Curriculum:
Other Requirements

Academic Year

The academic year for this program generally begins in the last week of October and continues until the middle of July. The year is divided up into four terms that are interspersed with break periods. 

The following dates reflect the 2008–09 academic year:

Probationary Period

The first seven weeks of this program serve as an extended audition and are considered probationary for all first-year students. After these seven weeks, the faculty will assess all students and may ask a student to leave. These cases may be deemed necessary based on evaluation of the following criteria:

1. Is the student physically capable of following the training without causing possible injury to self or to others?
2. Is the student psychologically capable of following the training without causing possible harm to self or to others?
3. Is the student showing signs of delinquency: frequent absences or lateness to class, a disruptive comportment within class?

Admission to the Second Year

At the end of the first year, the faculty will notify students who will be invited to return to complete the second year. Students will be evaluated on the following criteria:

1. Does the student have an adequate physical instrument to meet the demands of the second year?
2. Does the student have the improvisational skills and imagination to be able to create work within the second year's pedagogical territories?
3. Is the student capable of working with his or her ensemble of peers and collaborators?
4. Is the student's level of artistic commitment to the program sufficient for the demands of the second-year material?

See also:

First Year Curriculum
Second Year Curriculum