NORD ANGLIA PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL

The Best Performing Arts Curriculum in Florida

The Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival is a dynamic program running March 23-28, 2022, that unites students ages 14-18 from Nord Anglia Education schools across the Americas. Students will build relationships and expand their artistry through engaging workshops, rehearsals, collaborative projects, and performances. Your child will learn from renowned educators and artists affiliated with The Juilliard School. The trip will culminate in a performance at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, Florida.

Program Highlights

• Workshops with Juilliard affiliated artists Technique and performance masterclasses
• Day trip to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure Dinner cruise on beautiful South Florida waterways
• Music, dance and theatre professional performances Performances by Juilliard alumni
• Social events with students from across the Americas
• Festival performance at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre

Your Stay in Florida

North Broward Preparatory School

Located in Coconut Creek, near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, North Broward Preparatory School is a college-style campus of nearly 80 acres. Our outstanding performing arts facilities include multiple music ensemble rehearsal rooms, three dance studios, drama studios, ten private music lesson studios, and much more.

International Village

Festival participants will enjoy the accommodations at North Broward Preparatory School’s newly opened International Village located on the NBPS campus. When on campus, students will share in healthy, nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snacks catered by Flik and socialize with new friends in the beautiful, lakeside quad and common spaces.

Chaperones

Your child’s safety is our highest priority. Throughout the Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival, your child will be assigned a chaperone to ensure appropriate supervision. Each chaperone will be required to attend the entire week and will be in charge of ten students. Chaperones will be appointed by the administration of each school. Only school staff may chaperone.

Flights

All school flights will be handled and booked by Nord Anglia Education, taking into account costs and timings. Families should communicate with their school about airport drop off /pick up procedures. Transportation to and from the festival by coach bus will be provided for Windermere Preparatory School. Transportation in Florida Nord Anglia Education will arrange all ground transportation, including travel between the hotel and North Broward Preparatory School and all activities. Schools will also receive round trip transport to and from North Broward Preparatory School and the airport.

Choose Your Pathway

The Nord Anglia Education Performing Arts Festival is an exciting five-day program packed with dance, drama, and music rehearsals, workshops, activities, performances, and the chance to make new friends from Nord Anglia’s schools across the region. The program is designed to enable your child to thrive in an immersive atmosphere of performing arts, creativity, and teamwork. Acceptance into the festival is contingent upon a successful review of applicants' video auditions. Young Artist Pathways Guided by Juilliard alumni and guest artists, your child will develop their creativity, collaboration, confidence, and artistry in one of the following pathways.

Dance

Festival dancers will develop their technique, explore new dance forms, and enhance their understandings through inspiring classes and workshops - including ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, and more. They will expand their creativity through an exploration of choreography, improvisation, and performance.

Musical Theatre

Participants will enjoy creative physical expression, vocal exploration with text and music, ensemble acting, and a variety of fun techniques aimed toward liberating their theatrical imagination. Working and playing individually and in groups, students will bring stories and characters to life through creative drama, movement activities, and vocal coaching.  Explore, create, rehearse, and perform scenes and songs from hit Broadway shows of the past and present. Workshop classes will offer students the opportunity to explore Theatre Dance, Character Study, Improv, and more. 

Music

Your child will rehearse and perform in one of our festival ensembles: Jazz Band and Festival Orchestra. Also, they will enjoy a variety of workshops, and masterclasses focused on technique, creativity, and expanding their musical horizons.

Video Auditions

Students who wish to attend the Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival, The Americas 2022 must submit an audition video. The video audition should be less than 5 minutes in length, unedited, and demonstrate the student’s best work (see below requirements).

Videos should be submitted within the initial application.

• Video Audition Dance: (1) two-minute solo - ballet, modern, or jazz.
• Musical Theatre: (1) song from a published musical.
• Music: Solo of choice
  • Instrumentalist - ABRSM Grade 6 or above.

Itinerary

Read about the exciting activities we have lined up for your child in this example itinerary.

Day 1 - Arrival and opening activities

After registering and settling into the International Village, your child will participate in welcome activities. In the evening, we will celebrate the start of the Nord Anglia Education Performing Arts Festival with opening social and performance events.

Day 2 - Rehearsals, workshops, and evening performance

Students will participate in rehearsals and workshops with faculty and guest artists. In the evening, we will enjoy a dinner cruise on the Intracostal Waterway.

Day 3 - Rehearsals, workshops, and Juilliard alumni performances

In the morning and afternoon, students will participate in rehearsals and workshops with faculty and guest artists. In the evening, students will attend a group dinner and an exciting multi-arts performance at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre.

Day 4 - Dress rehearsals, and our gala performance In the morning, we will put the finishing touches on our repertoire and collaborative pieces and prepare for our dress rehearsal. In the evening, we will share our efforts with our community through an exciting festival performance at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre followed by a reception.

Day 5 - Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure

We will spend our last full day together enjoying Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. We will travel together via coach bus to Orlando in the morning, enjoy a fun day at the park and return to the NBPS International Village in the evening.

Day 6 - Departure

As our inspiring festival comes to an end, students and chaperones will be transported from the International Village to the airport via coach. All departure times will be pre-arranged according to each schools’ flight time.

Registration Package, Online Process, and Fees

Our Nord Anglia Education Performing Arts Festival Student Registration Package

From accommodations to hospitality, we have made sure that your child will be catered to throughout the entire event.

Our Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival package includes the following:

• Accommodations from Wednesday through Sunday (This does not apply to North Broward Preparatory School students)
• Round trip flights and baggage fees (if applicable) for out-of-state schools only
• All meals starting from dinner on Wednesday, March 23rd to breakfast on Monday, March 28th
• Round-trip airport transfers from airport to accommodations and back (Windermere Preparatory School students will be transported round trip via coach buses)
• Local charter bus package, offering bus transportation in South Florida between activities
• Entertainment tickets, including professional performances and additional social activities
• Rehearsals and workshops at NBPS
• Security guards hired each evening at accommodations Culminating performance and reception
• Photography and videography coverage
• Water bottle, hoodie
• Chaperone fee

Nord Anglia Education Performing Arts Festival School Fees

Participant fees are inclusive of all festival package activities. Package fees differ due to varying travel costs.

You can apply your child online for the Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival, The Americas 2022 starting: Saturday, January 4, 2022, through Tuesday, January 21, 2022.

Parents are required to apply and register on their child’s behalf. Students may not register themselves.

Arts Festival Insurance Coverage (optional)

In case of a last-minute emergency occurs and your student cannot attend the Performing Arts Festival, you have the option of purchasing individual insurance coverage for the Performing Arts Festival package you have purchased. Specific Terms and Conditions will apply. To purchase this insurance, please follow the link supplied in your registration confirmation email.

Performing Arts Festival Insurance Coverage (optional)

In case of a last-minute emergency occurs and your student cannot attend the Performing Arts Festival, you have the option of purchasing individual insurance coverage for the Performing Arts Festival package you have purchased. Specific Terms and Conditions will apply.  

Students living in the US: we strongly recommend purchasing individual travel insurance with COVID-19 coverage. 

You will find insurance options in the following sites:

1. Travel Insurance Coverage for Covid-19 - Squaremouth
2. COVID-19 Travel Medical Insurance - International travel insurance that covers Coronavirus (insubuy.com)

Students living outside of the US: we strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance in the student's home country. The travel insurance should include COVID-19 coverage.