Juilliard Summer Dance Intensive is a three-week program designed to both introduce dancers to Juilliard and provide information about college dance programs that will assist dancers in making decisions about their education in line with their professional goals.
Through technique classes, discussions, and collaborations with special guest choreographers, dancers have the opportunity to meet faculty, students, and staff, and will meet one-on-one with either Dance Division Dean and Director, Alicia Graf Mack, or Associate Director, Mario Alberto Zambrano.
Location(s)
- The Juilliard School, New York, New York
Schedule
- July 6th - July 25th, 2025
Cost/Compensation
- Application Fee: $40
- Tuition: $2,300
- Room and Board: $2,000
Eligibility Requirements
- Students must have a minimum of three years of prior training in ballet and modern or contemporary dance
- Students must currently be training for a minimum of 10 hours per week
- Students must possess a desire for creative exploration and an interest in new approaches to movement
- Students must have completed at least one year of high school/secondary school (grade 9, 10 or 11) by the time the program begins in July
- Students must not have graduated from high school before the program begins
- Students must be seriously considering dance as a career and major area of college study
- Students must be available for the entire three-week program
- Students must be fully immunized according to the NYS Immunization Requirements for School Attendance.
Deadline
- December 15th, 2024
Application or Entry Requirements
- A completed online application
- Letter of recommendation from your primary ballet teacher
- Photograph or headshot
- Students must submit 5 audition videos.
- Videos must be submitted online with your application.
- Videos submitted via email, or on video-sharing websites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. will NOT be reviewed.
- 12 hours after starting your application, you will be emailed links and passwords to open the demonstration video created by Dance Division faculty and students. This video will guide you through the ballet, modern, and improvisation sections of the video audition.
- Videos must be submitted online with your application.
- Please record each of the following five video sections separately in the order listed; you will be required to upload five videos to your application. You may not upload additional videos.
- Section One: Introduction
- A brief close-up shot of your face, from the shoulders up.
- Clearly state your full name, current city and country of residence.
- Provide a brief history of your previous dance training.
- Tell us why you have been inspired to audition.
- Section Two: Performance
- A prepared solo, either ballet, modern or contemporary, to musical accompaniment.
- State the title of the solo, the choreographer, and the composer of the music before performing.
- The solo may be original choreography or from standard repertory.
- The solo should demonstrate your artistic qualities and flow of movement.
- The solo should be approximately two minutes in length.
- Section Three: Ballet Technique - Center Exercises
- Please view the demonstration video prior to recording your video audition. You may learn and submit the suggested ballet combinations and phrases in the demonstration video. However, if you already have pre-recorded material that you would like to upload instead, you are welcome to do so as long as it meets the below criteria.
- We’re looking for:
- Tendu in the center combination with a pirouette
- Adagio in the center
- Pirouette that moves across the floor
- Petite allegro combination
- Grand allegro combination
- Record the combinations on the right and left sides
- You may use music from our suggested playlist or any music of your choice.
- You may learn the combinations in the demonstration video or you may provide your own.
- Exercises may be recorded separately but must be edited together prior to submission.
- Section Four: Modern Technique
- Please view the demonstration video prior to recording your video audition. Treat the video as a class and execute the modern combinations as demonstrated.
- Modern combination #1
- Modern combination #2
- Record the combinations on the right and left sides
- You may use music from our suggested playlist or any music of your choice.
- Combinations may be recorded separately but must be edited together prior to submission.
- Section Five: Improvisation
- Please view the demonstration video prior to recording your video audition.
- Improvisation exercise (60 seconds)
- Please use the Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante from our playlist.
- Section One: Introduction
- Acceptable video formats include .avi, .flv, .m1v, .m2v, .m4v, .mkv, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg, .mp4, .webm, .wmv
Notifications of Decisions
Financial Aid Details
- Once admitted to the program, if an international or U.S. student wishes to apply for financial assistance, they are invited to submit a letter explaining their financial situation along with their parent or guardian’s tax forms for the current or previous year. Financial aid awards are based on need.
- Please note that most scholarship awards cover only a portion of tuition.
- Fee waiver requests are available for students who demonstrate significant financial need by the submission of one of the following:
- An official SAT or ACT fee waiver form signed by a high school counselor OR
- An official NACAC fee waiver form signed by a high school counselor OR
- A letter on school stationery from a school counselor stating one of the following:
- You are enrolled in or eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch program (FRPL).
- Your annual family income falls within the income eligibility guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
- You are enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs such as Upward Bound).
- Your family receives public assistance.
- You live in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home, or are homeless.
- You are a ward of the state or an orphan.
- If you are unable to provide one of the above documents, you may provide the following:
- A letter from someone other than you (the applicant) that addresses your financial situation
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