Toledo Met is excited to announce an expanded competition solo program for the 2024-2025 season. The benefits of high quality dance competitions expose students to valuable performance and educational experiences that ultimately enhance achievement both on and off the stage.
Encompassing opportunities to perform solos in ballet, contemporary, jazz and tap, Toledo Met's solo competition program will be sending dancers to both regional competitions and the prestigious Universal Ballet Competition during the 2025 winter/spring semester. Dancers who are accepted into the UBC Solos Competition Program will learn a classical variation and/or a contemporary solo to perform at a Universal Ballet Competition (UBC) event. Dancers accepted into the Regional Solos Competition program can compete a ballet variation, contemporary solo, tap solo and/or jazz solo.
2024 -25 Solo Coaches
Qualifications for Participation
UBC Participation Fees Due to Toledo Met
If dancer is accepted into UBC solo program the fees are as follows...
$250 Toledo Met Solo Participation Fee for the first UBC entry, $50 for each
additional UBC entry. (This fee covers UBC registration fee and travel expenses for
Toledo Met coach and additional administrative expenses.)
$110 UBC Solo Fee (this fee does not include the master classes)
$150 Master Class Fee - For master class at UBC competition
$300 - 500 Contemporary Choreography Fee (Depends on chosen coach's rate.)
$600-$950 Coaching Fee - This fee varies and should cover at least twenty 30 minute private coaching sessions with chosen coach UBC between September 2024 and date of UBC competition in spring 2025. Please note, all UBC dancers are required to complete a minimum of 20 private lessons before competition. Some may choose to complete more private lessons but the minimum is 20.
Regional Participation Fees Due to Toledo Met
For dancers participating in regional ballet, tap, contemporary or jazz solo
$250 Toledo Met Solo Participation Fee for the first regional competition entry, $50 for
each additional competition entry. (This fee covers competition registration fee and
travel expenses for Toledo Met coach and additional administrative expenses.)
$110 Regional Competition Solo Fee
$150 Master Class Fee for Regional Competition
*$250-500 Contemporary/Ballet Choreography Fee
$600 Coaching Fee - This includes twenty 30 minute private coaching sessions with
Jessica Espinosa (ballet) or Maria Jacoby(contemporary, jazz or tap) between August 2024
through the date of competition. All private coaching sessions will occur at Toledo
Met. Please note - This cost is for the minimum number of private coaching sessions. Dancers may choose to complete more than 20 private lessons before competition. That would increase this cost.
Participation Expense Paid by Participant
Costumes - Costume must be approved by coach before purchase.
Personal Travel Expenses – Paid for by participant. Hotel arrangements coordinated
through Toledo Met.
Potential Extra Private Coaching Sessions- 20 thirty minute coaching sessions are
included in the above detailed coaching fee. If it is determined by the dancer or the
coach that the participant needs additional lessons to properly prepare for the
competition the fee structure follows the private lesson fees for that coach.
Fee Payment Options
Pay in Full Option – Full fee payment is due on August 31, 2024.
Installment Option - Pay fee in five monthly installments.
Please note - In order to participate in Solos Program, students must have all outstanding studio fees paid prior to August 1, 2024.
Financial Assistance is not available for the solos program. All solos fees must be paid and no outstanding balances are allowed for any other Toledo Met program in order to participate in the solos program.
To declare desire to participate please email ToledoMet2022@gmail.com