At the New York Summer Intensive, students will enjoy five weeks of classes in the ABT Studios at Broadway and 19th Street near Union Square. The New York Summer Intensive is geared toward advanced dancers and continues to be our longest, most challenging program. Students in this program are trained with ABT’s National Training Curriculum, receiving top-notch education in ballet technique. The New York Summer Intensive hosts special guest teachers including ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and other ABT Ballet Masters. Students will perform ABT repertory in a final performance.

This three-week program is held in collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. The Tuscaloosa site is geared toward strengthening and refining technique for intermediate and advanced dancers. Students will stay in dormitories on the beautiful University of Alabama campus while studying with Artistic Coordinator Carla Stallings Lippert and celebrated ABT faculty. A final performance will be held featuring ABT repertory at the Moody Music Concert Hall.

Click here for more information regarding the Alabama Summer Intensive.

ABT and The University of Texas at Austin collaborate on this four-week intensive. The Texas Summer Intensive is geared toward strengthening and refining technique for intermediate and advanced dancers. Students will have the opportunity to study with Artistic Coordinator Wes Chapman and celebrated ABT faculty. The experience will culminate in a final performance of ABT repertory.

For additional information, visit the University of Texas website.

ABT is excited to expand our relationship with the University of South Florida in Tampa to host a new three-week intensive. This program will focus on the refinement of technique for intermediate and advanced dancers. Students will be taught by renowned ABT faculty and will have the opportunity to perform ABT repertory in a final performance.

ABT and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts work together to bring you this program located in the beautiful facilities on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. Students attending this program are encouraged to stay in the dormitories on campus where there will also be a final performance of ABT repertory. The California Summer Intensive is aimed at giving advanced students a chance to train in an intensive environment with ABT’s expert faculty.

For more information regarding the facilities, please visit the University of California, Irvine’s website.

The curriculum of the 2018 ABT Summer Intensive will include advanced technique classes and critical lecture courses to contribute to the development of a complete dancer. ABT’s teaching philosophy is to create dancers that are versatile rather than stylized, who are thus prepared to work with any company.

Classes for the 2018 Summer Intensive may include:

• Ballet Technique
• Pointe
• Partnering
• Variations
• Men’s Technique
• Men’s Variations
• Modern
• Nutrition
• Acting for Dancers/Mime
• Musical Theater
• Jazz
• Character
• Dance History
• Yoga
• Meet the Artist
• Music
• Injury Prevention
• Pilates

Though some lecture offerings may vary by site, the daily structure and curriculum of all Summer Intensive programs is identical. Students take a minimum of four classes per day, consisting of daily technique and pointe, followed by the supplemental classes listed above. In addition, dancers may have rehearsals on occasional evenings for a final performance showcasing selections from ABT’s repertoire.

American Ballet Theatre has a limited number of full and partial scholarships for the 2018 Summer Intensive. All students are considered for merit-based scholarships. There is no application process. American Ballet Theatre will notify scholarship recipients at the time of acceptance.