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Louisville Ballet School dancers who are enrolled
in Intermediate or Pre-professional level classes are eligible
to audition for the Youth Ensemble.
Non-LBS students, please call for information.
Audition date: Audition has passed for 2008-09.
Please call to inquire about auditions in August 2009
Audition fee: $25.00
Tuesday, April 15, 2009 at TBA
Wednesday, April 16, 2009 at TBA
May 7– May 9, 2009 in Montgomery, AL
The Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble (LBYE)
was founded in 1952 as the Louisville Ballet Civic Company.
It is now in its fifty-sixth year as one of the leading classical
ballet training companies in the United States.
Currently, the Youth Ensemble is under the artistic
direction of Elena M. Fillmore, with co-director Bruce Simpson
(Artistic Director of the Louisville Ballet). Serving as a
platform for young dancers and as the performing wing of the
Louisville Ballet School, the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble
is a SERBA honor company and a founding member of SERBA.
The Company members
train at the Louisville Ballet School – the official
school of the Louisville Ballet. In addition to their own
performances, the Youth Ensemble dancers perform with the
professional company in a number of major productions each
season, gaining valuable on-stage experience. Many Youth Ensemble
dancers have received awards for their choreography and outstanding
technique, as well as scholarships to study with other professional
schools. The divisions of the Company are as follows: The
Senior Company, Apprentices, and The Junior Company.
Members of the Louisville Ballet School have
become professional performers with major ballet companies
throughout North America and Europe. Among our alumni are
Wendy Whelan (NYCB), Clinton Luckett (ABT), Eric Miles (Ballet
Jazz de Montreal), Brandon Faulls (Rambert Dance Company,
England), Ivy Canapa (Ballet Magnificat), Peter Franc (Houston
Ballet), and Mallory Mann and Stephanie Pence (both of Louisville
Ballet).
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