Elite Program Auditions 2024

Join us for auditions to our Elite Programs (One North , Jurong Spring CC, KINEX Mall, National Stadium and Balestier)! The program focuses on improving the foundational skills of a ballerina and is based on our teacher’s extensive experience as a leading performers for international ballet companies, such as Shanghai Ballet Company, Singapore Ballet and Norwegian National Ballet.

The Elite program was developed for students who want to become well rounded and strong dancers. Just doing exam classes is not enough for those who wish to take ballet to the next level, to compete in international competitions or become professional dancers.

Elite program students will improve two core areas of a ballerina:

Ballet foundation: The foundational principles of body movement and form used in ballet. These are body alignment, turnout and toe pointing.

Body control: Strong muscles, high stamina and flexibility is required in order for a dancer to have good control over her body.

Our Elite Program has been taught since 2014 and the participants achieved extraordinary results: more than 400 gold medals in only 5 years. This includes the first ever Singaporean Best Performance Award at the Asian Grand Prix. Our students have taken top awards and qualified for prestigious competitions like Youth America Grand Prix, Prix de Lausanne and Asian Grand Prix. Graduates of YBA have gone on to renowned professional schools like Elmhurst Ballet School (UK), The American Ballet Theatre and Berlin State Ballet School and summer schools like the European School of Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Berlin State Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, The Royal Ballet (first Singaporean to get full scholarship) and Australian Ballet. Students for our Soloist Program are chosen from the Elite Program participants.

The in-person audition will be held  15 June 2024 led by Ms. Yan and the Elite Program instructors.

The auditions will be held in two rounds:

  1. Online auditions (28 May-14 June 2024): We will evaluate candidates based on the 3 submitted pose pictures. Results will be announced throughout the two weeks.
  2. Physical audition (15 June 2024):
    Jurong Spring CC (audition will be at Dover branch) 9:30-11am
    One north 11:30-1pm
    Balestier 1:30-3pm
    Kallang Wave Mall 3:30-5pm
    Kinex Mall 5:30-7pm

YBA will only accept a limited amount of participants, so submitting early is recommended. For more information or questions about YBA and our Elite and RAD classes, please check our classes page.

Email us at admin@yanballetacademy.com or call/WhatsApp at 6514 5175 if you have any questions.

On submission of the audition form, YBA will contact you.

Elite Program Schedule

The Elite Program at Jurong Spring CC (Saturdays) and KINEX (Sundays) is taught by Ms. Qu. At our National Stadium (Sundays) the Elite Program is taught by Mr. Huo, while at our Balestier branch (BT Centre, Saturdays), it is taught by Ms. Emily. The Elite classes at One North are taught by Ms. Angel (Saturdays).

Students will be placed in the appropriate class based on ability. If accepted to the Elite Program, students are required to do all their ballet training at YBA and are required to do RAD and/or private classes. All our class schedules and fees is available at our classes page.

Pose Requirements

After submitting the below audition form, you must prepare 3 poses in picture format (the poses must be the same as the three pictured below) and email them to admin@yanballetacademy.com. Please ensure each image is less than 3 MB in size. Please title the email with your child’s full name and add “Elite Audition 2024”. Please note that we will not publicly disclose these images or share with any 3rd parties. You must submit the 3 pose pictures by email to complete the audition application. Note: Existing YBA students do not need to submit pictures.

Pose 1: Press your shoulders down. Keep your lower back straight. Knees should be straight and point your toes as much as you can.

Pose 2: Make sure your shoulders are balanced and keep your head pressed down. Take note of the hands that should be straight.

Pose 3: This is a classical ballet pose, please copy it. Here we are looking for showmanship/attitude in the pose.