2025 SUMMER INTENSIVE
featuring teachers from MYB's year-round faculty as well as guests from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater and many more companies throughout the country.
If you cannot make the in-person audition and you are still interested in attending the 2025 Summer Intensive,
please submit a video audition by following the instructions here.
ABOUT THE INTENSIVE
(August 11th-29th Monday - Friday)
Ages 8-20
The Manhattan Youth Ballet Summer Intensive is held every year during the month of August. This year the intensive will be 3 weeks leading up to the start of the Year-Round program. Our focus is to provide a program that allows those who are accepted to stay in prime dancing shape, continue to improve what they have learned at other June/July Intensives as well as the opportunity to work with some of the NYC dance community's brightest stars all within a nurturing, energetic environment.
Over the three weeks, students take daily technique classes from our year-round faculty as well as many special guests. These technique classes are followed by pointe classes, variations classes, men's classes, character, pilates, contemporary, jazz and modern. The day finishes with a 90 minute choreography session for 3-Week students where Summer Faculty Members choreograph pieces for each level as well as work on classical and Balanchine repertory. The intensive culminates in a performance in MYB's Home Theater.
Students have the option of participating in 1, 2 or all 3 weeks of the program. In order to participate in the performance, student must participate in all 3 weeks. Those who are attending only 1 or 2 weeks are invited to learn the choreography as an understudy to gain rehearsal process experience. If you were to understudy, you may be asked to sit and observe run throughs.
Please Note: Supervised housing is NOT provided during the Manhattan Youth Ballet Summer Intensive.
Tuition Breakdown
1 Week $750
2 Weeks $1400
3 Weeks $2000
Performance Fee $100
Sample Schedule
LEVEL 2
9:30 - 11:00, Technique
11:00 - 12:00, Jumps & Turns
12:00 - 12:45, Lunch
12:45 - 1:45, Strength & Conditioning
2:00 - 3:30, Rehearsal
LEVEL 4
9:00 - 10:30, Technique
10:00 - 11:00, Pre-pointe
11:00 - 12:45, Lunch
12:45 - 1:30, Hip-Hop
1:30 - 2:15, Theatre Dance
2:30 - 3:30, Rehearsal
LEVEL 8
10:00 - 11:00, Pilates
11:00 - 12:30, Technique with Pointe
12:30 - 1:15, Lunch
1:15 - 2:30, Partnering
2:30 - 3:30, Modern
3:30 - 5:00, Rehearsal
Complete our audition registration here.