Boston Conservatory at Berklee Summer Dance Intensive
Are you ready to take your dancing to the next level? Study with our world-renowned faculty and guest artists in an immersive summer program that will transform your technique, ignite your artistry, and inspire your spirit.
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Summer Dance Intensive is a three-week program featuring acclaimed guest artists and faculty that offers the trademark Boston Conservatory combination of rigorous classical training and a cutting-edge approach to contemporary dance.
"The faculty is world class and the program explores a wide but deep range of dance."
Samuel (former Summer Dance Intensive participant and B.F.A. in dance: contemporary dance performance student)
2022 Program Information
| Program dates: | July 25–August 13, 2022 |
| Registration fee: | $50 (non-refundable) |
| Tuition: |
$2,330 |
| Housing and meals: | $2,075 |
| Payment deadline: | June 1 |
| Move in: | Monday, July 25 from 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. |
| Move out: | Saturday, August 13 by 12:00 p.m. |
Faculty and Guest Instructors
Summer Dance Intensive is led by renowned Limón reconstructor and Boston Conservatory faculty member Kurt Douglas. Guest instructors for summer 2022 include Nicole Corea, Megan Williams, and Thang Dao.
Guest Instructor: Megan Williams
Megan Williams is an independent dance artist, choreographer, teacher, and repetiteur who holds a B.F.A. from The Juilliard School and an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. In the 2020–2021 season, she guest taught in a variety of settings, choreographed two films for the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, and made two commissioned dance films for the Katonah Museum of Art in New York, where she premiered a site-adaptive work in July 2021 called, Beauty Persists. Williams taught Professional Level Ballet at the Gibney Dance Center from 2016 to 2020 and currently teaches ballet at Sarah Lawrence College. In addition, she teaches a yoga-based somatic practice and ballet at Purchase College and provides weekly classes for members of the Limón Dance Company.. Learn more about Williams here.
Guest Instructor: Nicole Corea
Nicole Corea is originally from Palmyra, New York. Following her early training with Sandy Stramonine and Lynne Kareken, she completed her B.F.A. at The Juilliard School.Since then, she has performed on some of the world’s most renowned stages, including the Metropolitan Opera House and Joyce Theater (New York City), The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), Teatro Romano (Spoleto, Italy), and the Stanislavsky Theater (Moscow, Russia). She has been a member of many reputable dance companies as a soloist and principal dancer, including Ballet Hispanico of New York, Elisa Monte Dance, Ballet Memphis, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. For the past two years, Corea has resided in Australia, where she has taught, coached and performed in both Brisbane and Sydney. She was most recently involved in a creative residency at the Sydney Opera House with choreographer Xanthe Geeves, creating an original work to be performed by the Australian Ballet. Learn more about Corea here.
Guest Instructor: Thang Dao
Thang Dao currently resides in Los Angeles and New York City as a freelance choreographer, teacher, and coach. He holds an M.F.A. from Hollins University and an M.A. from New York University’s Gallatin School. Dao received his formal dance education from The Juilliard School and Boston Conservatory, where he received his B.F.A.. Hailed by The Boston Globe as “a choreographer to watch,” Dao’s works have been presented internationally in major venues across Europe and Asia, and have been performed nationally in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Austin, Boston, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Phoenix, Miami, and Chicago with great acclaim. Learn more about Dao here.