THE CAULFIELD SCHOOL OF DANCE
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION
Please be advised
that all rates of fees quoted in the following text are
subject to change without notice.
Along with providing excellent
instruction in many disciplines to the greater community,
the Caulfield School of Dance is a private trade
school training children and secondary school aged students
who wish to pursue professions in dance and theatre arts
through the Caulfield School of Dance Professional
Training Division.
- What is the Caulfield School of Dance
Professional Training Division?
The Professional Training Division is a branch of the
Caulfield School of Dance that functions within the school's
normal matrix. Members of the Division take regular courses
and only in the exceptional circumstance where several
members are concurrently at the same level in a particular
discipline might a class exclusive to such members of the
Division be offered.
- Who is eligible to apply for entrance
to the Caulfield School of Dance Professional Training
Division?
The Caulfield School of Dance Professional Training
Division is for the young person who declares his or her
desire to pursue a career in dance or theatre arts. Such
individuals aged ten to eighteen who are currently studying
with the Caulfield School of Dance, or elsewhere or who have
no previous training may apply to the Caulfield School of
Dance Professional Training Division.
- What careers can the Professional
Training Division prepare me for?
The Professional Training Division can currently offer
professional training programs for the following careers in
performance:
Acting / Ballet Jazz / Classical Ballet / Contemporary
Ballet / Jazz (includes all commercial forms: hip-hop,
Broadway, etc.) / Modern Dance (includes contact, pure
movement, dance/theatre, etc.) / Musical Theatre / Tap
The Professional Training Division can currently offer
professional training programs for the following careers in
choreography:
Ballet Jazz / Classical Ballet / Contemporary Ballet /
Jazz (includes all commercial forms) / Modern Dance /
Musical Theatre / Tap
The Professional Training Division can currently offer
professional training programs for the following careers in
instruction:
Ballet (including entrance to the Royal Academy of
Dancing) / Jazz / Modern Dance
We hope to offer professional training programs for the
following disciplines in the near future:
Theatre Directing / Script Writing / Tap Instruction
- What does the Professional Training
Division offer its members?
Members of the Professional Training Division, whether
primary or secondary school aged, will receive;
personalized programs designed to prepare a
student for a profession in the area of the performing
arts for which they are best suited
performing opportunities commensurate with members'
goal statements i.e. those pursuing teaching careers
would not require as much performing experience as those
pursuing performing careers
personalized guidance in all aspects of career
preparation
aid in securing financial assistance where
required
aid in accessing opportunities for personal
development outside of the school i.e. invitational
training intensives offered by other institutions
etc.
The services outlined above are included in membership
and delivered through private lessons, scheduled meetings
and/or written notification.
- What does the Professional Training
Division require?
The Professional Training Division requires a continual
level of excellence from members in the following areas:
Members will be exemplary in their attendance,
they must not miss class without a physicians note.
When injury or illness requires that a member observe
a class rather than participate, the member is required
to have a note from a parent or physician, dress in
proper class attire, take notes and participate as
actively as possible i.e. attempt to answer questions
addressed to class etc.
Members who do not participate in two classes in a
three month period will have a review of their
membership.
Members will maintain an exemplary attitude and
behavior both inside and outside of the studios while at
the school or attending/participating in school related
events.
Members will keep a journal containing all aspects of their daily routine
which have bearing on their training i.e., diet, hours of sleep, supplementary
exercise, practice etc. which will be used as a reference to the instructor(s)
guiding their programs.
If members do not maintain the level of achievement
expected, their membership will come under review. Their
flat rate status may be revoked, their private lessons
may be terminated and, as with students in any group
class, they may be dropped to lower levels in disciplines
as required.
- What the Professional Training
Division is not:
Being a member of the Professional Training Division is
by no means a guaranty of a featured part in the year-end
show or year-end scholarship awards. The school's artistic
director in consultation with the other teachers on staff,
will decide who receives scholarship moneys and who performs
featured parts in the year-end end show.
In the 1997-1998 year, there were two groups of P.T.D. Members who performed
as separate groups in the show, "Oh Canada!". Some people may have interpreted
this as indicating that the students in these groups were the only P.T.D.
Members in the school. In fact, there were a total of thirteen members
of the Professional Training Division who performed collectively in over
twenty numbers. Several members were not featured in any special way in
the production at all. In "Oh Canada!", all five student solos were performed
by members of the Professional Training Division but non members were
featured in many "Spotlights". Four members of the Professional Training
Division received no year-end scholarship awards.
Featured parts for the year-end show are decided upon
primarily on the basis of artistic criteria i.e. would this
feature enhance the show artistically or not? Members of the
Professional Training Division focusing on performing, do
have a higher chance of being featured in the year-end show
as members train more intensively than their peers and
therefore tend to achieve a higher standard of
performance.
Note: The Caulfield School of Dance classifies featured
parts as follows: "Spotlights" are featured portions within
choreographies or scripts that call on one or more
performers to execute parts that differ from those of the
majority of performers in a given section of the production.
In a dance piece, a "spotlight" can have one or more
performers alone on the stage for a portion of the piece
and/or one or more performers can execute choreography that
is different from the group with which they are dancing. In
theatre, a "spotlight" would denote a role that is notably
larger than that of others in the scene. A solo is a dance
piece in which there is only one performer. A duo is a dance
piece in which there are only two performers. A trio is a
dance piece in which there are only three performers. A
quartet is a dance piece in which there are only four
performers.
- What does it cost to be a member of
the Professional Training Division?
As with many professions, careers in dance, theatre and
musical theatre require many years of intense training and
dedication. Unlike professions in medicine or other areas of
science, or law, language, humanities, etc., professional
training in dance and theatre arts (like elite athletics or
classical music) must begin in childhood.
Unlike post-secondary education at a local public
institution, the Caulfield School of Dance is a private
school and fees are subsidized only through private and
corporate donation and fund raising. High quality arts
education is expensive and part of the Professional Training
Division's purpose is to make excellent professional arts
training available to dedicated and talented young people
regardless of their family's financial situation.
Members who require subsidization beyond the flat-rate fee ceiling, can
apply for support from the Caulfield School of Dance Scholarship Fund.
Most Professional Training Division programs include at least a half
hour of private instruction per week for most if not all weeks of the
instructional year. These privates are not included in the "fee ceiling"
but are offered at a reduced rate from rates for
those not in the Professional Training Division (please contact the school for current rates).
The individual programs designed for each member of the Professional
Training Division vary widely. A member pursuing a career in acting for
example, may have a program with as little as five hours a week in studio
courses. Assigned readings, text memorization, and special projects would
take additional time each week but these would be fee-free as they would
done on the members own time, outside of the studio. Such a program would
likely cost just over $1,500.00 Canadian before the federal tax for the September
through June year. This program would not benefit from the"fee ceiling".
On the other hand, a student wishing to pursue a career in classical ballet
could have a program exceeding 16 hours per week in the studio with group
instruction courses exceeding $8,000.00 Canadian before the federal tax. The flat rate would allow substantial subsidy to the normal per course
rate for this program.
The school's artistic director will arrange interviews
with applicants who pass the initial assessment based on the
following submissions
1) a letter composed by the applicant stating his or her
career goal
2) a resume of all past experience related and unrelated
to the applicant's career goal
Caulfield School of Dance,
Attention Ms Cori Caulfield, Artistic Director,
2813 Spring Street
Port Moody BC
Canada
V3H 4C6
Those applicants selected for an interview should prepare
for the following:
The school's artistic director will ask questions
pertaining to the applicants level of knowledge of his or
her chosen field and level of commitment to it.
Following the interview if necessary, the applicant will
do a placement audition class or classes. The audition will
be followed by a further interview in which the school's
artistic director, in consultation with the applicant and
his or her parent, will design a program to match the
applicant's specific goal statement.
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