Summer Intensive 2026
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June 15-July 3, 2026
Single Week Enrollment Available.
WITH MASTER GUEST TEACHERS
Welcome to the Pryntsev Classical Ballet Academy Summer Intensive!
This summer, join a 3-week intensive, designed to elevate your skills and artistry. Our curriculum offers comprehensive training in ballet, pointe, classical variations, contemporary, and conditioning, equipping you to grow as a versatile and confident dancer.
This unique intensive provides students with access to an expanded professional network, offering valuable connections to companies and conservatories. The program culminates in a professional-style performance, the kind of valuable experience that dedicated students travel for. Join us for a summer of unparalleled growth and opportunity.
Our intensive will culminate in a Student Showcase featuring classical variations, character dances, and contemporary works—performed in both ensembles and solos. We look forward to celebrating our students’ hard work and progress with you!
Monday-Friday
3-5 classes per day in:
Ballet Training
Pointe / Variations / Repertoire / Partnering
Modern/Contemporary
Character
Stretching & Conditioning
Showcase Rehearsals
PBA Summer Intensive Faculty 2022
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Artistic Director of Pryntsev Ballet Academy
Former Dancer 🇺🇦 Nat’l Theater Opera and Ballet Dnipro
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variation, Character, Partnering Classes
Ivan Pryntsev was born in Dnipro, Ukraine. He began his dance training at the Dnipro Ballet Academy, where he studied classical ballet and contemporary dance. At age 15, he was accepted into the Dnipro Theatrical Art College. Ivan was invited to join the Dnipro Opera and Ballet Theatre while still a student, and toured with the company to Berlin, Germany and Xuchang, China where he performed in Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, and The Sleeping Beauty. He graduated from the Dnipro Theatrical Art College at age 19, with qualifications as a Professional Ballet Dancer, Teacher of Specialized Institutions of Art, and Director of Choreographic Collective. He was then offered a contract to dance with the Moscow Ballet in The Great Russian Nutcracker, and performed in over 70 cities across the United States. In 2019, Ivan performed lead roles in classical ballet productions with Festival Ballet Theater and Golden State Dance Foundation, both in Orange County, California. In addition to dancing professionally, Ivan also teaches ballet, pointe, variation, and character dance classes, as well as workshops and master classes for children, teens, and adults throughout southern California.
In early 2020 Ivan founded Pryntsev Ballet Academy in Orange County, CA, training his students in the Vaganova Ballet Method and providing young students with a pre-professional environment, proper ballet technique, avoiding injuries and helping students reach their maximum potential. Ivan believes that in the right environment any child can learn and improve their skills!
Through his detailed teaching method, Mr. Pryntsev's students have been awarded at Youth America Grand Prix Regional Competitions and placed as TOP 1, TOP 3, TOP 6 and TOP 12 as well as been awarded scholarships and have been accepted to schools such as Bolshoi Ballet Summer intensive, Ellison Ballet Summer intensive, Colorado Ballet Summer intensive, IBC Summer intensive Moscow and others.
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Elena Baltovick began studying classical ballet at age nine in her native Kiev, Ukraine. She studied at the National Choreographic Ballet School of Ukraine and danced with the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Ms. Baltovick came to the United States in 1992 to continue her study of the Vaganova Method with the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Connecticut graduating with honors in 1994. In 1998 Ms. Baltovick graduated cum laude from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music and Ballet Pedagogy. Her main coach was world famous Prima Ballerina Alla Osipenko from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Elena’s students achieved:
2011- YAGP San Diego/ Top 12 Pre-Competitive Contemporary (PCC)
2012- Top 12 PCC, 3rd Place Ensemble
2013- Top 12 PCC, 1st Place Junior Contemporary, Top 12 Ensemble
2014- 1st PCC, 2nd Place Junior Contemporary, Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical and Top 12 PCC
2015- Outstanding Teacher, 3rd Place PCC, Top 12 Junior Contemporary, Top 12 Junior Classical and Top
12 Pre-Competitive Junior Contemporary, Top 12 Ensembles
2016-Top 12 PCC, Top 12 Junior Classical, 3rd Place Junior Contemporary, 3rd Place Junior Classical and
Top 12 Junior Contemporary, 3rd Place Pre-Competitive Men’s Classical
2017- 2nd Place PCC, Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical, Top 12 Junior Contemporary, 1st Place Junior
Contemporary, 1st Place PCC
2018- 2nd Place Pre-Competitive Classical, 3rd Place Pre-Competitive Classical, Top 12 PCC, 1st Place
Trio, 1st Place Ensemble, 2nd Place Pre-Competitive Contemporary, Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical
YAGP Los Angeles: 1st Place PCC, Top 12 PCC, Top 12 Pre-Competitive Classical
2019 – 12 NY Finalists for Youth America Grand Prix, Outstanding Teacher 2019 YAGP
2020 – 6 finalists for Candian Grand Prix Niagara Falls, Outstanding Teacher Canadian Grand Prix
Audition
Live Audition In-Person
TBA (Please arrive 15 min early)
Address: Pryntsev Ballet Academy 23541 Calle De La Louisa STE B Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Click here to register for the in-person audition
Video Audition
Submit a video that includes:
Ballet barre (pliés, adage, grand battements)
Center turns and allegro
Pointe work or a classical/contemporary solo
Click here to submit your video audition! or email us at info@pbadance.com
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For additional information, please contact the front desk at info@pbadance.com or +1 (949) 557-8084
Important Message
From Mr. Pryntsev Owner and Artistic Director
I encourage you to read through this material carefully. Sending your daughter or son away to another city or another state is a big decision, and we want you to feel assured that we take very seriously the supervision and care of each of our visiting students.
Pryntsev Ballet Academy guarantees individual attention to every student in class and progress for everyone over the course of the summer.
Some students do not become professional, some do, but studying the craft brings grace and grit, as we always say, and discipline and so many things to a student life that goes beyond the actual dance lesson or the dance performance.
Our goal is for all participants of Pryntsev Ballet Academy's Summer Program to leave with a deeper understanding of ballet, additional technical skills, and many wonderful memories.
Our Students
Achievement
YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX FINALIST DANCERS
FLORIDA, TAMPA 2023
Madeline C. Performing
Graduation Ball
Classical Solo Pre-Competitive category
Jessica I., Maya T., & Emma Z.
Walpurgis Night
Ensemble Competitive Category