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Summer Dance Intensive

June 12–July 12, 2025  •  Ages 18+

 

Find Your Home with ADF’s International Community of Artists

Define your career and transform your artistry over four energizing weeks.

Train

  • Choose three core classes in a range of forms, techniques, and cultural traditions.
  • Attend drop-in classes, showings, and discussions that offer further engagement with your craft and community.
  • Take master classes with world-renowned dance companies.

Connect

  • See performances that showcase the work of over 20 companies and choreographers.
  • Collaborate with innovative choreographers.
  • Build enduring relationships with ADF faculty and dancers from around the world.

Grow

  • Immerse yourself in a professional process with Footprints choreographers Ravid Abarbanel, Michelle N. Gibson, and Tú Hoàng as they create new works on ADF students that premiere in the 2025 performance season.
  • Produce and perform at ADF with international choreographers in residence, repertory class showings, and student choreography showcases.
  • Explore your individual artistry in creative process classes.

“ADF was truly a surreal experience. Not only did I get to work with fantastic faculty from around the world, but I also connected with dancers whom I am now honored to call friends from around the world.”

– Sarah Emilia, SDI 2024

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SDI Full-Time Students

  • Three core classes in a range of forms, techniques, and cultural traditions
  • Participate in weekly drop-in classes on WFSS days
  • Take master classes with world-renowned dance companies and up & coming artists
  • Apply for all scholarship opportunities offered through the SDI program
  • Access to rehearsal space to create and produce work for the student concert or personal research
  • Apply for on-campus housing
  • See over 20+ performances and showings for free!
  • Opportunity to audition for Footprints
  • Opportunity to audition and perform in International Choreographers in Residence concert, SDI Repertory showing, and SDI Student Concert
  • Build enduring relationships with ADF Faculty and dancers from around the world.

SDI Part-Time Students

  • Choose one class from our SDI schedule
  • Participate in weekly drop-in classes
  • Take master classes with world-renowned dance companies and up-and-coming artists.
  • See over 20+ performances and showings for free!
  • Opportunity to audition and perform in the SDI Student Concert.
  • Build enduring relationships with ADF Faculty and dancers from around the world.
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“ADF was such a gratifying experience that challenged me in all aspects of dance to open myself up and grow exponentially around like-minded movers in such an energetic atmosphere!”

Catherine Bright
2023 SDI student

 

“An enriching and fulfilling experience. It was demanding but you have the flexibility to choose how much you want to do. The free shows were a huge bonus and it is amazing to get to take company masterclasses too! So many amazing faculty and staff.”

Auriana Carrington
2023 SDI student

 

“ADF is really an amazing place full of Diversity and Inclusion, no matter what kind of background you have, if you love dance, you will always find your place here.”

Lucy Lu (Chih Wei Lu)
2023 SDI student

 

“ADF opened my eyes to the world of dance and what it’s possible to achieve. I’ve made so many connections here that I will cherish forever.”

Noah Tervalon
2023 SDI student

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