The Joffrey Pre-Professional Intensive Summer Orientation & Welcome

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1 The Joffrey Pre-Professional Intensive Summer Orientation & Welcome Orientation and Arrival Program Orientation is REQUIRED for all dancers, but only the first week of their arrival. Mondays, 9:00AM at 434 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY All classes will be in Joffrey Dance Center and (info below). Joffrey Dance Center Austell Place, 4 th Floor 434 Avenue of the Americas Long Island City, NY New York, NY Schedules and Class Assignment Class starts at 9:45AM. If you are commuting, please plan accordingly. Your specific class schedules will be online the Sunday before Monday classes here: Groups will all be of varied age. All group placements will be ed in advance. Group placements are based off of the performance of the student at their audition. Instructors will be reviewing students in class during the first day of classes and will inform the Artistic Director, Davis Robertson, if a student should be moved. Changes will only be made at the discretion of faculty and/or the Artistic Director. All classes will be in Joffrey Dance Center and (info below). Joffrey Dance Center Austell Place, 4 th Floor 434 Avenue of the Americas Long Island City, NY New York, NY After-School Activities and Shows We have arranged for after-school activities to enhance the experience and complement the training of the students in New York. From Alvin Ailey to American Ballet Theater to Broadway shows, the activities are designed to expose the students to dance as it is performed by professionals in venues around the city. All activities are chaperoned by Joffrey Staff, to and from the event and the dormitories. If you are a commuter student you will be informed where to meet the group. At the end of the packet is a description of each of the activities, their cost, and the dates they are offered. The details of the activities and online registration can be found at Tickets are limited and always sell out so please sign up for them as soon as you can. Please be aware we add a small surcharge, typically five dollars, to the cost of the ticket printed on the stub to cover the cost of providing the chaperones.

2 After you have signed up there is nothing else you need to do. The various student groups are escorted by chaperones to the event where tickets will be distributed. For any questions regarding activities you can Joshua Phillips, the Activities Coordinator, at Dress Code FEMALE: Ballet: Joffrey Black leotard, any pink tights and pink ballet slippers Other classes: Joffrey dance shorts/pants with a Joffrey fitted T-Shirt. MALE: Ballet: Black tights, Joffrey white or black T-Shirt Other classes: Black tights or Joffrey Bike Shorts, white or black Joffrey T-Shirt Male and Female students in the Summer Intensive must purchase the required uniform. Please visit to purchase uniforms Staff Contact Information Information Line 1-(888) Danielle Hecker, Head RA of 850 West End dhecker@joffreyballetschool.com Heather Meeber, Airport Transportation Coordinator transportation@joffreyballetschool.com Policies and Rules No street shoes, food, drink or gum chewing is allowed in the studios. Cell Phones must be turned off during class and stowed safely in your dance bag. Dance bags with valuables should be brought into the classroom and stored out of the way; the school is not responsible for personal belongings. No warm-up clothes may be worn once class has begun. No jewelry is to be worn during class. All students must adhere to the Dress Code and wear their name tags. Students who arrive more than 10 minutes late to class will not be allowed to participate in that class. If you are going to be absent from class, please dhardee@joffreyballetschool.com We do not recommend that students under the age of 13 leave the building without a chaperone. Parents should meet their children in the school lobby. Tuition must be current or students will not be permitted to attend class. Snacks & Lunch No peanuts or tree nuts are permitted at the studios. Lunch is not provided. Dancers 13 and under Please be prepared to pack a lunch as no chaperones will be provided at lunchtime. Dancers 14 and up - Please be prepared to pack a lunch or visit one of many delis or restaurants near the studio where class is located. All dancers - There are breaks built into the schedule, so dancers may bring snacks to eat between classes. A large water bottle is highly recommended.

3 Follow your dancer on Instagram! Track your dancer s experience and progress by following the Joffrey Experience Instagram Studio Locations (Directions can be found below after the Policy and Rules section) 434 Avenue of the Americas, 5 th Floor, New York, NY Between 9th and 10th Streets 3 rd Floor Studios 1 & 2 4 th Floor Studios 3, 4 & 5 5 th Floor Administrative Offices and Studio 6 Joffrey Dance Center Austell Place 4 th Floor Long Island City, NY From From th Ave to Joffrey Dance Center (47-10 Austell Place, Long Island City, 4 th Floor) approx 27 mins Walk North on AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS towards 14 th St At the 14th stop take the B, D, F or M train (orange) uptown to 42 nd Street/Bryant Park Exit the train, take the 7 train (purple) east to Hunters Point Avenue. Walk East on 49 th Avenue. Turn Right at Skillman Avenue. Turn Right at Austell Place to Austell Place on your right. Take the stairs up to the Fourth Floor. From 850 West End Dormitory From 850 West End Ave to Joffrey Studios (434 6 th Ave at 10 th St) approx. 29 mins Start out going North on WEST END Ave towards 103rd ST Turn right and walk East to the 103st stop. Take the 1 train downtown to 14 th street. Walk East to 6 th Ave. Walk South on 6 th Ave Walk to th Ave From 850 West End Ave to Joffrey Dance Center (47-10 Austell Place, Long Island City, 4 th Floor) approx. 34 mins Walk to the 96th St Subway Station on Broadway. Take the Downtown 2, 3 trains (red line) to 42 nd St (Times Square) At 42nd St (Times Square), transfer to the Queens-bound 7 train (towards Flushing) Exit at Hunters Point Ave

4 Walk East on 49th Ave, turn left on Skillman Ave. Turn right on Austell Place Traveling Tips Subway stations are found at almost every corner you turn. Tickets are only available at the Metro Card machines or the token booth in the stations. You can use cash or an ATM/credit card. There is a $1 new card fee for the purchase of a new MetroCard. Single Ride $2.75 Pay per ride $10 or more on the card gets you a 5% bonus ($10 purchase gives you a $10.50 on the card) 7 Day unlimited $31 30 Day unlimited..$ To help you with directions in NYC, we strongly recommend using or Google maps. THE JOFFREY PRE-PROFESSIONAL FACULTY Davis Robertson: Artistic Director Era Jouravlev, Francesca Corkle, Andrei Jouravlev, Tyler Gilstrap, Matthew Prescott, and Nicole Duffy

5 DANCERS! Are you interested in our YEAR ROUND TRAINEE PROGRAM? To schedule an audition or to qualify for merit scholarship, please If you have already been accepted into the program and would like to enroll, or you would just like some more information, please contact the admissions address above! We can schedule an appointment for you to meet with an Artistic Director or Program Coordinator. If you have any questions about the program or application process, please us and we will be happy to talk with you further! More information can be found on our website! Informational Meetings with the Artistic Directors will be scheduled in the near future. Welcome, and have fun this summer!

6 Activity Date & Cost Wicked 8/17/2016 Wednesday 7:00pm $75.00 Extra Activities Description The untold musical story of The Wizard of Oz s Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good before Dorothy dropped in. Based on the imaginative Gregory Maguire novel, Wicked takes a fantasy journey through the unseen side of Oz, sharing a tale of unexpected friendship and love. Freedom Tower 8/20/16 Saturday 1:30pm $45.00 Start with an experience unlike any other. Positioned on top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, on levels 100, 101, and 102 of the 1,776 foot tall One World Trade Center building, One World Observatory provides unique, panoramic views of New York City, its most iconic sites, and surrounding waters. Joyce: Ballet X 8/20/16 Saturday 8:00pm $50.00 BalletX combines world-class choreographers with an outstanding company of professional dancers, to forge new works of athleticism, emotion, and grace. After selling out performances during The Joyce s Ballet Festival, the Philadelphia-based company under the direction of Christine Cox returns for its first full week. The program includes three New York premieres by some of today s leading choreographic voices BalletX co-founder Matthew Neenan s Show Me set to music by Brooklyn Rider; a new work by Trey McIntyre set to the music of Amy Winehouse; and Kevin O Day s first U.S. premiere in 13 years, featuring an original composition by his long-time collaborator John King, played live by acclaimed cellist Wendy Sutter. Bollywood Workshop 8/21/16 Sunday 11:00am $50.00 The and the Institute of Bollywood Dance and Film s Founder and JBS Bollywood Artistic Director, Rujuta Vaidya, are joining forces to launch a series of weekend Bollywood workshops. This workshop will offer the joy of Bollywood fusion dance through training in the essentials of Bollywood dance forms, Indian classical, folk, along with contemporary, hip-hop, and South Asian modern. Students will learn to integrate traditional technique of hand gestures, footwork, expression, body movement, and posture into their movement styles so they understand what is necessary to perform for Bollywood film and stage.

7 Cats 8/23/16 Wednesday 7:00pm $60.00 Ever since its first performance in May 1981, Cats has been enthralling audiences around the world and has become one of the most successful shows ever created. Now this worldwide phenomenon is making its triumphant return to Broadway! Based on T. S. Eliot s Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats, the show is set amongst a larger-than-life junkyard playground and is alive with feline characters, who ve come out to play on one special night of the year the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new life. Featuring music by the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, including the hit song Memory, and with thrilling new choreography by Tony Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, In the Heights), this new production of Cats is a Broadway must-see.

All classes will be in Joffrey Dance Center and Joffrey Ballet School (info below).

All classes will be in Joffrey Dance Center and Joffrey Ballet School (info below). The Joffrey Experience Summer Orientation & Welcome Orientation and Arrival Program Orientation is REQUIRED for all dancers, but only the first week of their arrival. Mondays, 8:30AM at Joffrey Dance Center