Summer Dance Intensive students in faculty member Stephen Pier's partnering class. Photo by Sarah Adriance

The day begins in one of Juilliard's five large studios with a ballet technique class, followed by pointe, men's, or classical partnering classes. After lunch, dancers take a modern dance class followed by contemporary partnering, ballroom, and music. In addition to the daily technique classes, every dancer participates in evening rehearsals of new choreography and repertoire to challenge and explore the dancers' talents. These pieces are shown on the final day in a performance that includes presentations of the ballroom and music classes.

Teachers include members of the Juilliard College Dance Division faculty, who have danced with such companies as the Royal Danish Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Nancy, Hamburg Ballet, the José Limón Company, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company, as well as world-renowned guest artists.

Students may stay in the Meredith Willson Residence Hall, adjacent to the Juilliard School building, and eat in the Juilliard cafeteria, a full service dining room. Students living in the residence hall are supervised by a staff of live-in professionals.

There is plenty of time to see New York City. On free evenings and weekends, the dancers can opt to attend many activities supervised by the residence hall hosts, including Broadway shows, walks in nearby Central Park, movies, and free outdoor performances at Lincoln Center.

Admissions

The 2008 Summer Dance Intensive will take place July 20 to August 8.

Enrollment is limited to 44 students who demonstrate required skills, either on videotape, DVD, or at a live audition. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online. If you are unable to complete the application online please call the number below for a paper application.

The application deadline is January 10, 2008.

A completed application includes one (or more) recommendation(s) from the student's primary dance teacher(s); a photograph of the applicant in dance attire standing in tendu in second position with arms raised to second position(optional); the application fee; and a video or DVD (if applicable).

Video/DVD Requirements

Applicants should review their tape or DVD for clarity before sending. Tapes should be cued to the beginning.

The recording must contain the following:

Introductory Section
A brief close-up shot of the dancer (face or ½ body), in which the dancer clearly states his or her name, age, and a brief history of previous dance training.

Technique Section (to musical accompaniment)
Grand Adagio with développés in each position, promenades, and pirouettes;
Petit Allegro, including jumps on two feet, jetés, temps levés, assemblés, and beats;
Grand Allegro including grand jetés and tour jetés, and either balancés or waltzes.
MEN: simple tour en l’air exercise and multiple pirouette combination;
WOMEN: pointe work including pirouettes, relevés on two legs and repeated relevés on one leg, and turns executed on the diagonal.

Performance Section
A prepared solo; the solo may be original choreography or from standard repertory. It should demonstrate the dancer’s artistic qualities and flow of movement.

Clothing Requirement
The dancer must be in a unitard or tights and tight fitting top or leotard that clearly enables the viewer to observe the dancer’s technique. No skirts, no loose fitting tee-shirts, no leg warmers, and no costumes. It is recommended that care be taken to wear colors that will stand out clearly from the background

NOTE: The application deadline has passed and all audition cities are now full.

After successful completion of the online application, an e-mail confirmation will be sent. If you elected a live audition date on your application, an audition schedule with information about the audition site will be e-mailed to you one month before your audition.

Audition dates will remain open as long as space is available. Once an audition is considered full, that audition date will be removed from the Web site and no more applicants will be scheduled for that day. Should your first choice audition date become full, you will have the option to be waitlisted for that date, select another date or audition by video.

The audition will consist of a ballet class followed by a short pointe and/or contemporary class. It is not necessary to have prior knowledge of contemporary ballet or modern dance to be successful in the audition. The faculty would like to see how the candidate relates to movement outside the ballet idiom. Please note: the faculty will only invite those students whom they are seriously considering for admission to return for the pointe and/or contemporary portion of the audition. Each year we must regretfully turn down a number of applicants who show promise, but for a variety of reasons, seem to us less ready than others to benefit from this particular course of study.

Required dress for the audition is black leotard, pink tights, flat and pointe ballet shoes for women, and white tee shirt, black tights, white socks and ballet shoes for men. For the Contemporary section, candidates must be barefoot.

Letters of Recommendation

Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from a primary ballet teacher. Additional letters from other teachers or counselors are welcome. The letter should address with the dancer’s dedication, openness to corrections, clear technique, performing skills and citizenship both in and out of the classroom. Recommendations should arrive in a sealed envelope.

Photograph

The preferred position for the optional photograph is tendu in second position with arms raised to second position. The photograph is not used for pre-screening purposes. After all auditions are completed and all videos are reviewed, the photograph is used in admissions committee meetings to help identify dancers who are being discussed for possible admission.

Notification

Applicants who applied by video or DVD, or were called back at a live audition, will be notified of their admission status by February 25, 2008. Please note: students not called back at a live audition may reasonably conclude that they are no longer under serious consideration for admission. Each applicant may only audition one time per year.

Tuition and Fees

Application Fee	$35
Tuition	$1,000
Room and Board	$900

Students who take part in weekend activities will need additional spending money. Some financial aid is available. Once admitted to the intensive, if a student wishes to apply for additional financial assistance, verification of financial information is required. Aid is based on both need and merit.

For a 2008 application, please click here. Select "Dance-Summer Dance Intensive (non-degree)" from the dropdown menu.

As always, you can email your questions to danceadmissions@juilliard.edu or call the Office of Admission at (212) 799-5000 x506.

To request a paper application please contact:

The Juilliard School Admissions Office
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6588
Telephone (212) 799-5000, ext. 270
Fax (212) 769-6420

Still have questions? Use our Online Inquiry Form.

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