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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
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.
See if ADF is offering a class near you!
Questions?
Contact us at school@americandancefestival.org