Summer Intensive Course 2022
In August 2022, GradPro ran a five day Pre-Professional Summer Intensive Course at Birmingham Royal Ballet.
This Summer course was open to vocational graduates or students at the start of their second or third year of Vocational Training.
This was an amazing opportunity to take class taught by BRB dancers and Elmhurst Artistic Director Robert Parker. There were daily workshops to create and work on three elements of performance, group choreography, repertoire and working on a piece by a guest choreographer culminating in a performance at the end of the week and a chance to be a part of an ongoing performance opportunity.
The course included opportunities to look at CV’s, photography, corps de ballet technique, pas de deux, audition mentoring to name but a few. Very exciting opportunity and places were limited.
August 2022
At Birmingham Royal ballet
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"Grad Pro Intensive allows you to work one on one with Choreographers and pushes your creativity and innovation. You feel like you are experiencing company life with teachers who help you grow into a mature dancer."
"I had a great week full of experiences. I really enjoyed pushing my technique in classes while learning to work on my professional artistry and working in a variety of styles."
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"It was a hard and intense week, but I was very grateful to have such amazing teachers. I learned the importance of observation skills, liked responsibility for merging choreography and I now need to keep pushing myself."
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"As a new Graduate Grad Pro has been a great opportunity to work with different teachers/choreographers and pushed me out of my comfort zone choreographically, artistically, and technically."
"I thoroughly enjoyed my Grad Pro Summer Intensive. There were so many opportunities to work with top dancers and current choreographers and teachers and I was constantly pushing myself and achieved more in a week than I thought."