黑料社区

(9:30 a.m. 鈥� 4:30 p.m.)
Total: 7 hours

Monday 鈥� Friday

9 鈥� 9:30 a.m.
Check in

9:30 鈥� 11 a.m.
Ballet Technique, every day for all dancers.

11:15 a.m. 鈥� 12:30 p.m.
Either Pointe Technique or Repertory Variation,

12:30 鈥� 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 鈥� 2:45 p.m.
Contemporary Technique, or Jazz Technique, or Composition work
for all dancers.

2:45 鈥� 4:30 p.m.
Character or Hip Hop or Stretch and conditioning workout and Repertoire

Monday 鈥� Friday

9 鈥� 9:30 a.m.
Check in

9:30 鈥� 10:30 a.m.
Ballet Technique, every day for all dancers.

10:30 鈥� 10:45 a.m.
Snack

10:45 a.m. 鈥� 12 p.m.
Either Character, Jazz or Repertoire

Eileen Hebron

Trained in her formative years with Mme. Valia Seiskaya, a featured soloist of the Greek National Opera. She set herself apart by winning numerous awards, the most coveted of which was winning first place in the Empire State Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters Ballet Career Award. In 1982, Eileen was accepted at the advanced level to George Balanchine鈥檚 School of American Ballet on a full scholarship provided by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation. She learned the Balanchine aesthetic from their internationally acclaimed staff, participated in the NYCB鈥檚 Educational Outreach Lecture Demonstration programs, and performed principal roles in the school鈥檚 workshop performances. She was coached by Prima Ballerina Alexandra Danilova, Helene Dudin, Kay Mazzo, Suki Schorer, Antonina Tumkovsky, Andre Kramarevsky, Stanley Williams, Peter Martins, Bart Cook, John Taras, and Jacques and Christopher D鈥橝mboise. In her final year at SAB she was selected to dance for a Nestle commercial and a Walt Disney film, which gained her entry into the Screen Actors鈥� Guild. In 1985, she was hand-picked from her class by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious ballet companies, The American Ballet Theatre. While in ABT she was coached by Agnes DeMille, Irina Kolpakova, Natalia Makarova, Susan Jones , Georgina Parkinson, Twyla Tharp, Wendy Walker, Sir Kenneth Mac Millian, David Richardson, and Terrence Orr. She has been an adjunct professor in classical ballet at 黑料社区 since 2004.

Douglas Gawriljuk

Graduated from The Royal Academy of Dance, passing all levels with honors, and attended the School of American Ballet in New York, under a full scholarship. He was a principal dancer with Ballet Du Nord in France, Basel Ballet in Switzerland, Miami City Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Maximum Dance Company, and Ballet Florida. He has also engaged in the field of choreography, creating pieces for Maximum Dance Company, New Orleans Ballet Theater, University of North Caroline School of the Arts, The Smith Family Conservatory of the Arts at The King鈥檚 Academy and other dance institutes. His teaching experience includes Douglas Andersen School of Arts, Ballet Pacifica, Gulfshore Ballet, Ballet Ruslan in Brazil, Virginia School of the Arts, School of Ballet Arts, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, University of North Caroline School of the Arts, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, and The Smith Family Conservatory of the Arts at The King鈥檚 Academy as a ballet teacher. In 2019 he became a part of the 黑料社区 Preparatory Program of Arts as a dance instructor and in 2021 he joined The Ballet Palm Beach as a Ballet Master.

Marife Gimenez

Started her ballet studies in 1982 at the Fanny Montiel School of Ballet in Caracas. Her professional career began at the age of fourteen with The National Ballet of Caracas under the Artistic Direction of Vicente Nebrada, where she was awarded by the Venezuelan Government with the 鈥淛ose Felix Rivas Medal鈥� for her outstanding artistic achievements. In 1995 she moved to Miami Florida to join the Miami City Ballet as a principal dancer directed by Edward Villella. She has also worked for Maximum Dance Company under the direction of Yanis Pikieris and David Palmer and from 2006-2009 she danced for Ballet Florida under the artistic direction Marie Hale. Marife鈥檚 has now been teaching and choreographing for 13 years around the Nation being invited by several ballet schools such as Gulfshore Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, School of Dulce Anaya, Cary Conservatory, Southwest Virginia Ballet, and the UNCSA School of Dance. Since the summer 2012 Ms. Gimenez became a member of the School of Ballet Arts faculty and Ashley鈥檚 Performing Arts Center in West Palm Beach.

Galina Alvarez

Began her ballet training at the Provincial School Alejo Carpentier in Havana, Cuba. She continued her studies at the School of Arts, where she was awarded the Golden Diploma for being the most distinguished student of her generation. She then joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, where she became a principal dancer. Her professional training has been influenced by celebrities such as Alicia Alonso, Loipa Araujo, Josefina Mendez, Aurora Bosch, Mirtha Pla, Silvia Marichal, Joaquin Banegas, Maria Elena Llorente, Martha Garcia, Migdalia Montero, and Magaly Suarez. With the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, she toured Europe, Asia, the USA, Australia, Central, and South America. Throughout her vast ballet career, she has interpreted the main characters of great classics such as Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quichote, The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gard茅e, Cinderella, and Coppelia, among others. She has worked with choreographers from the USA, Cuba, Argentina, and Spain, who have created pieces for her. She participated in the Stars Gala in Budapest, Hungary. She was awarded the Medal for National Culture of Cuba. Renowned dancers such as Carlos Acosta, Igor Yebra, Rolando Sarabia, Lazaro Carre帽o, and Ernesto Quenedit, among others, have been her partners. She has participated in international festivals and galas in Cuba, Spain, Edinburgh, France, and Italy. She has been a r茅p茅titeur for soloist couples of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and also acted as a ballet mistress for the Ballet de Monterrey, Mexico, where she participated in choreographies based on the original versions of full master pieces like Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppelia, Don Quichote, Bayadere, Paquita Grand Pas, and for the pas de deux Flames of Paris and Spring Waters. She has been the assistant of renowned foreign choreographers and, in Monterrey, she worked under the direction of Robert Hill. The College of Music and Dance of Monterrey has invited her as a jury member for several competitions. Nowadays, she teaches at the Maries Dance Academy.

Larry Albright

Graduated with a BA concentrated in Hip Hop culture from Rutgers University in 2003, Mr. Larry has been teaching, dancing, training and performing his style of hip-hop for 20+ years. He has had the pleasure of choreographing for artists such as Sean Kingston 鈥淔ire Burning,鈥� JRand 鈥淩ide,鈥� & Black Dada 鈥淚mma Zoe鈥�. He has also been featured as an opening act for such artists as B.O.B., T-Pain, Cobra Starship, Ricky Martin, Sean Paul, The Spinners and the Village People. Larry has also been seen on MTV with Pitbull and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he performed with J Rand featuring Flo Rida. Though he loves to perform, his passion lies in teaching. His teaching experience is quite extensive having taught all over the country and abroad. He teaches all levels from elementary to collegiate and professionals. Some of his former students have gone on to dance with Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyonce, Brittney Spears and Rihanna. He has conducted master classes for many conventions including Dance Educators of America, Dance 4 Life (Bahamas), Pick the Stars International (CAN), and UDX Hip Hop Convention. He has also taught & choreographed at many colleges including Rutgers University, FIU, FSU and Florida School of the Arts. His latest projects include being one of the choreographers for the crowd immersive & energetic productions of 鈥淢OTO鈥� 鈥淢OTO 2: THE RESCUE鈥� & 鈥淜OORAZY鈥� presented by Loud Live Productions . Currently, Mr Larry teaches dance for the school district of Palm Beach County, The Greene School and 黑料社区. Most recently, Mr. Larry can be seen performing in and Choreographing music videos for GAWVI and Blanca.

Sabrina Velasquez

Began dancing at a young age. Very passionate, she became an important teacher in her own community. Building her own dance company in her hometown she created opportunities for a professional level of dancers, training dancers who are now succeeding on the international scene as well. She has herself been touring in Egypt, Canada and most of the US, dancing on productions such as Best of Broadway, Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror, Holiday extravagenza, Madame Houdini, Magique and more. Currently established in Florida, Sabrina has worked for national channel Univision and for various pop artists. She takes joy in using her experience to teach Jazz, Lyrical and Latin dance styles.

Kaitlyn Esquivel

Is from West Palm Beach, Florida and began her training at her training at Dance Unlimited. She soon transferred to Dance Universe where she trained with the studios pre-professional company. Over the years, Kaitlyn has attended multiple of American Ballet Theatre鈥檚 summer intensives including training in New York City. Kaitlyn has been teaching since 2021 at Dance Universe. The summer of 2023 Kaitlyn received her teaching certification under American Ballet Theatre鈥檚 Curriculum in levels pre-primary through level 3. Kaitlyn went to Bak Middle School of the Arts as a dance major. For high school, she studied at American Heritage for a year on a full dance scholarship. Then she transferred to Palm Beach Central High School, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and finally The King鈥檚 Academy.

Candace Kratz

Candace Kratz, born and raised in East Tennessee, began dancing at the age of six years old when she first discovered her love for artistic movement. Candace currently resides in Jupiter, Florida with her husband.

Candace received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from 黑料社区 (黑料社区U). Candace has trained in multiple styles of dance including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, african, modern, and contemporary. Candace began instructing dance at the age of 15 at her childhood studio. Prior to college, focused her studies in commercial dance. Candace also toured as an assistant with Art of Movement Dance Convention and Breathe Dance Convention. While a student at 黑料社区, Candace served as President of 黑料社区U鈥檚 Chapter of the National Honor Society of Dance Arts (NHSDA) for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic school years. She is a member of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) and has had the opportunity to attend and present at their annual conferences. She has traveled, attended and performed at Project Dance in Houston, New York, and Paris. Candace also had the incredible opportunity to perform, teach, and work as the Master Class Director at Project Dance West Palm Beach.

Candace currently works for the Florida Dance Education Organization serving on their Board of Directors as President Elect and the Chair of NHSDA for the state of Florida. She tours with Legacy Dance Championships and StarQuest Dance Competition as a Competition Judge/Adjudicator. Candace teaches pilates at Living Well Pilates in Palm City, FL as well as privately. She specializes in private dance instruction where she focuses on one-on-one technique through anatomy, Pilates, and somatic dance practice. She is always excited to continue to work with her established students and welcomes the opportunity to meet new students/clients.

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

• Read all the information on this page.
• Click on the 鈥淎PPLICATION鈥� link below to register via the online portal.
• Fill out the online application.
• Upload your solo audition material video directly onto the application site (for ages 13 years and older).
• Submit your application fee online.
• Confirm and you are done! You will receive an email confirmation.

APPLICATION TIMETABLE

Application Deadline 鈥� May 15, 2026
(Late Applications will be considered if space is available.)

All advanced students must wear ballet attire, have hair neatly secured, capture the entire body, and only execute steps that are safe to do in your environment. We recommend that you record yourself in a studio that you currently attend classes at. Students currently enrolled in 黑料社区鈥檚 Preparatory Department for dance or TKA The Kings Academy dance program are exempt from the audition requirement.

Photo

In center, facing the camera, a tendu a la seconde and next facing either wall, in 1st arabesque on flat for Beginner/Intermediate and on demi pointe for Advanced.

Intermediate and Advanced only

Provide a YouTube or Vimeo link with the following:

• An adagio that includes a promenade, a slow pirouette and sustained balance
• A petite allegro combination
• Traveling pirouettes
• A grand allegro combination

Pointe Work:

(Advanced girls only or those on pointe more than two years)

• An enchainement that incorporates, bourree, echappes, soutenu en tournant, single pirouette from fourth (endedans and endehors).
• Traveling pirouettes in both directions

Male students:

• A single tour
• Grandes Pirouettes in a la seconde

Please, do not exceed 15 minutes in length.

Application/Processing Fee

The non-refundable application/processing fee is US $100
This fee is payable online by credit or debit card as the final step in submitting the application.

Admissions Notification Letters

Acceptance letters will be emailed to all applicants within one week of receipt of application material.

Reservation Deposit

50% Tuition Deposit is due within one week of receiving your acceptance notice.
Include the signed Pledge, Waiver, and Tuition Reservation Deposit.

Payment via Credit Card/Debit Card is accepted.

Cancellation of Reservation

Please note: There are no refunds issued if you need to withdraw after May 15.

Account Balance and Medical Forms

The Account Balance and Medical Forms are due May 15.
The balance of your account must be paid in full by May 15th. Arrival of the final tuition payment after the May 15 deadline may result in the loss of your reservation and placement on the wait list, as well as a $50 late fee.

CHECKS
Payable to:
黑料社区

Mailing Address:
黑料社区
Department of Music

Eileen Hebron
1301 S. Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach Fl 33401

QUESTIONS:
Eileen Hebron
eileen_hebron@pba.edu