will include warm-up, flamenco technique exercises, creative
movement, a combination, and rhythmic exercises.





Benefit to participants:



Participants will take flamenco dance & contemporary dance classes with
artistic director Alice Blumenfeld from September 2020 - May 2021,
receiving dance training, professional skills, learning choreography, along
with learning flamenco history. Part of the tuition will cover costs for
one custom-made flamenco costume. Students will receive a highly discounted
rate for open classes. Participants will have at least one performance
opportunity. For more on Blumenfeld, visit
https://www.abrepaso.org/artistic-director





Training program days/times:



mid-September – mid-December & late January – end of May

Approximately 200 hours of training



Wednesdays:  4-6pm (Julia de Burgos CAC)

Fridays: 5pm-8pm (Wilhelm Dance)

Saturdays: afternoons, time TBA



Tuition:

$2,500 of which $500 will be returned upon completion of the program. A
costume with a value of appx. $250 is included in tuition. No refunds. 50%
deposit due at the beginning of the program. Second half of tuition due
January 1, 2021. *Scholarships/financial assistance are available*.



For more on ABREPASO & Alice Blumenfeld, please see:
http://www.abrepaso.org/



For questions, please contact Alice at aliceblumenfeld at gmail.com
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