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Pre-Professional Program & Professional Division Auditions

New students to Ballet Royale or those wishing to join the Pre-Professional Program or Professional Division are encouraged to audition.

Current Pre-Professional Program and Professional Division dancers do not need to audition. Their placement for the following year is determined by their performance in end-of-year exams.

2025/2026 Full School Year Audition Information:

1st Audition Saturday, May 31, 2025

Times & Details:

  • 9:00 – 10:15am:

    • For: Dancers Ages 6-13

    • Does not include: Pointe Work

    • Note: Dancers auditioning will be separated into groups by age and experience, dancers under the age of 10 may be released early.

    • Audition Supplemental Form is required. Please see link below

  • 9:00 – 11:00am:

    • For: Dancers Ages 11-21 with at least 4 years of ballet technique

    • Includes: Pointe work or men's steps, as applicable

    • Audition Supplemental Form is required. Please see link below

2025 Audition Supplemental Form:

Please click on the link below to fill out the Audition Supplemental Form prior to attending your audition:

Audition Supplemental Form

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

Ballet Royale’s expansive Pre-Professional Program provides students with an even more rigorous and demanding training schedule, designed and created for students striving towards a professional or post-secondary dance career. Building on the ongoing success of Ballet Royale’s elite Professional Division program, the Pre-Professional program expands these opportunities to students of all classes—not just the highest levels.

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

Ballet Royale’s Professional Division is an elite day training program that provides a comprehensive advanced course of study for advanced, talented, and ambitious students. Students accepted in this program have demonstrated commitment and dedication, are at the highest technical and artistic level, and are approaching and preparing for a post-secondary or professional career. Select Professional Division students may be invited to dance as Student Trainees with the professional ballet company, Twin Cities Ballet.