Winter Term Auditions for 6-10 Year olds

On select dates each spring, auditions take place at the School of American Ballet’s headquarters at Lincoln Center in Manhattan beginning in the late afternoon/evenings. Pre-registration is required for these auditions and typically begins in mid-February. Applicants must register for a specific time slot on an audition date designated for their age at the time of the audition. There is an audition fee for all auditions at SAB. 

Each spring, SAB holds auditions for 6-10 year olds at locations in NYC boroughs/neighborhoods. There is no fee for SAB’s Community Auditions. Location and date information for the 2025 Community Auditions will be available in early 2025.

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• Pre-Registration: Pre-registration is required for all auditions taking place at SAB’s Lincoln Center headquarters. Pre-registration is optional but strongly recommended for those who wish to audition at a Community Audition location.
• Audition dress: Children auditioning for girls classes should wear a leotard or swimsuit; children auditioning for boys classes should wear a t-shirt and shorts or tights/leggings. (no long/baggy pants) Children should arrive with audition clothes underneath street clothes as there may be limited access to changing rooms and bathrooms depending upon the audition location.
• Age eligibility: Children must be 6 years old by September 1 to audition and enroll for the Winter Term beginning in September of the same year. Children must be no older than 10 on the day of their audition.
• Audition age groups: Children should audition in the age group that corresponds with their age at the time of the audition. Five year olds, who will be 6 by September 1, 2024 should audition in the 6 year old age group.
• Audition Fees: Audition fees are non-refundable. No exceptions will be made for children who miss their audition appointments, regardless of the reason, or for children who attend a Community Audition after first registering for a paid audition at SAB.
• Tuition assistance is available.
• Winter Term classes begin in mid-September.
• SAB’s training program for children is intended for students who permanently reside in the New York City area. Students who do not live in the tri-state region within easy commuting distance of SAB should not audition for SAB’s Winter Term. Instead, students aged 10 and up from outside the local area should consider auditioning for our annual summer programs each year in January. SAB’s summer programs are designed to enable non-local students to experience SAB’s training and to be considered for an invitation to train in our Winter Term once they are old enough for our residential program (beginning at age 14 or older). For more information about our New York Junior Session, click here.