CityDance partners with world-renowned dance companies and artists to offer unparalleled opportunities for young dancers ages to train with working professionals as well as CityDance’s stellar faculty, including Ballet Master Stanislav Issaev and Choreographer-in-Residence, Robert J. Priore. In addition to intensive training in classical ballet, contemporary, and commercial techniques, students may learn and perform professional repertory. Dancers experience a warm and welcoming environment with a curriculum designed to advance both their technique and artistry.

Guest Artists from previous years include Dance Theater of Harlem, PHILADANCO!, Koresh Dance Company, Donald Byrd, Ballet Hispanico, and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa among many others.

Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about our 2025 guest artists! 

Click here to register for our Feb 9th Audition.

 

Conservatory/Pre-Conservatory Intensives

with Guest Artists & CityDance Faculty (Ages 9-19)

Session I: 

June 23-July 11 (M-F 10am-4pm) N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Music Center & Strathmore Square

Session II: 

July 14-Aug 1 (M-F 10am-4pm) N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Music Center & Strathmore Square

Session III: Choreographer-in-Residence with Rob Priore

August Dates and Time TBD – N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Music Center & Strathmore Square

NEW! Pre-Conservatory Technique w CityDance Faculty (Ages 9-13)

Session A1:

June 16-20 (10am-4pm) Friendship Heights, DC

Session A2:

Aug 4-15 (10am-4pm) West Falls Church, VA (NEW Location)

NEW! Young Training Technique w CityDance Faculty (Ages 7-9)

Session B1:

June 23-July 31 (Mon, Tue, Th 4:45-6:45pm) Friendship Heights, DC

Session B2:

June 23-July 31 (Mon, Wed, Th 4:45-6:45pm) N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Square

NEW! Conservatory Studies with CityDance Faculty (Ages 9-18)

Session C1: Junior Studies (Ages 9-12)

Jul 14–Jul 18 (10am–4pm)  Rockville, MD: Parklawn Drive

Session C2: Junior Studies (Ages 9-12)

July 28–Aug 1 (10am–4pm)  Rockville, MD: Parklawn Drive

Session D1: Senior Studies (Ages 13-18)

Jul 21–Jul 25 (10am–4pm)  N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Square

Session D2: Senior Studies (Ages 13-18)

Aug 18–Aug 22 (10am–4pm)  N Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Square

About Conservatory Studies: The Conservatory Studies program is a year-round track tailored for students seeking rigorous training without the full-time commitment of the Conservatory track. It is also ideal for those developing their foundational technique as they prepare to enter the full Conservatory program in future years, offering focused guidance to support their growth and aspirations.

This year, CityDance is excited to expand its summer offerings for Conservatory Studies students with full-day intensives, creative development workshops, and genre-specific masterclasses. These programs provide a comprehensive and enriching dance experience, led by CityDance Conservatory faculty. The full-day intensives focus on technique and artistic growth across multiple genres, including ballet, jazz, modern, and hip hop.

Join us for a transformative summer of dance, artistry, and growth at CityDance Conservatory!  

 

Past Summer Intensives

CityDance Conservatory is an audition-entry program that selects students based on evaluated potential, technical accomplishments, and demonstrated determination to pursue professional dance careers. Our intake and evaluation process assesses each student’s talent individually, considering their past training and goals. While we allow for rolling admissions in our year-round program, starting in CityDance Conservatory during our Summer Intensives or in September maximizes training, growth, and performance opportunities. Limited merit scholarships are available for students who show exceptional talent and commitment.

 

In the photo: CityDance Alumni Makani Yerg ’19 (Junior Ballet at Ballet Zurich), Simon Tischler ’24 (The John Cranko Schule), Richard Frye ’22 (NYU Tisch).

Credit: David Nguyen

Testimonials

“I’ve met so many new teachers and choreographers and have made a lot of new friendships. I feel like I’ve grown so much just in the past two weeks that I’ve been here.”

Ashley

CityDance Summer Intensive Student

“Working with so many different choreographers from different backgrounds is so inspirational. It gives me the motive to be able to push myself to be the best person I can be so that one day I can reach up to their level.”

Chris

Summer Intensive Student

“You have students coming from all over, on top of the already set standard of students that are here all year round. So it brings this new kind of hunger and this new excitement to have a plethora of teachers that CityDance offers, which is very unique, to having ballet all day long and then all of these different modern techniques and trainings in the afternoon, on top of being able to train technically but then learn rep from all of these major companies and all of these major instructors I think it is amazing, and I think it’s something that’s very unique to City Dance.”

Mikaela Fenton

CityDance Summer Intensive Guest Artist, PHILADANCO! Company Dancer

“We’re here teaching rep, we’re here teaching classes. We have a similar schedule during the intensive as what we do as Company members during the week. Very intense dancing, lots of practicing, lots of rehearsals!”

Joseph Cotler

CityDance Summer Intensive Guest Artist, Koresh Dance Company Member

“There’s a spirit here that is about making the arts alive and connecting these young people to the arts in a powerful way. I love walking through the studios and seeing the focus and determination.”

Virginia Johnson

CityDance Summer Intensive Guest Artist, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem

 “I loved having an opportunity to look at these young folks and was really taken by how much they’ve learned.  It’s not easy…and they learned it in less than a week, so kudos to everyone here at CityDance. This has been an amazing time here and I just want to keep working with these kids…because what I saw in them was an appetite for dance, and when you see an appetite for an art form, whatever art for, you have to nurture it.”

Eduardo Vilaro

Artistic Director & CEO, Ballet Hispánico

“CityDance is the rare pre-professional school offering professional guest artist residencies, a facet of the program whose importance cannot be overstated. The program exposes students to a range of dance styles and methodologies, broadening each student’s scope of knowledge within the field, preparing and inspiring them for the future, and uniquely preparing them to tackle the challenges of the professional dance world.”

Donald Byrd

Artistic Director of Spectrum Dance Theater

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