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Fall/Spring Enrollment
Registration and Student Placement
2009/10 Placement Policy:
Students age 8 and older, with previous dance experience, please contact Managing Director of Schools, Vicki Parsons, to schedule a placement class for the remainder of the 2009/10 school year. Early placement classes for fall 2010 will be held on Saturday, June 5 for students, age 8 and older
with previous dance experience who are new to Ballet
Austin. These classes may also be used for placement into summer classes and intensives.
Class for students age 8-12 will be from 2:00-3:30pm and class for students age 13 and older will be held from 3:30-5:00pm. Both classes will be held at the Butler Dance Education Center. Please arrive one half hour early for check-in.
 Students age 8 to 12, with no previous dance experience, are
placed in Level 1 of the Lower School. Students age 13 and older, with no
previous dance experience, are recommended for the Butler
Community School's Beginning Ballet for Teens and Adults.
New Students to Ballet Austin ages 3-7
Students younger than age 8 are placed according to age. Students ages 3-4 are placed in Creative
Movement and students ages 5-7 are placed in
Pre-Ballet.
 Founded in 1956 by Barbara Carson Ballet Austin Academy is the official ballet school of Ballet Austin and is committed to providing the highest quality dance instruction to its students. Currently, the Academy has more than 800 students, making it one of the largest ballet schools in the United States.
The Academy is divided into 5 areas of study; Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet, the Lower School, the Upper School and the Trainee Program. Each area has, at its core, a codified syllabus designed to facilitate the maximum physical, mental and emotional development appropriate to the age and physical ability of each student. Once a student enters the Lower School,
the strenuous training of ballet technique starts. While the benefits of this training are all inclusive, the Academy's focus is to provide what is necessary for a professional career in dance.
 Throughout the year, students may be selected by the artistic staff to perform with Ballet Austin or Ballet Austin II in full-length productions. Only Academy students are eligible to audition for roles in these productions, including Ballet Austin's annual production of The Nutcracker. Over 150 Academy students augment Ballet Austin's 20 Professional dancers and 10 apprentices in this main stage production.
The Ballet Austin Academy has as its mission the provision of quality dance education with the word "education" viewed in its broadest sense. Students develop skills associated with academic success including self-discipline, self-confidence and the ability to concentrate and collaborate. Our students recognize the importance of process and quality of work at the same time setting high standards for themselves in all areas.
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