Auditions will be held for a Ballet Summer Intensive to take place June 18-29th. Classes will be held weekdays from 9:30am to 3:30pm. New York City Ballet soloist, Antonio Carmena, returns to Palos Verdes to teach at this local ballet summer intensive at Peninsula School of Performing Arts (PSPA) in Lunada Bay. This two week summer intensive for intermediate and advanced students has been coordinated with Dance Peninsula Ballet and boasts an impressive lineup of instructors. In addition to Mr. Carmena, classes will also be taught by Dance Peninsula Ballet’s Artistic Director, Roberto Almaguer. Mr. Almaguer is a former Ballet Nacional de Cuba principal dancer and a well know Master Ballet Instructor throughout the United States and Internationally. Other ballet faculty will include Julia Ortega a former Ballet Nacional de Cuba principal dancer and a member of the faculty at the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School, Vera Ninkovic who completed her training at the Royal Ballet School in London and Marina Kalinina who attended the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy and has performed as a soloist in over 60 countries with ballet and character dance companies including Moiseyev & Berioska. Rounding out the dance experience will be the opportunity to take classes with Broadway dancer Michael Pereira. This is truly a unique program for Palos Verdes and South Bay dancers and is conveniently located on the Peninsula.
