Summer MT Dance Intensive

The ONLY MT Dance Intensive designed specifically for Beginner + Intermediate dancers
Open to Rising High School Freshmen thru Seniors + Gap Year Students

LOCATION:
Cambridge, MA

DATES:
August 12th-17th, 2024
Optional Headshot Add-On: August 18th, 2024

Registration Deadline:
May 15th, 2024 | 11:59pm ET

PLEASE NOTE: We accept students on a rolling basis & strongly encourage early registration to secure a spot. Once we reach capacity, we will stop accepting registrations. Questions? Email us!

Big Broadway Dreams, but not a lot of Dance Experience?

We can help!

Dance is a key factor in the competitive MT College Audition process. But what if you’re not a lifelong dancer? By the time students reach high school, it’s incredibly challenging to find intensive dance training that targets MT styles, provides a supportive environment for newer dancers, and doesn’t require an extensive commitment to company recitals or competitions.

So we built a program just for you!

MCA’s Summer MT Dance Intensive is specifically designed to help beginner and intermediate dancers build the skills and confidence needed to tackle the competitive MT college audition process. Taught by incredible dance faculty from top MT programs, this week-long intensive is an opportunity to dig deep and grow alongside your awesome peers. If you’re looking for a program that will support you, challenge you, and inspire you to be your best artist self, you’ve come to the right place!

Summer MT Dance Intensive includes:

Daily Technique Classes in Ballet + Jazz Styles
Strengthen your essential technique and expand your knowledge of dance terminology — all with a special focus on the most important skills to showcase in your college Prescreens.

Daily Skill-building in MT Styles + Pick-Up Skills
Quick Pick-Up skills are at the heart of Dance Auditions! Hone your Pick-Up skills, get comfy tackling MT choreography, and boost audition confidence with daily routines and mini-mock auditions.

Warm Up, Conditioning, + Cool Down Routines
Designed to promote healthy habits, build strength, + have you feeling like your best self, these routines can be used all audition season long to protect against injury and overuse.

Special Topic Classes
Rotating classes to take your prep to the next level! Learn the inside scoop on what makes a great dance Prescreen (from the folx who review them!), get comfortable navigating the improvisation component of college dance auditions, and practice channeling audition nerves into characterization and storytelling.

Workshops with Broadway Professionals
Get a taste of your future life on Broadway during a Masterclass + Q&A with a very special guest!

Mock Audition with Prominent College Faculty
And after a week of awesome learning, put your prep to the test with a Mock Dance Audition — run exactly like a real college audition + led by auditioning faculty from a top MT program!

"...An artistic breakthrough, a nerve-calming run through of what auditions would be like, and an opportunity to create a family that I'll always be close with! Not only did MCA give me the confidence I needed to get through college auditions, but also a group of friends I'll stay in touch with for the rest of my life and an outlet for artistic expression when I needed it most. I've never felt more supported, respected, and challenged as an artist as I did during the MCA Intensive."
- Matisse Carmack, Summer Intensive Student

College Dance Faculty

MCA Faculty

Kristen Katsimpas
Boston Conservatory
Emerson College

Joy Clark
Boston Conservatory
Emerson College

Ramone Owens
Boston Conservatory
Broadway’s Motown + Beetlejuice

Ralph Perkins
Director of Dance for Theater, The Hartt School

Gigi Watson
Director + Consultant