Alonzo King LINES Ballet
26 7th St 94103 San Francisco, CA, US

This Saturday, Michael Montgomery teaches LINES rep during our BFA Open House! RSVP: bit.ly/bfaopenhouse. This free online event for prospective students also includes ballet with faculty member Maurya Kerr and Q&A; panel with program director Marina Hotchkiss, former BFA student/current company artist Ilaria Guerra, advisor Molly Rogers and a current BFA student. The video above is an excerpt from Alonzo King's Triangle of the Squinches, performed in 2011 by company artist Michael Montgomery with music by Mickey Hart, costumes by Robert Rosenwasser, and set design by Christopher Haas.

This weekend, we're hosting LINES Day Workshops in the *CST and BRT* time zones! Sign up: bit.ly/linesday. The virtual experience includes 6 hours of transformative training, including ballet, LINES Rep and improv/contemporary with our master faculty. Dancers can also use this immersive workshop as their audition for our 2021 Summer Program. To find the LINES Day in your time zone, visit: bit.ly/linesday. Dallas LINES Day Sat, Jan 16th 9am-3pm Central Standard Time (CST)... Faculty: Caroline Rocher Barnes, Erik Wagner Rio de Janiero LINES Day Sun, Jan 17th 9am-3pm Brasilia Time (BRT) Faculty: Keelan Whitmore, Maurya Kerr The above video is an excerpt from a 2019 Pre-Professional Summer Program rehearsal with choreographer Gregory Paul Dawson of Dawson Dance SF.

Karah Abiog, Keelan Whitmore, and LeeWei Chao share tips for virtual auditions on our blog: bit.ly/auditionadvice. "Don’t be afraid to give your perspective if/when asked. This helps the teacher get to know your thought process and depth of understanding." Keelan Whitmore. Karah, Keelan and LeeWei are members of the team teaching and adjudicating our LINES Day workshops, one of three methods for auditioning for the 2021 Summer Program.

We're hosting a Virtual Company Audition on Saturday, Feb 20th. Auditions are by invitation only. For consideration, please send materials by Friday, Feb 12th (by 11:59 PST) to Kara Wilkes (ballet master). For full application details, visit: linesballet.org/company/audition Photography: RJ Muna, featuring artists YuJin Kim and Zack Tang

The spring semester of our Teens Program starts this Saturday! Students can sign up to train with us on the weekends: bit.ly/TEENSlines. The above video features student artists from our Teens 3 performing a work they created in Choreo-Lab with faculty member Katie Zambia Roy. Music: "Iroh" by Sonn. Based in ballet and contemporary training, our virtual Teens Program offers three levels of training for young artists ages 11-17. Students are challenged in a supportive environm...ent that allows for maximum growth and personal discovery. Faculty Teens 1: Jordan Wanderer Teens 2: Brett Conway, Daiane Lopes da Silva, Kara Davis Teens 3: Brett Conway, Daiane Lopes da Silva, Victor Talledos Choreo-Lab: Katie Zambia Roy