• All students who have pre-registered and paid online only need to bring a 4×6 headshot in ballet hairstyle and appropriate dance shoes (ballet and jazz shoes for all dancers, pointe shoes for dancers age 12+ if applicable).
• Students age 12+ should also bring a picture in first arabesque (ladies on pointe, if applicable)

• Female students should wear a black leotard with pink or skin-toned tights and pink or skin-toned ballet shoes. Hair should be pulled back neatly into a ballet bun.
• Dancers age 12+ who are one pointe should bring their pointe shoes.
• Male students should wear a white leotard or shirt with black or grey tights and black or white ballet shoes. Hair should be brushed back neatly and off the face.
• All dancers should also bring jazz shoes if they have them.

Students who secure a walk-up audition spot should bring the following:

• Completed and signed the Audition Form
• Cash or credit card for audition fee ($35)
• 4×6 headshot with ballet hairstyle
• Students age 12+ should also bring a picture in first arabesque (ladies on pointe, if applicable)
• Students age 12+ should bring pointe shoes, if applicable.

Video auditions must be no longer than 10 minutes.

Students age 12+ should include the following:

• barre exercises (one side only)
• center practice: adage, pirouettes, grand allegro, and petit allegro
• pointe work (where applicable): include barre and center exercises, including pirouettes
• Optional: one variation in practice clothes

Students age 7-11 are only required to demonstrate combinations done in their regular classical ballet class.

LABA students currently enrolled in RAD or ISTD Classical Ballet: please only submit your headshot (and arabesque picture if applicable). You will be evaluated in class in lieu of a video submission.

• Audition Fee: $35
• Tuition for 1 week: $700.00
• Tuition for 2 weeks: $1,400.00
• Tuition for 3 weeks: $2,050.00 (multi-week discount of $50)
• Tuition for 4 weeks: $2,700.00 (multi-week discount of $100)

A completed Registration packet and deposit of $200 per week is required by March 22, 2025, to hold a student’s spot in the program, with the remaining balance due by May 25, 2025.

Deposits and tuitions are non-refundable even in the event of a student’s withdrawal or dismissal from the program before it has begun. LABA does not offer any tuition refunds for missed classes.

A limited number for scholarships and financial assistance are granted to admitted students.

Once admitted to the program, students may submit an email to request a tuition assistance application. Information will be included in the registration packet.

Scholarship and financial aid awards are based on both need and merit.

*Most scholarship awards cover only a portion of tuition.