The Elevate Youth Dance Festival is a NEW educational and non-competitive dance event for dancers ages 10-18. Dancers will grow as artists by participating in master classes and adjudicated performance, share dance experiences, and celebrate excellence in dance. Selected dancers may present either their own choreography or an instructor’s choreography in the form of a solo, duet, trio, or quartet. Availability to attend the full-day November 4^th 2017 festival is required. For more information about the Elevate Youth Dance Festival events please visit elevatedancefestival.com.

Workshops

Participants have the unique opportunity take master classes with professional dance artists and educators and see live performance by professional dance companies from the Twin Cities. Guest Artists will be announced over the summer of 2017!

Solo, Duet, Trio, & Quartet Adjudication

Auditions to participate in the 2017 Elevate Youth Dance Festival through CREO are now closed.

Student Composition Option: $285 (incl. festival registration) + composition class

• Dancers must take the Summer Dance Composition Workshop in order to participate.
• $50 Participation Fee
• $75 Festival Registration
• Dancer must schedule two 60 minute sessions with a CREO mentor at $1 per minute
• Dancer must schedule a minimum of 4 additional hours CREO studio time to work on his/her piece. Studio time is $10 per 1 hour session.
• A 3^rd mentor session and/or 5^th rehearsal session is strongly encouraged, but not required.

Guest Artist Choreography:

CREO is in conversation with Twin Cities choreographers to set work for our students to present at Elevate. These opportunities will be offered to dancers who demonstrate strong physical ability at the audition and exceptional commitment to their class communities throughout the year.

Guest/Instructor Choreography Option: 

• Availability for peer-showings form 1:00-3:00 on Saturdays in October 2017
• Registration for at least one summer dance camp
• Fees below do not include the cost of the Dance Camp of your choice

*IMPORTANT: CREO will respect your financial preference for Elevate, placing the student in an opportunity of equal or lesser cost to the preference indicated on the Audition Form. For example- if you indicate interest in a trio, the staff will consider you for trio or quartet, but not for opportunities (duet, solo) which exceed the cost of a trio.
*The style of dance you or your small group perform, and the instructor you are working with will be determined during your audition by the CREO staff.

Instructor Choreography Cost/Group

• Solos: $415.00 (before dance camp)
  • Commit to a minimum of 4 hours of instruction at $1/min
  • $100 Choreography fee
  • $75 Festival Registration
  • Dance Camp requirement
• Duet $317.50 ea. (before dance camp) 
  • Commit to a minimum of 4 hours of instruction at $0.75/min
  • $125 Choreography fee at (split between duet participants)
  • $75 Festival Registration
  • Dance Camp requirement
• Trio $305.00 ea. (before dance camp)
  • Commit to a minimum of 4 hours of instruction at $0.75/min
  • $150 (split between trio participants)
  • $75 Festival Registration
  • Dance Camp requirement
• Quartets $238.75 (before dance camp)
  • Commit to a minimum of 4 hours of instruction at $0.50/min
  • Choreography fee at $175 (split between quartet participants.)
  • $75 Festival Registration
  • Dance Camp requirement

To view the pricing guide for participation costs/student click here