Pre-Professional Program:
CityDance Select and Conservatory

CityDance Select and Conservatory is an intensive pre-professional training for serious intermediate and advanced dancers ages 13 to 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 as the professional company CityDance Ensemble, CityDance Select students
gain strong technique within a diverse curriculum, expand their dance and music knowledge, and develop multi-cultural appreciation and understanding through international dance projects and exchange, including the Brazil Project.

The skills and talents of the Select students are showcased through informal and formal presentations, including studio demonstrations, community performances, and concerts in the Music Center at Strathmore Concert Hall. Select students are also given the opportunity to perform alongside and with CityDance Ensemble. Select students learn and present a broad repertory from seasoned and emerging choreographers
in modern, contemporary ballet, jazz, hip hop, Asian, African, and contemporary fusion forms.

Schedule and Information
The 2009-2010 CityDance Select program runs from September 14, 2009 - June 20, 2010.
View the 2009-2010 class schedule.

Auditions
September 19, 2009
3:30-4:30pm
The CityDance Select program is by audition only. Additional auditions are on a rolling basis and
schedules are assigned by the Director of Studio Education and the Conservatory. For information
or to pre-register for the September 19 audition, contact program director Lorraine Spiegler at
lorraine@citydance.net or 301.581.5205.

Scholarships
CityDance offers scholarships for CityDance Select students based on merit and financial need.

The following scholarships are available:
The Trawick Foundation Scholarship
The George Alexander Adamson Scholarship
D.A.R.E.® Scholarship
CityDance In-Studio Scholarship
Maryland Council for Dance Scholarship
Pierrette Audéoud Spiegler & Paul Eppley Spiegler Dance and Science Scholarship

CityDance Conservatory/Select Program Director
Lorraine Spiegler, Director of Studio Education and the Conservatory, has 25 years of experience in the dance field as an educator, director, and choreographer. She holds a B.A. in Dance cum laude (1979) and two Masters in Dance and Arts Management (1991) from American University. She began her studies at the Washington School of Ballet under the direction of Mary Day. She later directed Theatre Dance, Inc., a school and company in the Caribbean, and set up her first dance exchange project between Theater Dance and Bennington College. Ms. Spiegler is the co-founder of The Washington Ballet’s DanceDC Program and served as the organization’s first Director of Education and Outreach from 1999-2001. She worked as the director and choreographer of “Music that Moves” with the National Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and 2003. She has also served as a panelist for several granting organizations and has adjudicated numerous local dance scholarships. An important part of Ms. Spiegler’s lifelong work has been international and intercultural dance exchange, an interest that has taken her to Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Switzerland. Ms. Spiegler returns to the U.S. after working at the Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro where she created and implemented a new dance and language project based on her methodology “Dancing Toward Literacy.” She has completed numerous Brazilian projects, among them serving as a choreographer-in-residence for Richard Cragun’s Ballet DeAnima and co-creating the Goucher College international study abroad course “History and Practice of Brazilian Dance.” Ms. Spiegler’s central focus remains the identification and nurturing of dance talent and the pursuit of excellence in training and education.

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

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