Be completely inspired this summer!
Now Next Dance offers intensive dance training along with the opportunity to grow as a teacher and develop your understandings of a career in and through dance. We offer an intense technique and repertory experience with the opportunity to teach and mentor local youth. You'll develop as a dance artist, educator, and leader and you'll come out of the program with a clearer understanding of your career trajectory.
This summer we have two opportunities to engage with our program:
- June 20-24 at Garrison Forest School in Baltimore, Maryland--featuring Boston-based Annie Kloppenberg and Company
- July 18-29 at Dance Loft on 14 in Washington, DC featuring Brooklyn-based Warehouse Dance
Morning schedule:
- Now Next Body You'll start the day fit and strong with our signature dance conditioning class
- New Works The bulk of your morning will be in an intensive company style class with one of our featured artists. This class combines technique and repertory and culminates in a performance at the end of the week. Our artists are all working on large scale creative projects, so you get to be involved in the research process for their newest works.
Mid-day mentoring sessions include round-tables with our artist faculty covering subjects like: how to launch your dance career; how to choose a city; how to network; how to pay your bills; and how to craft a sustainable, fulfilling life.
Afternoon schedule:
- Now Next Dance With your peer Dance Mentors, you'll team teach a class in the NND style for the Young Dancers.
- Moving Mentoring You'll partner with a Young Dancer for an afternoon of movement and visual art based leadership projects, including a creation of a new dance work.
Each project ends with a performance for friends and family.
Tuition: EARLY BIRD (this Dec/Jan): Now Next Dance/Baltimore: $350; Now Next Dance/DC: $600 for both weeks, or $350 for the first week only.
January 31-April 15: Now Next Dance/Baltimore: $375; Now Next Dance/DC: $650 for both weeks, or $375 for the first week only.
After April 15 (If space is available): Now Next Dance/Baltimore: $400; Now Next Dance/DC: $700 for both weeks, or $400 for the first week only.
“I loved the daily schedule because I had enough “me time” in the morning with conditioning, technique and rep, which allowed me to be totally present in that space and then find a new type of presence with the middle schoolers. I likes that the program felt serious but also relaxed; I felt comfortable asking for advice from the mentors from day one. In comparison to other intensives/festivals, I felt more connected to the faculty and they were all so approachable.”