The Northwest Florida Ballet (NFB) Académie is now taking audition appointment reservations for the 2024-2025 academic year. All auditions will take place at the NFB Studios, the Sybil Lebherz Center for Dance Education, located at 310 Perry Avenue SE in Fort Walton Beach. Incoming third-grade students will audition on April 20 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and April 21 from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Incoming fourth-grade students will audition on April 20 from 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Appointment reservations are required for all auditions and must be made online at www.nfballet.org/auditions by noon on April 18. Upon registration, incoming third-grade applicants will be assigned a 20-minute time slot, and incoming fourth-grade applicants will be assigned a 30-minute time slot. Parents will be allowed to wait in the lobby, where representatives of the NFB will be available to discuss this unique program. Results and orientation details will be mailed after the completion of all auditions.
Prospective Académie students and their parents can attend a tour event at the NFB studios on April 16 or 18 from 10:15-11:15 a.m. to observe a typical school day. An evening Q&A session is also available with NFB Artistic Director/CEO Todd Eric Allen on April 17 at 6 p.m. to learn more about this nationally recognized program. To RSVP for one of the informational tours, please email jelpedes@nfballet.org with the preferred date. For all requirements, the audition reservation form and additional details, please visit www.NFBallet.org/Auditions or call Joy Elpedes at (850) 664-7787. Spanish translations of all related materials are also available online.
Celebrating more than 20 years of excellence, the NFB Académie is a free, integrated arts and academic program for third through eighth-grade boys and girls who demonstrate the potential to excel in dance.
