2011 Summer Intensives

Auditions start for next year's summer intensives in just a month, so it's time to do your research so you can nail those auditions, apply for scholarships, and make it into your dream summer intensive! To help you get started, here are some websites and information you'll need from some of the nation's top schools. For more affordable and less intense options, check out the colleges, universities, and dance companies in your local area for classes and/or summer intensives. (These are in no particular order).

Alvin Ailey - The Ailey School

• Dates: June 21 - July 29, 2011
• Ages: 16-25 or 12-15 for the Junior Division
• Click here for audition tour dates and other important audition information
• Cost: $2,300
• Financial aid is available through federal grants and loans
• Classes include: ballet, modern, jazz hip-hop, tap, Dunham technique, body conditioning, yoga, Gyrokinesis®, and barre à terre

Julliard

• Dates: July 17 - August 5, 2011
• Program: Ballet and modern, pointe work is not required
• Ages: 15-17, limited to 44 students
• Deadline for online application: JANUARY 7, 2011
• Auditions: Live or by video, preregister online
• Cost: TBA, but last year tuition was $1,160 and room and board was $985
• Financial aid is available based on financial need and merit
• Contact Info: summerdance@juilliard.edu or call the Office of Admissions at (212) 799-5000, ext 223

Boston Ballet School

• Dates: June 25 - July 30, 2011
• Ages: 10-19
• Click here for audition tour dates, no preregistration required. Can also audition by video.
• Cost: Tuition: $2,925 and Room and Board: $2,325
• Financial aid and payment programs are available
• Classes: Five weeks of 5-6 hours of dance classes daily, augmented by professional development lectures. Includes separate men's classes, modern, classical character, Pilates, master classes with guest faculty, professional development lectures
• Contact: SDP@bostonballet.org and 617.456.6269

Joffrey Ballet School

• Dates: June 13 - August 6, 2011, with a minimum attendance of one week
• Cost: Full 8 weeks: $2,599, or $325.00 per week, or $15 per class
• Financial aid is available based on merit or extreme need

Miami City Ballet

• Dates: 
• 5-Week Summer Program, June 27-July 29, 2011 -- for 12 years and older 
• 2-Week Summer Program, August 1-12, 2011 -- for 10-12 year olds
• Classes: ballet technique, pointe, pas de deux, variations, jazz, stretch and weight training
• Audition dates in your area - by live or video audition
• Cost: Tuition - $600 plus $50 registration fee
• Contact:  305.929.7007 or e-mail at school@miamicityballet.org

San Fransisco Ballet

• Dates: June 27 - July 29, 2011
• Cost: Tuition - $2,470, Room & Board - $2,100, Registration Fee - $125
• Audition tour dates
• Classes: ballet technique, pointe, repertory/variations, character, contemporary, pas de deux, floor barre/Pilates
• Financial aid is available but very limited

Alonzo King LINES Ballet

• Dates: 
• Session One: June 14, 2011 - July 13, 2011 (ages 11-16)
• Session Two: July 17, 2011 - August 20, 2011 (ages 17-24)
• Cost: $1,775 (four weeks) or $2,350 (five weeks) 
• Housing is not provided
• Audition tour dates and financial aid information
• Financial aid granted based on application

American Ballet Theater's JKO School

• Dates: New York June 27 – July 29, 2011; Alabama June 27 – July 16, 2011; California August 1 – August 19, 2011; Michigan June 27 – July 22, 2011; Texas July 10 – August 5, 2011
• Audition tour dates
• Classes include:  Ballet Technique, Pointe, Partnering, Variations, Men’s Technique, Men’s Variations, Modern, Nutrition, Acting for Dancers/Mime, Musical Theater, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Character, Dance History, Yoga, Meet the Artist, Music, Injury Prevention, Pilates
• Cost: Varies by location. See details here.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

• Dates: June 19-July 15, 2011, all 5 weeks requried
• Cost: 
• In-state high school: $2,998 (tuition + room and board) 
• Out-of-state high school: $3,649 (tuition + room and board)
• In-state college: $2,762
• Out-of-state college: $3,413
• Classes: ballet and contemporary tracks

Check these Companies Later - Summer Schedules Not Up Yet

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance

Paul Taylor Dance Company - Modern Dance. E-mail INTENSIVE@PTDC.ORG for more information.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company - they are currently running a winter intensive and frequently have workshops, which would be a more affordable option for a summer intensive.

Billy Bell - Dance Training - Part II

Not only has Billy Bell made it to the Top 11 on this year's "So You Think You Can Dance," but he is also a professional dancer with the DeMa Dance Company, a Julliard dance student, runs the Lunge Dance Collective (his own dance company), has performed with Liza Minelli and other off Broadway shows! In other words, his resume is packed! Here's all the details, from the DeMa Dance Company's website.

Billy Bell was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Fl where he first started dance at the age of 12. He attended the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fl and graduated in May 2008. There he worked with many prestigious choreographers including Kathy Posin, Margot Sapington, Jeff Satinof, and Jan Hanniford-Geotz.

Now, at age 19, he has done more than most his age: He has danced with Broadway’s Liza Minnelli, and Joel Grey in “Back to Back to Broadway”; toured with Broadway Arts Productions as “Baby John” in their production of “West Side Story;” and was on season six (and is now on seven) of FOX’s hit television show So You Think You Can Dance. He has trained at Alvin Ailey, Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary and participated in Springboard Danse Montreal, where he has had the pleasure of working with many dance companies and choreographers from across the world. Billy also started his own ensemble at Dreyfoos School of the Arts called the Dreyfoos Dance Ensemble, and was lucky enough to be selected to be awarded a Silver Award and Presidential Scholar nomination from NFAA YoungARTS. He also was in an HBO documentary with Jaques D’Amboise called “Master Class”.

He is currently in the class of 2012 at The Juilliard School, in New York City, where he studies dance, and has been able to choreograph and perform the works of José Limon and Sidra Bell. Most recently, Billy set his first work, “Burgeon,” at Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Billy joined DeMa Dance Company in November of 2009, and is excited to grow with this new opportunity.