We are very excited to introduce Idaho Regional Ballet, formerly known as Eagle Performing Ensemble.

Idaho Regional Ballet (IRB) is a non-profit organization, an umbrella organization of The Landing Community Center, with the mission to promote the art of dance and provide excellence in training for its company members; to provide funding and support to enable performing opportunities that enrich the education of our dancers and the community; and to provide the opportunity to work with invited guest teachers and choreographers.

Idaho Regional Ballet currently has a Senior Company comprised of 15 dancers, ages 13-18, and a Junior Company with 17 members.  These dancers will have the opportunity to train at a pre-professional level, learn new choreography, work with guest teachers, and have additional performing opportunities.

Idaho Regional Ballet is a member of Regional Dance America after going through a rigorous audition process.  13 dancers recently returned from this year’s regional festival where the students met dancers from other member companies, took master classes in ballet technique, modern, pointe, variations, choreography and improv and attended seminars and met with college representatives, plus had the opportunity to watch performances each night and perform themselves. The Senior Company will be traveling to Montreal, Canada in May 2012 to attend the National Festival for RDA, joining with over 80 member companies from across the United States.

We invite you to join us in supporting the arts, the cultural experience of ballet, and arts education in Idaho by becoming an Auxiliary Guild Member of IRB.  It is your support that will build a strong program for the future.

Thank you!

Idaho Regional Ballet

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Idaho Regional Ballet is comprised of two companies; Senior Company and Junior Company.  IRB is for students wanting to enhance their performing skills.  Acceptance to Senior Company is by invitation or audition and dancers must be 13 years old by September 1, 2011. Junior Company is open to all students that were enrolled in Ballet 7 or Ballet 6B in School Year Term 2010/2011. Junior Company members must be working on pointe and studying a minimum of 4.5 hours of ballet per week. Age of Junior Company members is 11 to 15 years of age.

Senior Company will be starting back on August 15, 2011. Senior Parent Guild dues are  $50 and is due with dancer contract July 1, 2011. Senior Company fee of $600 is due August 1, 2011.

Junior Company will be starting back on September 16, 2011. Junior Parent Guild dues are $25 and is due with dancer contract July 1, 2011. Junior Company fee of $250 is due August 1, 2011.

Members of Idaho Regional Ballet have been accepted to the following summer programs and colleges and universities:

• National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada
• Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, WA
• Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
• Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
  
• Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, CT
• Lines Contemporary Ballet in San Francisco, CA
• Joffrey, NYC, NY
• Joffrey, Chicago, IL
  
• North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC.
• Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, FL
• Universal Ballet Academy, Washington D.C.
• Ririe-Woodbury, Salt Lake City, UT
• Utah Regional Ballet, Salt Lake City, UT
  
• Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland, OR
• Ballet Adriatico, Italy
• School of American Ballet, NYC, NY
• Regional Dance America, Choreography Conference, NC
  
• Boston Ballet, Boston, MA
• The Rock, Philadelphia, PA
• Los Angeles Ballet, Malibu, CA
• Contra Costa Ballet, Contra Costa, CA
• The Portland Ballet
• Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UT
• Maple Conservatory, Irvine, CA