Summer Intensive

Drew University, Simon Forum Center, 26 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ
(July 16, 2007 - August 3, 2007)

Our three-week (Monday-Friday), intensive program is designed for the serious, pre-professional dance student aged 10-18. The program concentrates on strengthening the dancer’s technique with classes in ballet, pointe, partnering, and modern. Technique Classes are taught by renowned faculty and students have the opportunity to learn repertory works by world-class choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, David Parsons, Robert Battle, and more. Classes in Pilates, yoga, dance history, nutrition, anatomy, and lectures with guest speakers on anatomy, preventing dance-related injuries, improvisation and performance enhancement are also included. Program includes a culminating performance of all workshop repertory works on August 3rd and is open to public.

An apprentice program, in ballet and modern techniques, for dancers aged 7-10 is offered Mon., Wed. and Fri. For more information contact NJDTE.