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Dance Spirit Summer Study Guide '08
Alaska
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The School of Alaska Dance Theatre
- Summer Dance Intensives & Programs
- Program director: Alice Bassler Sullivan
- 907-277-9591
- info@alaskadancetheatre.org
- alaskadancetheatre.org
- Anchorage, AK
- Dates: Jun 2–Jul 11
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: Summer Intensives:
- 12-professional; Summer Programs: 3-adult
California
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Anaheim Ballet School
- Anaheim Ballet School’s Summer Dance Celebration
- 714-520-0904
- anaheimballet@earthlink.net
- anaheimballet.org
- Anaheim, CA
- Dates: Jul 27–Aug 16
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-20; Audition required; videos accepted
Backhausdance
- Summer Intensive
- 714-639-1657
- info@backhausdance.org
- backhausdance.org
- Orange, CA; Dates: Jul 28–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, master classes from leading dance artists from L.A. and Orange County
- Ages: 16+; Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet San Jose School
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Lise la Cour
- 408-288-2820
- school@balletsanjose.org
- balletsanjose.org
- San Jose, CA; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, Bournonville technique, character, Chinese, choreography, dance conditioning, drama, jazz, partnering, pointe, Spanish, variations
- Ages: 8+; Audition required; videos accepted
Carmel Academy of Performing Arts
Contra Costa Ballet Centre
- Summer Intensive Program
- Program directors: Richard Cammack & Zola Dishong
- 925-935-7984
- school@contracostaballet.org
- contracostaballet.org
- Walnut Creek, CA
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 9
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12-18; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Dance Education Training Program
- Summer Workshop Intensive
- Program director: Jack Hansen
- 916-552-5800 x102
- jhansen@sacballet.org
- sacballet.org
- Sacramento, CA; Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, dance history, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11+; Audition required; videos accepted
Idyllwild Arts
- Summer Program Dancer Intensive
- Program director: Deborah Brockus
- 951-659-7171 x2365
- summer@idyllwildarts.org
- idyllwildarts.org
- Idyllwild, CA; Dates: Dance Workshop Session 1: Jul 20–Aug 2; Dance Workshop Session 2:
- Aug 3-16; Classes: African,
- ballet, ballroom, jazz, modern, musical theater, partnering, pointe; Ages: 13+; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Journey Dance Company
- JDC Summer Intensive
- Program director: Gina Auland
- 707-540-0884
- auland@sonomacoastdance.com
- sonomacoastdance.com
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 2;
- Classes: ballet, body conditioning, contemporary, injury prevention, jazz, men’s classes, modern, musical theater jazz, nutrition, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-22; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Long Beach Ballet Academy
- Olympic Ballet Tour 2008
- Program director: David Wilcox
- 562-426-4112
- dwilcox@longbeachballet.com
- longbeachballet.com
- Long Beach, CA; Dates: Jul 1–
- Aug 13; Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 13-19; Audition required; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Masterpiece Dance Theatre
- Vaganova Training System, Ltd
- Program director: Nadya Koscuik
- 310-477-6414
- balletla@hotmail.com
- balletla.com
- West Los Angeles, CA
- Dates: Jul 9–Sep 1
- Classes: ballet, choreography, modern, partnering, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 13-21; Videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Moving Arts Dance Center
- MAD Summer Intensive
- Program director: Anandha
- 925-825-8399
- info@movingartsdance.org
- movingartsdance.org
- San Francisco East Bay Area, CA
- Dates: Jun 23–Jul 26
- Classes: ballet, choreography, improvisation, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; repertory for performance of a very contemporary Giselle; Ages: 8-11, 11-14, teens-adults; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Oakley Ballet Center
- Summer in Motion 2008
- Program director: Kirsten Oakley
- 805-676-1600
- info@oakleyballet.com
- oakleyballet.com
- Ventura, CA; Dates: Jun 30–Jul 25
- Classes: ballet, character, dance history, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 6-25; Audition required; videos accepted
Pacific Coast Academy of Dance
- Youth America Ballet Summer Intensive
- Program directors: Victor & Tatiana Kasatsky
- 949-361-9277
- execassistant@pcadance.com
- pcadance.com
- San Clemente, CA
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-20; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Presidio Dance Theatre Academy
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Sherene Melania
- 415-561-3958
- info@presidiodance.org
- presidiodance.org
- San Francisco, CA
- Dates: Jun 16–Jul 3
- Classes: ballet, character, historical court dance, pointe, variations
- Ages: middle school–high school
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Royal Academy of Dance
- International Summer Program 2008
- Program director: U.S. Administrator, Patti Ashby
- 661-336-0160;
- info@radusa.org
- radusa.org
- California State University–Long Beach, CA; Dates: Jul 6-26
- Classes: ballet, flamenco, jazz, modern, Pilates, repertoire
- Ages: 11-22
Shake The Floor
- Program director: Gil Stroming
- 212-397-3600
- info@breakthefloor.com
- breakthefloor.com
- Los Angeles, CA
- Dates: Aug 3-8; Classes: hip hop, jazz; Ages: 7-adult
- Southland
- Ballet Academy
- Summer Intensive 2008
- 714-962-5440
- info@festivalballet.org
- festivalballet.org
- Fountain Valley, CA
- Dates: Jul 7-25; Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-20
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
State Street Ballet
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Rodney Gustafson
- 805-965-6066
- summerprogram@statestreetballet.com
- statestreetballet.com
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Dates: Jun 27–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-21
- Videos accepted
Colorado
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Belliston Academy
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Geannie Belliston
- 303-973-2130
- info@bellistonballet.com
- bellistonballet.com
- Littleton, CO; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character,
- hip hop, jazz, modern, pointe
- Ages: 10-18; Videos accepted
Boulder Jazz
- Dance Workshop
- Program director: Lara Branen
- 303-449-0399;
- info@bjdw.net
- boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com
- Boulder, CO; Dates: Jul 19–Aug 2
- Classes: hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, Pilates, yoga
- Ages: 16+; Videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Colorado College
Crested Butte School of Dance
- Dansummer
- Program directors: Heidi Frazier & Bobbie Reinhardt
- 970-349-6707
- heidi@dancecrestedbutte.org
- dancecrestedbutte.org
- Crested Butte, CO
- Dates: Jul 14–Aug 2
- Classes: contemporary, hip hop, jazz, lyrical jazz, street
- Ages: 8-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Frequent Flyers Productions
Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts
- School & Camp
- Program director: June Lindenmayer
- 970-879-7125
- perry@perry-mansfield.org
- perry-mansfield.org
- Steamboat Springs, CO
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, ballroom, competition, jazz,
- modern, partnering, pointe, trapeze
- Ages: 13-21; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Telluride Dance Academy
- Telluride Ballet Intensive
- Program director: Valerie Madonia
- 970-728-9065
- tda@telluridedanceacademy.org
- telluridedanceacademy.org
- Telluride, CO; Dates: Jul 28–Aug 7
- Classes: ballet, pointe
- Ages: 11-21; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Connecticut
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Eastern Connecticut Ballet
- ECB Summer Intensive
- Program director: Lise Reardon
- 860-739-7899
- easternctballet@aol.com
- easternctballet.com
- East Lyme, CT
- Dates: Jul 28–Aug 15
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, nutrition, pointe,
- variations, wellness; Ages: 9-18; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Greenwich Ballet Academy
- Summer Intensive
- Program directors: Michael Shannon & Sara Knight
- 203-856-7953
- info@greenwichballetacademy.org
- greenwichballetacademy.org
- Greenwich, CT
- Summer Program—Senior Division
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 15
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations, yoga
- Ages: 12-21; Audition required;
- videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Summer Program—Junior Division
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 11
- Classes: ballet, character, modern, pointe; Ages: 7-11
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
District of Columbia
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The Dance Institute of Washington
- Summer Intensive Dance Program
- Program director: Fabian Barnes
- 202-371-9656
- fbarnes@danceinstitute.org
- danceinstitute.org
- Washington, DC
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 8
- Classes: African, ballet, hip hop, modern; Ages: 7-21; Audition required; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
US Performing Arts Camps
- 888-497-3553
- info@usperformingarts.com
- usperformingarts.com
- Washington, DC
- Dance for the Musical Theater Stage; Dates: Jun 22-27
- Classes: ballet, jazz, musical
- theater, tap; Ages: 12-18
- Musical Theater Intensive
- Dates: Jun 22-27, Jun 28–Jul 3, Jul 6-11; Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, singing, tap; Ages: 12-18
Florida
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Academy of Ballet Arts, Inc
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Suzanne B. Pomerantzeff
- 727-327-4401
- ms.p@academyofballetarts.org
- academyofballetarts.org
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 10
- Classes: acting, ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-21; Audition required; videos accepted
Academy of Ballet Florida
- Summer Workshop
- Program director: Donna Morgan, Principal
- 561-659-1212 x132
- loishammel@balletflorida.com
- balletflorida.com
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Dates: Jun 23–Jul 19
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates mat, pointe, variations; Ages: 9-19
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida and the Vaganova Ballet Academy of Russia
- Summer Intensive Program of Russian Technique
- Program director: Vladimir Issaev
- 305-935-3232
- artsballet@bellsouth.net
- artsballettheatre.org
- Miami, FL
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, character, flamenco, Gyrokinesis, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 10-21
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Broadway Theatre Project
- Program director: Kim Slade
- 888-874-1764
- Broadwaytp@aol.com
- Broadwaytheatreproject.com
- Tampa, FL; Dates: Jul 6-27
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, Broadway repertory, character, hip hop, jazz, modern
- Ages: 16-25; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Dance Alive National Ballet/Pofahl Studios
- Summer Intensive
- Program directors: Kim Tuttle & Judy Skinner
- 352-371-2986; 352-373-1166
- dalive@bellsouth.net
- kjpofahl@bellsouth.net
- dancealive.org
- pofahldancestudio.org
- Session 1
- The Villages, FL; Dates: Jun 9-14
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 9-30
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
- Session 2
- Gainesville, FL; Dates: Jul 28–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 9-30
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
Dance Olympus
- Program Directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Orlando, FL; Dates: Jul 6-8
- Classes: ballet, ballroom,
- character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap
- Ages: 7+; performance ops
The Florida Ballet
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Laurie Picinich-Byrd
- 904-353-7518
- info@floridaballet.org
- floridaballet.org
- Jacksonville, FL; Dates: Jun 23–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, repertory, variations
- Ages: 16-20 resident, 10-20 day
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Florida Classical Ballet Theatre
- Summer Performance Intensive
- Program director: Colleen Smith
- 561-630-8235;
- info@fcbt.org
- fcbt.org
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character, mime, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-21
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
- Petrinoviç Teacher Training Seminar
- Dates: Aug 4-9; Classes: ballet, teacher training; Ages: adult
Florida Dance Association
- Florida Dance Festival
- Program director: Bill Doolin
- 305-547-1117
- info@floridadanceassociation.org
- floridadanceassociation.org
- Miami/Miami Beach, FL
- Dates: Jun 11-21; Classes: alignment, ballet, hip hop, improvisation, modern, partnering, repertory, Spanish, yoga, choreographing for and dancing with disabilities
- Ages: 11+; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
The Harid Conservatory
- Summer School, 2008
- 561-997-2677;
- info@harid.edu
- harid.edu
- Boca Raton, FL; Dates: Jun 23–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, character, injury prevention, jazz, men’s classes, modern, music, nutrition, partnering, pointe, repertory, variations
- Ages: 13-16; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Orlando Ballet School
- Program director: Peter Stark
- 407-426-1733 x10
- sgorak@orlandoballet.org
- orlandoballet.org
- Summer Intensive—Orlando
- Orlando, FL; Dates: Jun 23–Jul 26
- Classes: ballet, health and fitness, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-18; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Summer Intensive—Tampa
- Tampa, FL; Dates: Jun 9-21
- Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-18
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Russian Academy of Ballet
Seaside Ballet
- Program director: Elizabeth Case
- 239-250-5037
- SeasideBallet@aol.com
- Seaside, FL
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, men’s classes, partnering, performance-oriented, pointe, variations
- Ages: 15+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Georgia
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Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
- Summer Programs
- Program director: Jen Apgar
- 404-873-5811 x212
- japgar@atlantaballet.com
- atlantaballet.com
- Atlanta, GA (Program 4 in Statesboro, GA)
- Program 1: Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 12+; Audition required; videos accepted
- Program 2: Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: repertory; Ages: 17+
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
- Program 3: Dates: Jun 16-27
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 12+; Audition required; videos accepted
- Program 4: Dates: Jul 7-18
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 11+; Audition required; videos accepted
- Program 5: Dates: Jun 16-27
- Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 8-16
- Program 6: Dates: Jul 7-25
- Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 8-16
Brenau University
- Firespark!
- Program directors: Alyssa & Brent Maddox
- 770-534-6741
- firespark@brenau.edu
- firespark.org
- Gainesville, GA; Dates: Jul 6-19
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, hip hop, jazz,
- modern, pointe; Ages: 13-18
Joffrey South Workshops
- Georgia College & State University
- Program director: Valerie Madonia
- 478-445-5277
- continuingeducation@gcsu.edu
- joffreysouth.gcsu.edu
- Milledgeville, GA
- Joffrey Advanced Workshops
- Dates: Jun 15–Jul 5
- Classes: ballet, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 15-21
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
- Joffrey Light: Dates: Jun 27-29
- Classes: ballet, partnering
- Ages: 9-11
- Joffrey Intermediate Workshop
- Dates: Jun 29–Jul 5
- Classes: ballet, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-14; Audition required; videos accepted
Hawaii
- West Hawaii Dance Theatre
- West Hawaii Dance Academy Summer Intensive
- Program director: Virginia Holte
- 808-329-8876
- vh2dns4@ilhawaii.net
- whdt.org
- Kailua Kona, HI; Dates: Jun 2-14
- Classes: ballet, Gyrotonic expansion system, hip hop, hula, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, Tahitian, variations, yoga; Ages: 11-adult
Illinois
- Chicago Human
- Rhythm Project
- Rhythm World Summer Festival
- 773-281-1825;
- chrproject@aol.com
- chicagotap.org
- Session 1: Chicago, IL
- Dates: Jul 21-25
- Classes: percussive dance, tap
- Ages: 9-adult; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Session 2: Evanston, IL
- Dates: Jul 27–Aug 3
- Classes: percussive dance, tap
- Ages: 9-adult
CNADM Summer
- Dance Workshops
- Program director: Terri Sinani
- 815-397-6052
- cnadm@megsinet.net
- cnadm.com
- Arlington Heights (Chicago), IL
- Dates: Jul 21-28; Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations Ages: 10+; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Dance Olympus
- Program directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Chicago, IL; Dates: Jul 9-12
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap; Ages: 7+
- performance ops
Giordano Dance Center
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Amy Giordano
- 847-866-9442
- melissa@giordanodancecenter.com
- giordanodancecenter.com
- Evanston, IL; Dates: Jun 9–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, hip hop, jazz, modern, pointe, Giordano Technique; Ages: 2-adult/professional
- Audition required; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
North Shore School
- of Dance
- Intensive Study Program
- Program director: Lisa Gold
- 847-432-2060
- nssdance@aol.com
- northshoredance.com
- Highland Park, IL
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-teen; Audition required; videos accepted
River North Chicago Dance Co.
- Program director: Sara Bibik
- 312-944-2888
- info@rivernorthchicago.com
- rivernorthchicago.com
- Chicago, IL
- River North Dance Workshop
- Dates: Jul 27-28; Classes: acting, ballet, expression, jazz, style
- Ages: 11-16
- Summer Workshop
- Dates: Jul 30–Aug 3
- Classes: acting, ballet, expression, jazz, modern, Pilates, repertory, style, yoga; Ages: 13+
- Summer Intensive
- Dates: Jul 30–Aug 9
- Classes: acting, ballet, expression, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, Pilates, repertory, style, yoga; Ages: approx 15+
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Standing O Productions
- Embracing the Dream®
- Program directors: Kim Farah & Trish Humenansky-Laub
- 630-879-0244
- info@standingoproductions.net
- standingoproductions.net
- Oak Brook (Chicago), IL
- Dates: Jul 28–Aug 2
- Classes: art of performance, ballet, ballroom, career development, hip hop, injury prevention, jazz, Maxout, modern, triple threat, variations
- Ages: 9-21, teachers, parents
Indiana
- Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
- Ballet Workshop for Dancers
- and Choreographers
- Program director: Michael Vernon
- 812-855-1059
- music.indiana.edu/special_programs/summer_ballet
- Bloomington, IN
- Dates: Session 1: Jun 16-21; Session 2: Jun 23-28
- Classes: ballet, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 18+; Performance ops
MasterWorks Festival
- Dance Program
- Program director: Bonnie Ringleb
- 888-836-2723
- cpaf@christianperformingart.org
- masterworksfestival.org
- Winona Lake, IN
- Dates: Jun 15–Jul 6
- Classes: ballet, pointe, variations
- Ages: 14-26; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Southold Dance Theater
- International Summer Intensive
- Program directors: Alexei Kremnev & Anna Reznik
- 574-233-9841
- info@southolddance.org
- southolddance.org
- South Bend/Notre Dame, IN
- Dates: Jun 9–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, body conditioning, character, choreography, dance history, hip hop, improvisation, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, repertory, stage makeup, variations, world dance video
- Ages: 9-21
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Kentucky
- Louisville Ballet School
- 2008 Summer Intensive
- Program director: Elizabeth Hartwell
- 602-583-3150 x245
- school@louisvilleballet.org
- louisvilleballet.org
- Louisville, KY; Dates: Jun 8-21, Jun 22–Jul 12; Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-21
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
Otto M. Budig Academy
Louisiana
- Cangelosi Dance Project
- CDP Summer Intensive 08
- Program director: Kris Cangelosi
- 225-291-4587
- cangelosidanceproject@att.net
- cangelosidanceproject.com
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Dates: Jun 23–Jul 19
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 8-professional; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- Giacobbe Academy
- of Dance
- 40th Annual Summer Ballet Workshop
- program Directors: Joseph & Maria Giacobbe
- 504-889-0940
- giacobbedance@aol.com
- giacobbeacademydance.com
- Metairie, LA; Dates: Jun 23–Jul 14
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, pointe, variations
- Ages: 8-18; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Tulane University
- New Orleans Dance Festival
- Program director: Beverly Trask
- 504-314-7742;
- btrask@tulane.edu
- tulane.edu/~jazz
- New Orleans, LA
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 12
- Classes: ballet, Congolese, Cuban, Haitian, hip hop, jazz, Mardi Gras Indian Traditions, modern, New Orleans Second-Line Dancing
- Ages: 15-adult; Videos accepted
Maryland
CityDance Center at Strathmore
- CityDance Select Summer Intensive
- Program director: Lorraine Audéoud Spiegler
- 301-581-5204
- citydance@strathmore.org
- citydance.net
- North Bethesda, MD
- Dates: TBD; Classes: African, anatomy, ballet, composition,
- choreography, hip hop,
- improvisation, jazz, modern, Pilates, pointe; Ages: 12-19; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
- Destination Dance Exchange:
- July in DC
- Program director: Peter DiMuro
- 301-270-6700 x25
- johnsone@danceexchange.org
- danceexchange.org
- Takoma Park, MD
- Dates: TBD, four week-long dance institutes
- Ages: all; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Maryland Youth Ballet
- Maryland Youth Ballet’s
- Summer Intensive
- Director: Michelle Lees
- 301-608-2232
- info@marylandyouthballet.org
- marylandyouthballet.org
- Silver Spring, MD
- Adult Intensive: Dates: Jun 9-13
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, variations; Ages: all adults
- Performance ops
- Maryland Youth Ballet’s Summer Festival: Dates: Jun 30–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 5-16; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Performance ops
- Summer Intensive Program
- Dates: Aug 4-15; Classes: ballet, partnering, pointe, variations; master teacher Susan Jaffe will be teaching; Ages: advanced students
- Audition required; videos accepted; Performance ops
National Ballet School
- Vaganova and Cecchetti
- Ballet Intensives
- Program director: Pamela Moore
- 301-218-9822;
- balletnbc@aol.com
- nationalballet.com
- Crofton, MD; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 17
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-adult
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Massachusetts
- Belvoir Terrace
- Program director: Nancy Goldberg
- 212-580-3398
- nancy@belvoirterrace.com
- belvoirterrace.com
- Lenox, MA; Dates: Jun 27–Aug 14
- Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, other arts, pointe, theater dance, variations; Ages: 9-17; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
The Boston Conservatory
- Summer Dance ’08
- Program director: Emi Tokanaga
- 617-912-9166
- summer@bostonconservatory.edu
- bostonconservatory.edu
- Boston, MA; Dates: Session 1: Jun 23–Jul 11; Session 2: Jul 11–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, choreography/
- repertory, modern, Pilates, pointe, variations, yoga; Ages: 16+
Dance Olympus
- Program directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Boston, MA; Dates: Jul 15-18
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap; Ages: 7+
- performance ops
Dancing Arts Center
- Summer Dance Workshops
- 508-429-7577
- dancingartscenter@gmail.com
- dancingartscenter.com
- Holliston, MA; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 16
- Classes: ballet, character, classical Spanish, hip hop, improvisation, jazz, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 3-5, 6-9, 8-12, 10-14, 12-16, 14-18; Audition required; videos accepted
Phillips Academy
- Summer Session
- Program director: Paul Murphy
- 978-749-4400
- summer@andover.edu
- andover.edu/summersession
- Andover, MA; Dates: Jul 1–Aug 6
- Classes: hip hop, jazz
- Ages: 14-18; Videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
The School at Jacob’s Pillow
- Program director: J.R. Glover
- 413-243-9919
- jrglover@jacobspillow.org
- Becket, MA; Dates: Jun 8–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, choreographer’s lab, cultural tradition, jazz, modern, pointe; Ages: 16+; Audition required; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy
- Workshop at Summer Stages Dance
- Program directors: Amy Spencer & Richard Colton
- 978-402-2339
- summerstagesdance@concordacademy.org
- summerstagesdance.org
- Concord, MA; Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, composition, modern, partnering, performance skills, repertory; Ages: 16-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Walnut Hill School
- 508-650-5020
- admissions@walnuthillarts.org
- walnuthillarts.org
- Natick, MA
- Walnut Hill Summer Dance Program 1: Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, flamenco, hydro conditioning, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 13-17
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
- Walnut Hill Summer Dance Program 2: Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, character,
- choreography, hydro conditioning, jazz, modern, pointe, pre-pointe; Ages: 10-15; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Michigan
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Wayne State University
- Sean Curran Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Dr. Doug Risner
- 313-577-4273;
- drisner@wayne.edu
- dance.wayne.edu
- Detroit, MI
- Dates: Aug 4-15
- Classes: ballet, modern, partnering, repertory, various workshops
- Ages: 17+; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Minnesota
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Dance Olympus
- Program directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Minneapolis, MN
- Dates: Jul 12-15
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap
- Ages: 7+; performance ops
Just For Kix
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Cindy Clough
- 800-450-3262
- cindy@justforkix.com
- justforkix.com
- Baxter, MN; Dates: Jun 23-27
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, Pilates, precision/
- high kick; Ages: 13+
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Christine Martin
- 507-453-5501
- dance@smumn.edu
- smumn.edu/mca
- Winona, MN; Dates: Jul 7-25
- Classes: ballet, choreography, hip hop, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; theory classes: dance history, health and nutrition, anatomy and injury prevention, makeup and costuming; Ages: 11-25 Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Wilderness Dance Camp
- Program director: Chandra Saign
- 952-884-6009
- info@dancecamp.org
- dancecamp.org
- Grand Rapids, Faribault and other MN locations
- Dates: Jun–Aug; weeks TBD Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater
- Ages: 8-adult
The Beauty of Motion
- Midwest Dance Conference for Women
- amynmike4010@yahoo.com
- thebeautyofmotion.com
- St. Paul, MN
- Dates: May 17-18
- Classes: ballet, core, jazz, lyrical, modern, Pilates, strengthening, tap, yoga; lectures on makeup, hair, motivation, small business and nutrition
Mississippi
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Ballet Magnificat!
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Kathy Thibodeaux
- 601-977-1001
- workshop@ballet
- magnificat.com
- balletmagnificat.com
- Jackson, MS; Dates: Jun 22–
- Jul 19; Classes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-24; Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet Mississippi
- Summer Workshop
- Program director: David Keary
- 601-960-1560
- keary@balletms.com
- balletms.com
- Jackson, MS; Dates: Jul 7-18
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 8+
Missouri
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aTrek Dance Collective
- IMPULSE Dance Festival
- Program director: Diana Barrios
- 314-772-7778
- diana@atrekdance.org
- atrekdance.org
- St. Louis, MO; Dates: TBD
- Classes: choreography,
- contact improvisation, modern, modern jazz, partnering,
- pedagogy, performance
- Ages: 17+; Scholarships available; performance ops
Dance Olympus
- Program directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Kansas City, MO
- Dates: Jul 7-13
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap
- Ages: 7+; performance ops
Kansas City Ballet School
- Summer Intensive
- Director: Tenley Taylor
- 816-931-2299
- school@kcballet.org
- kcballet.org
- Summer Intensive
- Kansas City, MO
- Dates: Jun 9–Jul 4
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-21; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available
- Workshop & Summer Intensive
- Prairie Village, KS
- Dates: Jun 9–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 11-21
- Scholarships available
The University of Missouri–Kansas City
- The Glenda Brown Choreography Project
- Program director: Glenda Brown
- 713-291-4141
- glendabrown@peoplepc.com
- Kansas City, MO
- Dates: Jul 20–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: Junior: 9-12; Advanced: 13+; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Nebraska
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Dance Olympus
- Program directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Omaha, NE; Dates: Jul 15-18
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap
- Ages: 7+; performance ops
Nevada
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Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Victoria Stocki-Kim
- 702-243-2623
- info@nevadaballet.com
- nevadaballet.com
- Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: Jul 21–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-20; Audition required; videos accepted
Tara Foy Elite Dance Center
- Tara Foy’s Elite Ballet Summer Intensive
- Program director: Tara Foy
- 702-263-4757
- tarafoyballet@hotmail.com
- eliteballet.com; Las Vegas, NV; Dates: Jul 21-25; Classes: back stabilization, ballet, character, choreography, floor barre, Gyrokinesis, Gyrotonics, hip hop, jazz,
- lyrical jazz, men’s classes, mime, modern, musical appreciation, musical theater, partnering, Pilates mat/
- apparatus, pirouettes/allegro, pointe, repertory, variations, yoga; Ages: 9-18;
- Preprofessional: 19+
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
New Hampshire
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Southern NH Dance Theater
- 2008 Summer Intensive
- Program director: Patricia Lavoie
- 603-625-9272;
- info@snhdt.org
- snhdt.org
- Bedford, NH; Dates: Aug 4-16
- Classes: ballet, character, dance conditioning, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 9+; Videos accepted
- Scholarships available; performance ops
New Jersey
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Lowe Dance Studio
New Jersey School of Ballet
- Director: Carolyn Clark
- 973-597-9600
- njballet@aol.com
- njschoolofballet.com
- Scholarships available; performance ops
- Summer Program–Livingston
- Dates: TBD; Livingston, NJ
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, musical theater, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 4+
- Summer Program–Somerville
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 15
- Somerville, NJ
- Classes: ballet, pointe
- Ages: 4+
- Summer Program–Cedar Knolls
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 15
- Cedar Knolls, NJ
- Classes: ballet, pointe
- Ages: 4+
- Summer Intensive
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 15
- Livingston, NJ
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, musical theater, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 9-20
- Audition required
US Performing Arts Camps
- 888-497-3553
- info@usperformingarts.com
- usperformingarts.com
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Dance Intensive
- Dates: Jul 7-12
- Classes: ballet, contemporary, improvisation, repertoire,
- theater work; Ages: 12-18
- Audition required
- Musical Theater Intensive
- Dates: Jul 13-18, 20-25
- Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, musical theater, singing, tap
- Ages: 12-18
New Mexico
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Intelligent Injury-Free Dance: The Feldenkrais Method®
- Move Into Balance
- Program director: Prisca Winslow Bradley
- 505-758-2840
- priscawin@yahoo.com
- moveintobalance.com
- Taos, NM; Dates: Aug 4-9
- Classes: ballet, Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement®; Ages: 16+
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Moving People Dance Centre
- Dance Different in the City Different Intensive
- Program director: Ronn Stewart
- 505-438-9180
- admin@movingpeopledance.org
- movingpeopledance.org
- Santa Fe, NM; Dates: Jun 9-28
- Classes: ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, modern, moving people improvisation, Native American; Ages: 12-25
- Scholarships available; performance ops
National Dance Institute of New Mexico
- Broadway Theater Dance Workshop
- Program director: Tim Santos
- 505-795-7088;
- info@btdw.org
- btdw.org
- Santa Fe, NM
- Dates: Jul 20–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, musical theater, variations; Ages: 14-20
- Scholarships available; performance US Performing Arts Camps
- ops
US Performing Arts Camps
New York
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The Ailey School/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Director: Denise Jefferson
- 212-405-9513
- theaileyschool.edu
- New York, NY
- The Ailey School Professional Division Summer Intensive
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, Dunham, Horton, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe; Ages: 16-25
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- The Ailey School Junior Division Summer Intensive
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, Dunham, Horton, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe; Ages: 12-15
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
American Academy of Ballet
Camp Broadway
Purchase College–SUNY, NY
- Summer School of Excellence
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 9
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, mime, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-22; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
- Junior Program 7-9 years
- Dates: Jun 24-28
- Classes: acting, ballet,
- character, jazz, modern,
- variations; Ages: 7-9
- Performance ops
- Junior Program 10-11 years
- Dates: Jul 7-18
- Classes: acting, ballet,
- character, jazz, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 10-11
- Performance ops
American Tap Dance Foundation
- Tap City 2008–The New York City Tap Festival
- Program director: Tony Waag
- 646-230-9564
- info@atdf.org
- atdf.org
- New York, NY; Dates: TBD
- Classes: tap; Ages: 9-adult
- Videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet Arts
- Open Dance Studio
- 212-582-3350
- info@balart.com; balart.com" alt="info@balart.com; balart.com">info@balart.com; balart.com
- New York, NY; Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, Gyrokinesis, hip hop, jazz, modern, pointe, stretch and conditioning,
- theater dance, voice, yoga
- Ages: teen-adult
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet Education and Scholarship Fund, Inc
- Seiskaya Ballet
- BESFI Intensive Summer Workshop
- Program director: Valia Seiskaya
- 631-584-0192
- info@besfi.com
- besfi.com
- St. James, NY
- Dates: Jul 14–Aug 21
- Classes: ballet, character, modern, partnering, pointe, port de bras, variations
- Ages: 10-25
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Ballet Hispanico School of Dance
- Ballet Hispanico Summer Intensive
- Program director: Jo Matos
- 212-362-6710
- vmercado@ballethispanico.org
- ballethispanico.org
- New York, NY; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 1; Classes: ballet, Capoeira, flamenco, hip hop, jazz, Latin jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, Spanish folkloric, variations
- Ages: 11-19; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet School NY/New York Theatre Ballet
- Ballet School NY Summer Classes
- Program director: Diana Byer
- 212-679-0401
- dianabyer@nytb.org; nytb.org" alt="dianabyer@nytb.org; nytb.org">dianabyer@nytb.org; nytb.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 16–Aug 30
- Classes: ballet, pointe
- Ages: 16+; Scholarships available; performance ops
Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center
- Program director: Oleg Briansky
- 212-799-0341
- olegbriansky@msn.com
- briansky.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 29–Jul 26
- Classes: ballet, Broadway dance theater, jazz, pointe, variations; Ages: 10-18
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Chautauqua School of Dance
- Chautauqua Ballet Company
- 2008 Summer Intensive
- Director: Jean Pierre Bonnefoux
- 716-357-6233
- dance@ciweb.org
- dance.ciweb.org
- Chautauqua, NY
- Apprentice and Festival
- Dates: Jun 21–Aug 9
- Classes: ballet, character, men’s classes, modern,
- nutrition, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 14-18
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Workshop 1
- Dates: Jun 22–Jul 5
- Classes: ballet, character, men’s classes, modern,
- nutrition, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-12
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Workshop 2
- Dates: Jul 6–Aug 3
- Classes: ballet, character, men’s classes, modern,
- nutrition, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 13-14; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
COMPLEXIONS
- Summer Intensive/Choreography Workshop
- Program directors: Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson
- 212-777-7771
- management@complexionsdance.org
- complexionsdance.org
- New York, NY; Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 13+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Dance Educators of America
Doug Varone and Dancers (Dova, Inc)
- Summer 2008 Workshop
- Program director: Doug Varone
- 212-279-3344
- sbodley@dougvaroneanddancers.org
- dougvaroneanddancers.org
- Brockport, NY
- Dates: May 27–Jun 15
- Classes: ballet, bodywork, choreographic devices with Doug Varone, modern
- technique, new work,
- partnering, phrasework, repertory; Scholarships available; performance ops
Garth Fagan Dance School
- Summer Movement Institute
- Program director: Natalie Rogers-Cropper
- 585-454-3260
- natalie@garthfagandance.org
- garthfagandance.org
- Rochester, NY; Dates: Jul 7-26
- Classes: composition, Fagan technique, modern, repertory
- Ages: 10-adult; Scholarships available; performance ops
The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Safi A. Thomas
- 800-697-4698
- admissions@hdcny.org
- hdcny.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 30
- Classes: acting, dance history, dance kinesiology, dance
- theory, hip hop, music theory, music video prep, performance prep, tour prep, variations
- Ages: 18+
Joffrey Ballet School
- Summer Intensives
- 212-254-8520 x823
- flmerwin@joffreyballetschool.com
- joffreyballetschool.com
- New York, NY
- Summer Ballet Intensive
- Program director: John Magnus
- Dates: Jun 16–Aug 9
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations, yoga; Ages: 12-22
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Summer Jazz/Contemporary Intensive
- Program director: Dorell Martin
- Dates: Aug 10-23
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, hip hop, jazz, modern,
- musical theater, partnering
- Ages: 11-22; Audition required; videos accepted
- Scholarships available; performance ops
The Juilliard School
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Sarah Adriance
- 212-799-5000 x223
- danceadmissions@juilliard.edu
- juilliard.edu
- New York, NY; Dates: Jul 20–
- Aug 8; Classes: anatomy, ballet, ballroom, men’s classes, modern, music, partnering, pointe; Ages: 15-17
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
A Long Lake Camp for the Arts
- Long Lake Camp Dance Intensive
- Program director: Makii Watson
- 800-767-7111
- marc@longlakecamp.com
- longlakecamp.com/summerdanceintensive.htm
- Long Lake, NY
- Dates: Aug 4-24
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, musical
- theater, partnering, Pilates, pointe, strength, variations
- Ages: 12-16; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Manhattan Tap
- Manhattan Tap’s Summer Rhythm Tap Intensive with Heather Cornell
- Program director: Heather Cornell
- 845-480-1396
- hcornell@manhattantap.org
- manhattantap.org
- Valley Cottage, NY; Dates: Jul
- Classes: beginner technique, advanced/professional
- workshop, material of the masters, working with live music (taught by musician)
- Ages: all/preprofessional and professional
Neglia Conservatory of Ballet
- Summer Intensive
- Program directors: Sergio Neglia & Heidi Halt
- 716-447-0401
- info@negliaballet.org
- negliaballet.org
- Buffalo, NY; Dates: Jun 30–
- Aug 1; Classes: ballet,
- conditioning, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations
- Ages: 9-26; Scholarships available; performance ops
New York International Ballet Competition
- New York Dance
- Program director: Ilona Copen
- 212-956-1520
- nyibc@nyibc.org; nyibc.org" alt="nyibc@nyibc.org; nyibc.org">nyibc@nyibc.org; nyibc.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 23-30
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12-adult
Norte Maar
- The Summer Conservatory at Norte Maar with Julia K. Gleich/Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet
- Program director: Julia K. Gleich
- 646-361-8512
- jandrewnyc@yahoo.com
- nortemaar.org
- Rouses Point, NY
- Dates: Jul 28–Aug 14
- Classes: ballet, men’s classes, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 14-professional
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Parsons Dance
- New York City Summer Intensive Workshop
- Program director: Elizabeth Koeppen
- 212-869-9275
- info@parsonsdance.org
- parsonsdance.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: May 19-31
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, modern, Parsons repertory, variations, yoga
- Ages: 18+
Radio City Rockette Education
Sarah Lawrence College
- White Mountain Summer Dance Festival
- Program director: Laura Glenn
- 914-395-2693
- specialprograms@sarahlawrence.edu
- wmsdf.org
- Bronxville, NY; Dates: Jul 13–
- Aug 2; Classes: anatomy/
- kinesiology, ballet, Bartenieff fundamentals, choreography, contact improvisation, Laban
- movement analysis, modern, performance, repertory, yoga
- Ages: 16-adult; Scholarships available; performance ops
The School at Steps
- Program director: Kate Thomas
- 212-874-3678
- theschool@stepsnyc.com
- stepsnyc.com/school
- New York, NY
- Summer Intensives
- Dates: Jul 7-26, Jul 28–Aug 16
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, repertory, strengthening,
- theater dance, variations, yoga
- Ages: 12-18; Audition required; videos accepted
- Teen & Weekend Workshops
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 17
- Classes: all dance disciplines
- Ages: 7-18
School of American Ballet
- 2008 Summer Course
- Program director: Peter Martins
- 212-769-6600
- info@sab.org
- sab.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 23–Jul 25
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character, men’s classes, nutrition, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations, weight training; Ages: 12-18
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Skip Costa’s New York Los Angeles Dance
- NYLA DANCE National Performance Project, ages 8-18; NYLA DANCE National Teacher Project; NYLA DANCE National Choreography Project, ages 16+; NYLA FEST, college & professional
- 212-222-2772
- info@nyladance.com
- nyladance.com
- New York, NY; Dates: Jun 23-26
- Classes: acting/vocals, ballet, choreography, COREFusion®/
- Contemporary, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, partnering, theater dance, various
- seminars; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
SOCAPA Dance Camps
- Jazz & Hip Hop Intensives
- Program director: Jamie Yerkes
- 800-718-2787
- dance@socapa.org
- socapa.org
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 23–Aug 18
- Classes: African, hip hop, jazz; Ages: 13-18; Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Steps on Broadway
- New York, NY
- Choreography/Performance Program
- Program director: Claire Weston
- 212-874-2410 x18
- claire@stepsnyc.com
- stepsnyc.com
- Dates: Jun 9-28
- Classes: modern/contemporary, choice of daily scheduled classes in all disciplines
- Ages: 18+; Audition required; videos accepted
Steps with Contemporary Masters
Studio Maestro Manhattan Youth Ballet
- Studio Maestro Summer Intensive
- Program director: François Perron
- 212-787-1178
- marketing@studio-maestro.com
- studio-maestro.com
- New York, NY; Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, character, flamenco, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations, yoga
- Ages: 8-22; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Synthesis Dance Project
- Summer Intensive with Tracie Stanfield
- Program director: Tracie Stanfield
- 212-591-1964
- traciestanfield@aol.com
- traciestanfield.com
- New York, NY; Dates: Aug 4-8
- Classes: ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical; Ages: 12-18
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
Tap Kids
- Tap Kids 9th Annual Summer Intensive & Showcase
- Program director: Lisa Hopkins
- 914-332-0229
- lisa@nystage.com
- tapkids.com
- Tarrytown, NY; Dates: Jul 21-26
- Classes: African drumming, improvisation, style, technique
- Ages: 9-21
The Taylor School
The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education
- Draper Center Summer Intensive
- 585-461-2100
- drapercenter@frontiernet.net
- drapercenter.com
- Rochester, NY
- Dates: Jul 28–Aug 22
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-21; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
US Performing Arts Camps
- 888-497-3553
- info@usperformingarts.com
- usperformingarts.com
- New York, NY
- Dance Intensive
- Dates: Jul 22-27
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, tap; Ages: 14-18
- Musical Theater Intensive
- Dates: Jun 22-27, Jun 28–Jul 3, Jul 7-12; Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, musical theater, singing, tap; Ages: 14-18
Valentina Kozlova’s Dance Conservatory of New York
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Valentina Kozlova
- 212-245-0050
- vkdcny@verizon.net
- vkdcny.com
- New York, NY
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 25
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, Latin, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 11+
- Auditions required; videos accepted
North Carolina
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American Dance Festival
- Program Director: Donna Faye Burchfield, Dean
- 919-684-6402
- school@americandancefestival.org
- americandancefestival.org
- Durham, NC
- International Six Week School
- Dance Professionals Workshop
- Hollins University/ADF MFA degree
- Dates: Jun 5–Jul 20
- Classes: ballet, composition, contemporary, digital media, improvisation, master classes, Pilates, professional auditions, performance opportunities, repertory/archive projects, voice/gesture, West African, yoga; Ages: 16+
- Scholarships available; performance ops
- Four Week School
- for Young Dancers
- Dates: Jun 22–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, composition, contemporary, hip hop, repertory, weekly master classes, West African
- Ages: 12-16
Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
- Summer Programs
- Program director: Jen Apgar
- 404-873-5811 x212
- japgar@atlantaballet.com
- atlantaballet.com
- Collowhee, NC
- Dates: Jun 9-27
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 12+; Audition required;
- videos accepted
Carolina Ballet/UNC Wilmington Summer Intensive
- Program director: Tyler Walters
- 919-719-0800 x276
- twalters@carolinaballet.com
- carolinaballet.com
- Wilmington, NC
- Session A: Day Program/Residency
- Dates: Jun 29–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, body
- conditioning, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, special lecture series, variations; Ages: 11-21
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Session B
- Dates: Jun 29–Jul 11
- Classes: ballet, dance history, health and injury prevention, jazz, modern, music
- appreciation, pointe, special lecture series, variations
- Ages: 12-13; Audition required; videos accepted;
- Performance ops
- Session C
- Dates: Jul 10–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, dance history, health and injury prevention, jazz, modern, music
- appreciation, pointe, special lecture series, variations
- Ages: 11-12; Audition required; videos accepted
Ohio
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BalletMet Columbus Dance Academy
- Director: Gerard Charles
- 614-229-4860 x137; dance@balletmet.org
- balletmet.org
- Columbus, OH
- Summer Intensive
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 25
- Classes: ballet, character, enrichment courses, jazz, men’s classes, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12-16; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Pre-Professional Summer Intensive
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1; Classes: ballet, character, enrichment courses, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 16-19; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Ballet Tech Ohio
- Program director: Claudia Rudolf Barrett
- 513-683-6860
- ballettechohio@aol.com, ballettech@fuse.net
- ballettechohio.org
- Maineville, Northern Cincinnati, OH
- International Summer
- Dance Intensive
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, repertory, variations; Ages: 9-22 Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Junior Camp
- Dates: Jun 30–Aug 8; 1- and 2-week camps; Classes: ballet, jazz; Ages: 4-8
- Ballet Theatre Midwest
- Summer Intensive Performance
- Workshop 2008
- Program directors: Daniel R. Simmons
- & Nancy Fountain
- 513-520-2334;
- ballettheatremidwest@fuse.net
- ballettheatremidwest.com
- Cincinnati, OH; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, Pilates, pointe, theraband conditioning, variations; Ages: 10-25; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Dance Institute of The University of Akron
- Dance Institute Summer Session 2008
- Program director: Lana Carroll Heylock
- 330-972-7949
- lcarrol@uakron.edu
- www3.uakron.edu/dtaa/di
- Akron, OH; Dates: Jun 9–Jul 3
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 3-22; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
The Ohio State University
- Department of Dance
- 614-292-7977;
- dance@osu.edu
- dance.osu.edu
- Columbus, OH; Dates: Jun 9–Jul 15
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern,
- repertory, technique; Ages: 16+
- See website for details on other
- workshops that may be offered
Otto M. Budig Academy
- Cincinnati Ballet
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Victoria Morgan
- 513-621-5219
- academy@cincinnatiballet.com
- cincinnatiballet.com
- Main Intensive Program
- Cincinnati, OH; Dates: Jun 23–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, ballet history, character, jazz, makeup, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-college
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Junior Program
- Blue Ash, OH; Dates: Jul 7-17; Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, Pilates, pre-pointe; Ages: 9-12
Toledo Ballet
- Summer Intensive 2008, Teacher Training
- Program director: Lisa Mayer
- 419-471-0049
- lmayer@toledoballet.net
- toledoballet.net
- Toledo, OH; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, musical theater, partnering, pointe, teacher training, variations; Ages: 8+
- Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
US Performing Arts Camps
Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City University
- Program director: Mary Price Boday
- 405-208-5523;
- mboday@okcu.edu
- okcu.edu/Dance_amgt/masterteacher/
- Oklahoma City, OK
- American Dance Master Teacher
- Summer Workshop
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 1; Classes: ballet, ballet
- pedagogy, jazz, jazz pedagogy, tap pedagogy
- Ages: 18+
- Summer Dance Intensive Workshop
- Dates: Jul 7-19; Classes: ballet,
- choreography, jazz, pointe; Ages: 15+
Tulsa Ballet Center for Education
- Pointe to the Future
- Program director: Marcello Angelini
- 918-749-6030;
- education@tulsaballet.org
- tulsaballet.org
- Tulsa, OK; Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet,
- character, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 9-22; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Oregon
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Portland Dance Academy
- Pacific Festival Ballet
- Summer Intensives & Master Program
- Program director: John Gardner
- 503-245-5269
- admin@portlanddanceacademy.com
- portlanddanceacademy.com
- Portland, OR; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 29
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 7-adult; Scholarships available; performance ops
School of Oregon Ballet Theatre
- SOBT Summer Intensive
- Program director: Damara Bennett
- 503-227-0977;
- schoolofobt@obt.org
- obt.org
- Portland, OR; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, character, flamenco, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 4-18; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Pennsylvania
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Academy of International
- Ballet & Performing Arts
- Vaganova Ballet Summer Program
- Program director: Denis Gronostayskiy
- 610-459-9221;
- balletacd@comcast.net
- academyballetru.com
- Media, PA; Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes,
- modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: approx 10-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
- Summer Ballet Program
- 717-245-1190;
- info@cpyb.org
- Carlisle, PA
- 5-Week Ballet Program
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, ballroom, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, stretch, variations, yoga; Ages: 2+; Scholarships available; performance ops
- 2-Week August Course
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet; Ages: 6+
- Scholarships available; performance ops
DeSales University
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Kristin Fieseler
- 610-282-1100 x1243;
- kaf2@desales.edu
- desales.edu
- Center Valley, PA; Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, pointe, special topics courses in Pilates, yoga, social dance, world forms
- Ages: 14–college senior; Scholarships available; performance ops
East Stroudsburg University
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Elizabeth Gibbons
- 570-422-3331;
- lgibbons@po-box.esu.edu
- esu.edu/dance
- East Stroudsburg, PA; Dates: Jul 31–Aug 1
- Classes: Ailey repertory, composition, Middle-Eastern; Ages: 11+
Greater York Center for Dance Education
- Summer Dance Program
- Program director: Lori Garling Pergament, R.D.E.
- 717-755-6683;
- dance@gycde.com
- York, PA; Dates: Jul 28–Aug 22; Classes: ballet, discover dance together, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, preprofessional, preschool dance, variations; Ages: 2-adult; Audition required; videos accepted
Mercyhurst North East Dance Institute
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Gina Illingworth
- 814-725-6345;
- gillingworth@mercyhurst.edu
- northeast.mercyhurst.edu
- North East, PA; Dates: Jul 14–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, beginning voice/theatre, character, flamenco, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-adult
- Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet
- 6-week Summer Intensive
- Program director: Margarita deSaa White
- 610-664-3455;
- info@paacademyofballet.com
- paacademyofballet.com
- Narberth, PA; Dates: Jun 16–Jul 26
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz,
- partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 10-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company
- Summer Workshops
- 724-969-6000;
- pybco@aol.com
- Pittsburgh Suburb, PA
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, ballroom,
- character, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 6-adult
- Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Point Park University
- International Summer Dance
- Program director: Michael Shahen
- 877-932-6644;
- summerdance@pointpark.edu
- pointpark.edu
- Pittsburgh, PA; Dates: Jun 23–Aug 2
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations, yoga
- Ages: 10+; Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- Radio City Rockette Education
- Rockette Summer Intensive
- 212-631-4354
- rocketteexperience@thegarden.com
- rocketteexperience.com
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Classes: jazz, Rockette technique including kickline; Ages: 14+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Rebecca Davis Dance Company
- Pre-Professional Training Program
- Program director: Rebecca Davis
- 215-840-3890
- davis@rebeccadavisdance.com
- rebeccadavisdance.com
- Philadelphia, PA; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 16
- Classes: ballet, jazz, modern; Ages: 12-18
- Scholarships available; performance ops
Rebecca Kelly Ballet
- RKB OnStage Performance Camp
- Program director: Rebecca Kelly
- 212-431-8489
- rkballet@ix.netcom.com" alt="rkballet@ix.netcom.com">rkballet@ix.netcom.com
- rebeccakellyballet.org
- Plattsburgh, PA; Dates: Jun 23-28; Classes: ballet, modern, pointe, variations; Ages: 8-18
The Rock School for Dance Education
- Program directors: Bo & Stephanie Spassoff
- 215-551-7010
- info@therockschool.net
- therockschool.net
- Philadelphia, PA
- Summer Intensive
- Dates: Jun 23–Aug 1; Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, repertory, variations; Ages: 9-21
- Audition required; videos accepted
- Coaching Week
- Dates: Aug 4-8; Classes: ballet, men’s classes, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-20
- Audition required; videos accepted
Vaganova Summer School & Teacher Training Seminar
- Program director: Mansur Kamaletdinov
- 412-343-1926
- info@russianballet.net
- russianballet.net
- Pittsburgh, PA; Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, character, classical character, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, repertory, Russian classical technique; Ages: 12+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Rhode Island
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FBP Center for Dance Education
- Festival Ballet Providence
- Program director: Mary Ann Mayer
- 401-353-1129
- maryann@festivalballet.com
- festivalballet.com
- Providence, RI
- Summer Dance Intensive–Senior Division
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 1; Classes: ballet,
- character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 13-18
- Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
- Summer Dance Intensive–Junior Division
- Dates: Jul 7–Aug 1; Classes: ballet,
- character, modern, variations; Ages: 10-12
- Scholarships available; performance ops
South Carolina
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Charleston Ballet Theatre
- Intensive Summer Workshop 2008
- Program directors: Don & Patricia Cantwell, Artistic Directors; Jill Eathorne Bahr, Resident Choreographer
- 843-723-7334;
- cbtbahr@aol.com
- charlestonballet.org
- Charleston, SC; Dates: Jun 23–Jul 8
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, repertory, variations
- Ages: 11-21; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Foothills Dance Conservatory
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Program director: Ginny Siano
- 864-888-0300;
- foothillsdance@bellsouth.net
- foothillsdance.com
- Seneca, SC; Dates: Jun 9-27
- Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 12-21
- Audition required; videos accepted;
- Scholarships available; performance ops
South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory
- Program director: Susan Anderson
- 803-777-7264;
- freemanm@gwm.sc.edu
- cas.sc.edu/dance
- Columbia, SC; Dates: Jul 6-26; Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 11+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Tennessee
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School of Nashville Ballet
- Summer Intensive
- Program director: Donna Delfeni & Paul Vasterling
- 615-297-2966 x20
- kspinazzola@nashvilleballet.com
- nashvilleballet.com
- Nashville, TN; Dates: Jun 16-18
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
VanCura Ballet Conservatory
- Ballet Tennessee
- Summer Intensive 2008 and Adult Dance Camp
- Program director: Anna Baker-VanCura
- 423-821-2055
- balletoffice@ballettennessee.org
- ballettennessee.org
- Chattanooga, TN; Dates: Jul 7-25;
- Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, stretch, strength exercise program, variations; Ages: 11-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Texas
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Ballet Academy of Texas
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Lisa Slagle Nicholson & Thomas Nicholson
- 972-745-0199;
- balletoftexas@verizon.net
- balletacademyoftexas.com
- Coppell, TX; Dates: Jun 9-18; Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations, yoga; Ages: 10+; Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
- Ballet Austin Academy
- Senior Summer Intensive
- Program director: Bill Piner
- 512-476-9051 x126
- vicki.parsons@balletaustin.org
- balletaustin.org
- Austin, TX; Dates: First Session: Jun 23–Jul 11; Second Session: Jul 14–Aug 17; 6-Week Session: Jun 23–Aug 1; Classes: ballet,
- ballroom, character, jazz, lectures, men’s classes, modern, musical theater, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-22; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Chamberlain School of Performing Arts
City Ballet of Houston
- 30th Annual Summer Workshop
- Program director: Margo Marshall
- 713-468-3670
- cityballetofhouston@comcast.net
- cityballethouston.com
- Houston, TX; Dates: Jul 27–Aug 9
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, pointe, tap, variations; Ages: 12-adult; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Dance Olympus
- Program Directors: Nancy & Art Stone
- 800-443-2623;
- danceolympus2@aol.com
- danceolympus-america.com
- Houston, TX; Dates: Jul 9-12
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, character,
- children’s work, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap; Ages: 7+; performance ops
Margo Dean School of Ballet
- Ballet Concerto Summer Dance Workshop
- Program director: Margo Dean
- 817-738-7915
- webster@margodeanballet.com
- margodeanballet.com
- Fort Worth, TX; Dates: Jun 9-27
- Classes: ballet, flamenco, guest choreographers, jazz, pointe; Ages: 10-professional
- Videos accepted; Performance ops
Texas Ballet Theater School
- 2008 Summer Intensive
- Program director: Ben Stevenson
- 817-763-0207 x112
- kriegler@texasballettheater.org
- texasballettheater.org
- Fort Worth, TX; Dates: Jun 16–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, character, dance-related
- studies, jazz, men’s classes, modern,
- partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-21; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Utah
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Ballet West Academy
- Summer Intensive 2008
- Program director: Peter Christie
- 801-323-6912;
- academy@balletwest.org
- balletwest.org
- Salt Lake City, UT; Dates: Jun 15–Jul 18
- Classes: African, ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12-25; Audition required
- videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
The School of Imagine
- Ballet Theatre
- Imagine Ballet Summer Dance Intensive 2008
- Program director: Raymond Van Mason
- 801-296-1372;
- ibtmason@comcast.net
- imagineballet.org
- Ogden, UT; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character, choreography, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 8+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Vermont
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Burklyn Ballet Theatre
- Program director: Joanne Whitehill
- 877-BURKLYN;
- info@burklynballet.com
- burklynballet.com
- Johnson, VT; Dates: Jun 29–Aug 10
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Virginia
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Arlington Center for Dance
- Intensive Ballet Workshop
- Program director: Nancie Woods
- 703-522-2414;
- info@arldance.org
- arldance.org
- Arlington, VA; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 12-19; Videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops
Destination Broadway
Manassas School of Dance
- Summer Intensive Workshops
- Program director: Amy Grant Wolfe
- 703-257-1811
- amy@manassasballet.org
- manassasdanceschool.com
- Manassas, VA; Dates: Jun 30–Aug 22
- Classes: ballet, character, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 3-adult
Virginia School of the Arts
- Program director: Martha Faesi
- 434-847-8688;
- mfaesi@vsaart.com
- vsaart.com
- Lynchburg, VA
- Summer Dance Intensive
- Dates: Jun 23–Aug 3; Classes: ballet, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, Pilates, pointe, variations; Ages: 11-20
- Audition required; videos accepted
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- All That Dance
- Dates: TBD; Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern; Ages: 5-8, 9-15
Washington
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Bill Evans Dance
- Bill Evans Teachers Workshop: Hands-On Pedagogy of Dance Technique
- Program director: Bill Evans
- 585-964-9196;
- billevansdance@hotmail.com
- billevansdance.org
- Port Townsend, WA; Dates: Aug 10-17
- Classes: Bartenieff fundamentals, modern, pedagogy workshop for experienced teachers and graduate students in dance; Ages: 22-60
- Audition required; videos accepted
Cornish College of the Arts
- Summer Dance
- Program director: Christine Juarez
- 206-726-5090;
- cjuarez@cornish.edu
- cornish.edu
- Seattle, WA; Dates: Jun 23–Aug 29
- Classes: acting, ballet, choreography
- workshop, Graham technique, hip hop, jazz, modern, musical theater, Pilates, pointe, teachers workshops, variations, yoga
- Ages: 4-professional
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
- Program director: Peter Boal
- 206-441-2435;
- pnbschool@pnb.org
- pnb.org
- 2008 Summer Course
- Seattle, WA; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, men’s
- classes, modern, partnering, pointe, repertory, seminars, variations; Ages: 12-18; Audition required; Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- 2008 Summer Dance Workshops (ages 8-14)
- Bellevue, WA; Dates: Jul 7–Aug 8
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, pointe, seminars; Audition required;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- 2008 Summer Dance Workshops (ages 4-7)
- Bellevue, WA; Dates: TBD; Classes: creative movement, pre-ballet; Scholarships
- available; performance ops
Western Washington University
- WWU Dance Program
- Program director: Nolan Dennett
- 360-650-3129;
- nolan.dennett@wwu.edu
- wwu.edu/depts/dance
- Bellingham, WA; Dates: Jun 24–Aug 3
- Classes: ballet, modern, partnering, repertory
- Ages: high school–college; Scholarships available; performance ops
Wisconsin
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Central Wisconsin School of Ballet
- Summer Vaganova Intensive
- Program director: Waltraud Karkar
- 715-842-4447;
- info@cwschoolofballet.com
- cwschoolofballet.com
- Wausau, WI; Dates: Jun 16–Jul 18
- Classes: ballet, ballroom, jazz, pointe,
- variations; Ages: 11-18
- Audition required; videos accepted
Milwaukee Ballet School
- Summer Intensive Program
- Program director: Rolando Yanes
- 414-649-4077
- mbschool@milwaukeeballet.org
- milwaukeeballet.org
- Milwaukee, WI
- Pre-Professional Summer Intensive Program
- Dates: Jun 23–Aug 1; Classes: African,
- ballet, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 11-24
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
- Intermediate Intensive
- Summer Program
- Dates: Jul 14–Aug 1
- Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, pointe
- Ages: 11-15
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Summer Dance Institute
- Program director: Jin-Wen Yu, Chair
- 608-262-1640;
- jejarvis@wisc.edu
- dance.wisc.edu
- Madison, WI; Dates: Jun 16–Jul 2
- Classes: African, ballet,
- Chinese, flamenco, hip hop, jazz, Middle-Eastern, modern
- Ages: high school, college and professional
- Videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Wyoming
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University of Wyoming
Austria
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Young!Tanzsommer
- Program directors: Glenda & Vanessa Brown
- 713-291-4141
- glenda@youngtanz
- sommer.com
- youngtanzsommer.com
- Innsbruck, Austria
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 6
- Classes: ballet, jazz
- Ages: 13+
- Audition required;
- videos accepted
Canada
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Canada’s National Ballet School
- Annual Teacher’s Seminar
- Program director: Anuschka Roes
- 416-964-3780
- aroes@nbs-enb.ca
- nbs-enb.ca
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Dates: Aug 5-9
- Classes: ballet, modern
Denmark
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Bartholin International
- Ballet Seminar
- 011-45-40831943 bibs@bournonville.dk
- bournonville.dk
- Royal Theatre,
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dates: Jun 30–Jul 1
- Classes: ballet, Bournonville school and repertory, character, jazz, men’s classes, modern, pointe, variations
- Ages: 14+
- Audition required;
- videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
England
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SOCAPA Dance Camps
- Jazz & Hip Hop Intensives
- Program director: Jamie Yerkes
- 800-718-2787
- dance@socapa.org
- socapa.org
- London, England
- Dates: Jun 23–Aug 17
- Classes: African, hip hop, jazz, men’s classes
- Ages: 14-18
- Videos accepted;
- Scholarships available;
- performance ops
Russia
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Vaganova Ballet Academy
Russian Ballet Camp
- Director: Konstantin Dournev
- 800-240-0914
- info@russianballetcamp.com
- russianballetcamp.com
- Moscow, Russia
- Children’s Program 1
- Dates: Jul 19–Aug 16
- Classes: ballet, character,
- makeup, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-20
- Performance ops
- Children’s Program 2
- Dates: Aug 2-16
- Classes: ballet, character,
- makeup, men’s classes, partnering, pointe, variations
- Ages: 10-20; Performance ops
- Adult Program
- Dates: TBD
- Classes: ballet, character,
- partnering, pointe, variations;
- Ages: 20-adult
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