Summer Intensive Program
June 19, 2012 - July 27, 2012
Application Deadline extended to April 16
The Ailey School’s Summer Intensive Program is designed to give motivated students the opportunity to study dance in an exciting professional environment in New York City. The Program is for students ages 15* - 25 who have had a minimum of three years of consistent training and is structured to advance the technical skills of dancers in a wide variety of techniques. Prospective students must audition, in person or via application, DVD, and photographs.
*Only those 15 year old students who display an advanced level of technical proficiency and artistic merit at the audition will be placed in the Professional Division Summer Intensive. A Junior Division Summer Intensive is also available for 15 year old students.
Curriculum, Repertory and Elective Workshops
Students attend a daily ballet class, a daily modern technique class of either Horton and/or Graham–based modern, supplemented with elective classes which include jazz, Dunham technique, hip-hop, tap, body conditioning, yoga, Gyrokinesis®, barre à terre and/or a repertory or elective workshop. All students are evaluated individually and placed in the proper level in each technique. Faculty Advisors and the School Directors create a customized schedule for each student.
Advanced students may audition for repertory workshops on the first day of the summer program, given they have met the minimum technique level requirements that are determined by the choreographers and the School Directors. This year's choreographers are Malcolm Low, recent resident choreographer in Robert Battle’s New Directions Choreographers Lab; Roy Mercer, currently performing on Broadway in The Lion King; Jean Emile, former dancer with Netherlands Dance Theater; and Daniela Malusardi, former Ailey II member.
Choreographers' Bios
Intermediate students may choose from several elective workshops which do not require an audition. Last year’s elective workshops included West African and Caribbean Dance.
All workshops culminate in the Summer Sizzler performances in The Ailey Citigroup Theater and in studio showings on the last two days of the program.
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Housing
Housing is available for students ages 15 and older at the nearby Fordham University's McMahon hall dormitory, which is a five minute walk from The Ailey School. McMahon Hall offers apartment-style housing with a 24-hour security guard. Each air-conditioned suite contains a common room, kitchen, bathroom, and either 2 or 3 bedrooms that can accommodate 2 to 3 students per bedroom. Apartments come with basic dorm-style furnishings. Kitchens are equipped with refrigerators, electric stove-top oven, and sink. Wireless Internet and on-site laundry facilities are available. Resident assistants live on-site to monitor students in the dormitory. A chaperone program is available for students under the age of 16.
The cost of housing is $2825 and is due in full by May 11, 2012.
For an information packet please e-mail housing@alvinailey.org.