About Elevate
When dancers take on the opportunity to work on solo or small group work, they often rise in different ways than they do in a larger class setting. CREO designed it’s Elevate programming with this intention in mind. Elevate gives students the opportunity to work on a project that is uniquely theirs all year long.
Audition For Elevate
Auditions to be placed in an Elevate group, solo, or student composition opportunity take place in the spring (usually in March) preceding the next performance season.
Opportunity Requirements & Schedule
Elevate dancers begin working on their pieces over the summer and continue to upkeep and refine their piece over the course of the following performance season leading up to adjudication at Cathedral Dance Festival and final performance at CREO’s Spring Recital.
Student Composition Option
- Dancers must take a Summer Dance Composition Workshop in order to participate.
- Summer – 2 private sessions with mentor each lasting 1 hour
- Summer – 4 personal rehearsals of rented studio time each lasting 1 hour – $10/hour/student
- Fall-Spring – 2 private sessions with your Elevate choreographer each lasting at least 30 minutes
- Fall-Spring – Monthly Studio Rentals Sept-April (Covered by your participation fee)
- Perform in the Friday portion of Cathedral Dance Festival
- Perform at CREO Recital
Instructor Choreography Option (Small Groups & Solos)
- Summer – 4 private sessions with your Elevate choreographer each lasting 1 hour
- Fall-Spring – 2 private sessions with your Elevate choreographer each lasting at least 30 minutes
- Fall-Spring – Monthly Studio Rentals Sept-April (Covered by your participation fee)
- Perform in the Friday portion of Cathedral Dance Festival
- Perform at CREO Recital
Elevate dancers are welcome to work on their pieces above and beyond the requirements outlined above if they so choose. Additional studio rental sessions (beyond 1/month) are not included in the Participation Fee so there would be an extra cost of $10 per dancer per hour. Additional lessons with instructors will be charged the Elevate lesson rate.
Pricing Guide
| Participation Fee | Summer Instruction | Studio Rental | Fall-Spring Instruction | Cathedral Friday Registration | Total | |
| Student Composition | Depends on group size | Depends on group size | $10/hr X 4hr = $40 |
Depends on group size | ~ $60 | |
| Solo | $140 | $70 X 4hr =$280 | N/A | $45 X 2 30min lessons = $90 | ~ $60 | $570 |
| Duet | $90/ dancer | $60 X 4hr = $240 |
N/A | $40 X 2 30min lessons = $80 | ~ $60 | $470 |
| Trio | $80/ dancer | $50 X 4hr = $200 |
N/A | $35 X 2 30min lessons = $70 | ~ $60 | $410 |
| Quartet | $70/ dancer | $40 X 4hr = $160 |
N/A | $30 X 2 30min lessons = $60 | ~ $60 | $350 |
| Quintet | $60/ dancer | $35 X 4hr = $14o |
N/A | $25 X 2 30min lessons = $50 | ~ $60 | $310 |
*not including camp requirement