Commit to the Best: The Junior Company

Junior Company Director: Erin Alarcón

AMB School’s Junior Company is a prestigious pre-professional program for advanced ballet dancers ages 14-25 who are enrolled in level 5 or 6 of the AMB School Academy Division. These highly motivated students gain exposure to professional ballet company life, with opportunities to study with artistic staff, learn company repertoire, shadow professional dancers, and improve technique and artistry. Junior Company dancers are selected through auditions conducted by AMB artistic staff each spring. Annual Junior Company tuition of $1,200 is billed as 9 monthly installments (September- May).

Junior Company dancers follow the season schedule of the company artists meeting for 20 sessions on Fridays, 10 per semester (August-December and January-June). Sessions begin with a ballet class 4:30-6pm along with company trainees, followed by rehearsals 6-7pm. Junior Company dancers join company artists for warm-up onstage prior to mainstage productions.

Members will perform in Junior Company productions during the year, in addition to performing in AMB productions, and will have the opportunity to take class with AMB company dancers. They also will be eligible to take part in our mentorship program, where they will be paired with one of our professional dancers and will have the opportunity to discuss one-on-one what it really takes to make dance a career. As part of the Junior Company program, dancers ages 14-18 are eligible to audition to be a part of the Youth of America Grand Prix [YAGP] group piece.

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Programs are subject to change without notice.