Dance Summer Intensives

Session 1 - Ballet Summer Intensive: June 6-12, 2027

Session 2 - Ballet Summer Intensive: June 13-19, 2027

Session 3 - Contemporary Dance Summer Intensive: June 20-26, 2027

The outstanding faculty of the Jacobs School of Music dance department are once again offering a summer intensive that will challenge your technique, hone your artistic skill, and give you the opportunity to experience the most prestigious university ballet program in the nation:

The Ballet Summer Intensive, for students ages 13 to 18-years, is a program for growth and learning. It includes two 1-week sessions that can be taken together or separately, with classes scheduled Monday through Friday from 9AM-5PM. Not only will dancers experience the rigor of the profession while they prepare repertoire for performance, they will be doing so at one of the most physically intensive summer sessions in the nation! Dancers perform neoclassical and classical repertoire, as well as new works choreographed on them each week by esteemed faculty choreographers. A dorm and meal plan option adds to the university experience.

The program offers classes in technique, pointe, variations, conditioning, contemporary and modern ballet, music appreciation, ballet history, and nutrition. Students will also have the opportunity to be choreographed on and present a small studio showing each Saturday for parents and friends near and far.

The Contemporary Dance Summer Intensive offers the opportunity to deepen your skills in the performance of contemporary dance styles and forms including Jazz, Tap, African Contemporary and Contemporary Dance Repertory works with world renowned dance faculty, featuring Stafford Berry, Robert Burden, Beatrice Capote and Selene Carter, with leading guest artists working in the present contemporary dance world. For intermediate to advanced level high school aged dance students ages 14-18 (must have completed grade 8 by summer 2027).

Dancers may elect to take a single week, two weeks or all three weeks of these offerings from the Jacobs School of Music Department of Dance.

Academy Faculty

Faculty
Ballet Summer Intensive	Contemporary Dance Summer Intensive
Sarah Wroth, Director	Beatrice Capote, co-director
Robin Hoover Allen	Selene Carter, co-director
Christian Claessens	Stafford C. Berry, Jr
Rebecca Janes	Robert F. Burden Jr.
Glenda Lucena
Kyra Nichols
Irina Ter-Grigoryan
Michael Vernon

For further ballet program information, please contact swroth@iu.edu. For further contemporary dance information, please contact bcapote@iu.edu and sbcarter@iu.edu. For general registration questions, please contact the Office of Jacobs Academy at musicsp@iu.edu.

2027 Fees and Deadlines

Fees:

Tuition:

Single Session: $1000
- A $100 non-refundable registration fee is due at registration (credited towards the overall cost of tuition)
- Do not select a tuition or housing option until you have received notification of acceptance.
Two Sessions: $2000
- A $100 non-refundable registration fee is due at registration (credited towards the overall cost of tuition)
- Do not select a tuition or housing option until you have received notification of acceptance.
Three Sessions: $3000
- A $100 non-refundable registration fee is due at registration (credited towards the overall cost of tuition)
- Do not select a tuition or housing option until you have received notification of acceptance

Housing (optional, includes meals):

Single Session: $550
Two Sessions: $1100
Three Sessions: $1650

*Included in the cost of housing is a Linen Package (including pillowcase, top and bottom sheet, two washcloths and towels; blankets and pillows available upon request)

Commuter Meal Plan (optional, for dancers not residing in the dorms, only includes a program-provided daily lunch)

- Commuter Meal Plan:
  - Single Session: $115
  - Two Sessions: $225
  - Three Sessions: $330

Deadlines:

Prescreen/Registration: February 8, 2027
Notification of Acceptance: February 19, 2027
Acceptance Confirmation: March 1, 2027
Full Payment Due for Accepted Participants: March 1, 2027
Participant Forms Due: April 14, 2027

Audition Requirements

All dancers interested in the Ballet Summer Intensive must complete the registration form, pay the non-refundable registration fee and submit a filmed recording of a classical ballet variation (dancers training on pointe should present the variation on pointe) as a prescreening for admission.

Video submissions should be uploaded to YouTube as a private video and the link should be included in the appropriate section of the registration form.

*Already accepted Jacobs School of Music ballet majors are exempt from submitting the prescreen video but must still register and pay the non-refundable registration fee by the February 8 deadline.

There is currently no screening requirement for the Contemporary Dance Summer Intensive. Please ensure that your dancer has completed the registration form and paid the non-refundable registration fee by the February 8 deadline.

How to Apply

Eligibility: Participants must be 13 (14 for contemporary dance) to 18-years of age.
Registration: Complete the online registration form and pay only the Non-Refundable Registration Fee - $100.
- Your audition (for ballet only) will not be reviewed if the registration fee is not paid.
- Do not pay tuition until you have received your letter of acceptance.
- Save your login information so you can easily go back to edit your registration/tuition payment upon acceptance.
- If openings exist, the deadline may be extended for qualified applicants.

Once you have completed the previous steps, please submit the Participant Agreement Form

Cancellation Policy: Click here for our most up to date cancellation policy.

Registration for Summer 2027 will open in mid-December.