OBT School is excited to welcome students to our incomparable 2025 Summer Intensive, and our 2025 Summer Youth Programs. For summer student candidates, we will conduct auditions in January 2025, as well as accept recorded video auditions. We look forward to seeing you during our 2025 Summer Programs student search!
Entrance to the Summer Intensive is by audition only. Summer Intensive Auditions take place in January and February of each year. An audition fee is required of all applicants. Online preregistration for auditions is $30, and day of registration is $40, payable either in cash or check made out to Oregon Ballet Theatre School. Auditioning students should enroll for the age group they are at the time of the audition.
For prospective students living more than 200 miles from an audition site, video auditions will be accepted. See information for video auditions below. Students auditioning for the senior intensive may be placed in the junior intensive depending on their technical ability.
In-person auditions for the 2025 summer intensive have concluded..Please check back in late October 2025 for details of the 2026 summer program audition tour.
Anticipated audition locations include Seattle, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Bend, Eugene, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Salt Lake City, Austin, Las Vegas, and Coos Bay.
We encourage you to audition by video if you missed auditioning in person.
International students may apply for admission using the video audition information as stated above or attend one of our scheduled virtual auditions. International students who are accepted will need to obtain an M-1 Visa. An M-1 Visa allows a student to study in the United States for a specified amount of time exclusively at Oregon Ballet Theatre School. Contact the school here for more information on the Visa application process.
Registration for the senior intensive is on a first come basis and will close once classes have filled to capacity. Students wanting to attend the intensive who have missed their registration deadline may be placed on a waiting list.
Registration deposits are nonrefundable. Students who pay their deposit and then withdraw from the program will not be able to receive a refund.
This type of request is evaluated on a case-by-case basis and is subject to availability and our refund policy. Please inquire with OBT School staff here.
Those aged 16 to 22 years old wanting to be considered for the OBT2 program, must be admitted to OBT School’s Summer Intensive in Levels 5 or 6, and attend a minimum of the last two weeks of the Summer Intensive, though all six weeks is recommended. Decisions will be made and communicated to the dancers by the end of March.
Those aged 16 to 22 years old wanting to be considered for the Trainee program, must be admitted to OBT School’s Summer Intensive in Levels 5 or 6, and attend a minimum of the first four weeks, though all six weeks is recommended. Decisions will be made and communicated to the dancers on a rolling basis beginning in March.
Students will have mandatory orientation at 9:00 AM on the first day of their session (6 and 4 week or 2 week). Classes will start at 9:30 AM directly after orientation.
Students who participate in the six-week session will have a performance opportunity.
Parent observation will take place at the end of each session. For students attending the four week session, Family Observation will take place the last two days of the fourth week of the program. For students attending the two and six week sessions, Family Observation will take place during the sixth week of the program. Some classes such as the Workshop classes may not be available for observation.
Student absences should be reported via OBT School absence form.
Students in the four or six week program will move in to the dorm on Sunday, June 22 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Students in the two week program will move in on Sunday, July 20 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Students will check out from 7:30 AM–8:30 AM on the final Saturday of their summer session (7/19 or 8/2).
The Broadway building is located at 625 SW Jackson St., Portland, OR 97207.
Please send packages or mail using this format:
Name / Oregon Ballet Theatre School
C/O University Housing Office
PSU – Summer Housing and Conferencing
625 SW Jackson St., Suite 210
Portland, OR 97201
Yes. Family and friends may sign a student out for the evening and on the weekend. All adults signing out a minor student for the evening or weekend must be authorized by a parent or guardian on the Authorized Adults Form ahead of time. You must also notify the OBT School Head RA by phone, (503) 960-4158, no later than 24 hours prior to signing the student out.
Yes. Students that stay in OBT School’s dorms will have weekend activities planned for them by RA’s.
Students will be met by an OBT School staff person or volunteer at the baggage claim area at Portland International Airport (PDX). The OBT School representative will be holding an OBT School sign. We will only be able to transport your student if you have indicated as such on your student’s housing forms.
Students will use public transportation to and from OBT’s studios and the PSU dormitory, and OBT School dormitory RAs will accompany students at all times. Public transportation passes will be provided upon check-in.
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