SUPPORT for YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
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STUDENT by INVITATION
Charlotte v/d Reek
Picture by: Robert Benschop
 
Support for Young Professionals


Summerschool Den Haag and Balletschool Mabel Alter are happy to motivate young dancers.
 
Through several friendly gestures such as the Student by Invitation programme - director Mirella Simoncini wishes to support young dancers taking the plunge into a career.
 
On this page you will find the possibilities which our support programme is offering.


 
 
 
PROFESSIONAL DISCOUNT
Reduced rates are available for students at various (Dutch)  vocational dance schools and departments.
 
 
Picture: Repertoire class/Mirella Simoncini
Dancers: Frederique and Jadinda
students at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague
 
 



Viridiana Hernandez Martinez
Inspiration Project I
INSPIRATION PROJECT
The Inspiration Project is suitable for young dancers that have graduated or are about to graduate from a professional dance institution and might use the project as an apprenticeship.
The project will give the dancers the opportunity to learn well known classical variations and to work together with a contemporary choreographer from one of the Dutch companies, creating new repertoire.
 
Dancers that are selected for the project receive a mini scholarship for Summerschool Den Haag, a small grant which will give them free entrance for two months at Balletschool Mabel Alter, personal coaching to learn classical variations and they will work towards a performance. Each dancer will perform one classical variation and new repertoire at the performance.
 
PRODUCTION OVERVIEW
July/August: Summerschool Den Haag - the dancers are free to choose their own personal dates for Summerschool.
September and October: r
ehearsals (combination with free entrance at Balletschool Mabel Alter)
*End of October:
Try Out
*First Week November:
Performance
 
*Subject to change

The first Inspiration Project was produced by Mirella Simoncini in 2005 with students from: the Royal Conservatoire Den Haag, Nationale Ballet Academie Amsterdam and Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy.
 
The Project has been performing classical repertoire from: Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia and Giselle by Simoncini after Petipa and Perrot & Coralli. And new repertoire especially created for the project was made by: Keith-Derrick Randolph (a.o. Scapino Ballet Rotterdam).
 
Simoncini's Spanish Dance from Coppelia after Petipa - created for Inspiration Project I - was broadcasted by the NOS during a performance for the Dutch Queen Beatrix.
 
Each version of the Inspiration Project has received support in many ways a.o. KORZO and the Nederlands Dans Theater offered rehearsal space, the Rotterdamse Dansacademie took care of the wardrobe. And the Scapino Ballet and Flevo Dance Wear gave the dancers free pointe shoe's.
 
 

Marielle van het Schut
Inspiration Project II


 
 
STUDENT by INVITATION
"Student by Invitation" is a friendly encouraging-action to motivate and support young students and dancers. As a student by invitation they receive a mini scholarship for Balletschool Mabel Alter and/or for Summerschool Den Haag.
 
The procedure for a scholarship award is in general through an audition that will be anounced on this page.

 

 

Picture: Astrid van Stijn
Student by Invitation


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COACHING
In exceptional cases young talents might receive private coaching. However the school has a wide variety of technique classes from basic beginner up to professional level therefor coaching will only be done by exception.
 
 
 
 
 
Picture: Katie Blauvelt
rehearsal Coppelia

 

 



BALLETCLASS on REQUEST
Especially for young dancers that visit the Netherlands to do auditions at the Dutch professional companies, the school is able to provide a balletclass and possible pointeclass on time and date of personal choice. In this way the dancer can choose to have the morning off after traveling for manny houers and still get to do a class the day before auditioning.

For information and fee about a balletclass on request, contact Balletschool Mabel Alter at: +31 (0)638 55 1500
Please understand, a requested balletclass is reserved only for students from a professional dance institution with an invitation for auditioning at a company such as: the Dutch National Ballet, Nederlands Danstheater, Scapino Ballet or Dance Works.


All pictures on this page by: Robert Benschop, unless mentioned differently