at Joffrey Ballet School
at Joffrey Ballet School
New York City Pre-Professional Jazz & Contemporary Summer Intensive
New York City Pre-Professional Jazz & Contemporary Summer Intensive
- Ages: 14, 25
- Dates: August 16, 2021, August 27, 2021
- Location: New York City
- Format(s): In-Person, Virtual
- Artistic Director(s):
Michael Waldrop
The Joffrey Ballet School’s New York City Jazz & Contemporary Pre-Professional Intensive offers dancers a unique opportunity to study contemporary, commercial, and concert dance. The curriculum, simulating a day as a professional dancer, offers a daily morning ballet technique class, followed by an immersive afternoon in contemporary and commercial repertory. The day finishes with presentations and discussions which prepare dancers for the professional field – complete with personalized mentoring sessions to help each dancer pursue their dreams in the most successful way possible. As dancers learn to embody professional-level repertoire inside the studio, they also learn what it means to thrive within these various dance company and industry cultures through the guidance of the program’s generous and well-rounded faculty. The student emerges from this program more adaptable than ever in both technical and artistic realms.
Artistic Directors & Faculty

Michael Waldrop
Michael Waldrop was born in Los Angeles, California. He has toured the world, performing with Ballett des Theater Koblenz, State Street Ballet, and Pasadena Dance Theatre, as well as guest performances with Odyssey Dance Theatre, Seamless Dance Theater and the Covent Garden Dance Company’s international gala, Ballet in the Park....Read More
What to Expect
Instruction Formats
In-Person Instruction Details
Our studios are designed to welcome students back in-person safely, with social distancing, temperature checks, use of masks, limited class sizes, HEPA Air Filtration systems, and frequent disinfecting procedures, based on the recommendations of Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health.
Tuition & Pricing – In Person Program
For 1 Week
For 2 Weeks
For 3 Weeks or More
Housing
$649 Per WeekHousing is available and optional for this intensive.Multiple Session Discounts Available.
Meal Plans
$275 Per WeekA meal plan is available and optional for this intensive.
Additional Costs & Fees
Due at Registration
New York City
Our premiere studio locations place dancers in the heart of New York City, surrounded by inspiration in every direction. From the lights of Broadway, to the renowned skyline known across the world, experience a summer of dance in this iconic city with the Joffrey Ballet School!
Housing
The Joffrey Ballet School offers safe supervised housing with additional protocols in place to address COVID-19 at all of our intensives. More detailed housing information will be posted shortly. The type of facility is listed below by intensive or location:
- All New York City Intensives – Joffrey Dormitory and Pace University Dormitories
- Joffrey South (Athens GA) – University of Georgia Dormitory Housing
- All California Intensives – University Dormitories
- Miami Intensives – Florida International University Dormitory
- Dallas / Denton Texas – TWU Dormitory
- Las Vegas Intensives – UNLV Dormitory / Double Tree Hotel (this is not a casino hotel)