Dance Spirit Summer Study Guide '08

• 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lowe Dance Studio

• Summer Dance Intensive
• Program director: Suzanne Steinbach
• 856-753-2908
• voorheesballettheatre@verizon.net
• voorheesballettheatre.com
• Voorhees, NJ; Dates: Jul 28–
• Aug 15; Classes: ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, variations; Ages: 8-18

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

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

• 888-497-3553
• info@usperformingarts.com
• usperformingarts.com
• Musical Theater Intensive
• Albuquerque, NM
• Dates: Jul 7-12
• Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, musical theater, singing, tap
• Ages: 13-18
 

New York

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

• Director: Mignon Furman
• 212-787-9500
• american-academy-of-ballet.com

Camp Broadway

• Multiple programs available
• 212-575-2929
• info@campbroadway.com
• campbroadway.com
• New York, NY
• Dates: Jul 14-18 & Aug 4-8
• Classes: acting, Broadway workshops, dance, voice
• Ages: 6-17

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

• Program director: Vickie Sheer
• 914-636-3200
• dea@deadance.com
• deadance.com

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

• Rockette Summer Intensive
• 212-631-4354
• rocketteexperience@thegarden.com
• rocketteexperience.com
• New York, NY; Dates: TBD
• Classes: jazz, Rockette
• technique including kickline
• Ages: 14+; Audition required; videos accepted; Scholarships available; performance ops

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

• Program director: Diane Grumet
• 212-874-2410
• info@stepsnyc.com
• stepsnyc.com
• Dates: Jun 2–Sep 6
• Classes: modern/
• contemporary; Ages: 16+

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

• Paul Taylor Summer Intensive
• 212-431-5562
• intensive@ptdc.org; ptdc.org" alt="intensive@ptdc.org; ptdc.org">intensive@ptdc.org; ptdc.org
• New York, NY
• Dates: Jun 30–Jul 25
• Classes: modern; Ages: 16+

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

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

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

• 888-497-3553
• info@usperformingarts.com
• usperformingarts.com
• Musical Theater Intensive
• Oberlin, OH; Dates: Jul 7-12, 13-18
• Classes: acting, ballet, jazz, musical theater, tap, voice; Ages: 11-18
 

Oklahoma

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Summer Advanced Intensive Workshop
• Program director: Kathy Chamberlain
• 972-985-1374;
• kchamberlain03@cs.com
• chamberlainperformingarts.com
• Plano, TX; Dates: Jul 14–Aug 9
• Classes: ballet, character, jazz, modern, pointe, repertory, variations; Ages: 8+

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

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

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

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

• Program director: Jim Haas
• 757-873-0454
• info@destinationbroadway.org
• destinationbroadway.org
• New York, NY; Dates: Session 1: Jul 13-19; Session 2: Jul 27–Aug 2
• Classes: musical theater; Ages: 8-18
• Audition required

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

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

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

University of Wyoming

• Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival
• Program directors: Jennifer Deckert & Marsha Knight
• 307-766-5138
• mawilson@uwyo.edu
• outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/dancefestival
• Laramie, WY
• Dates: Jul 16-27
• Classes: ballet, jazz, modern, pointe
• Ages: 13-adult
• Videos accepted;
• Scholarships available;
• performance ops
 

Austria

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

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

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

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

Vaganova Ballet Academy

• Vaganova Method Conference/Demonstration
• Program director: Ms. Vera Dorofeeva
• 208-338-6526
• stpbtravel@earthlink.net
• trips2russia.com/grouptol2.html
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Dates: Jun 14-23
• Classes: ballet, character, men’s classes, partnering, pointe,
• variations; Ages: all

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