Pre-Professional Program: CityDance Select

CityDance Select
CityDance Center at Strathmore offers an intensive pre-professional training program for serious dancers ages 12-19. The program provides high quality dance education delivered by master teachers in an environment where students are inspired and motivated to reach their full dance potential.

Sharing the same foundation in dance technique as CityDance’s main professional dance company, CityDance Select students will gain strong technique within a diverse curriculum, expand their dance and music knowledge, develop cultural appreciation and understanding through a focus on international dance exchange, and improve their performance skills and qualities. The program is by audition only.

Class Requirements
CityDance Select dancers ages 12-13 take seven classes per week, plus rehearsals:

• Two ballet classes
• One contemporary class
• One African class
• One stretch class
• One jazz class
• One elective
• One three-hour rehearsal

CityDance Select dancers ages 14-19 take nine classes per week, plus rehearsals:

• Two ballet classes
• Two contemporary classes
• One choreography class
• One African class
• One stretch class
• One jazz class
• One elective
• One three-hour rehearsal

Schedule and Information
The CityDance Select program runs from September 10, 2007 - June 8, 2008 (36 weeks). The program is by audition only.

The CityDance Select Summer Intensive runs from July 7 - August 15, 2008. Information about the summer program is available here.

CityDance is proud to announce Lorraine Spiegler as our new Director of Studio Education and the CityDance Conservatory. In this capacity, she will be heading the CityDance Select program and leading the 2008 launch of the CityDance Conservatory. Learn more about Ms. Spiegler.

CityDance Select Audition
CityDance Select is by audition only. Students may be accepted to the program throughout the year and should contact the Director of Studio Education to request an individual audition.

Learn More
To learn more about the CityDance Select program, please contact Lorraine Spiegler, Director of Studio Education, at lorraine@citydance.net or 301.581.5204.

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