Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Young Dancemakers Company Summer Applications are OPEN

 
YDC Finale Concert, performing in an excerpt from the repertory of José Limón Sam Polcer

YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY

Auditions for our 26th Season are Open!
2021 SUMMER DATES: June 28 - August 1
plus pre-season Sundays in June

Young Dancemakers Company is a unique, tuition-free summer dance ensemble of NYC teens dedicated to creating their own original choreography and performing it in free touring concerts city-wide, for audiences of up to 2000 young people and adults each season

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

For the 2021 YDC Application, click here
Applicants must currently be in grades 9-12 in an NYC public high school.
Fill out the online application form and we will contact you with digital audition instructions.

ARE YOU open to new ideas, intensive dance training, and rehearsal?

DO YOU want to dance with a touring teen company & perform your own work?

YDC welcomes accomplished dance students as well as bold new comers.

ANNOUNCING
OUR 2021 GUEST REPERTORY PROJECT: BALLET HISPÁNICO

AND..

PRE-SEASON Concert Outings, Workshops and Watch Parties
WORKSHOPS College Seminars and more
COLLABORATE with Professional Composers
PERFORM your work on a city-wide tour
PLUS special alumni internship opportunities

YDC 2021 SEASON APPLICATION

We want to hear from you! Contact us with any questions:
youngdancemakers@gmail.com or 718-329-7300 ext. 3358

Artistic Director: Jessica Gaynor
Founding Director: Alice Teirstein
Music Director: William Catanzaro
Associate Program Manager: Jenée Ivi Whitehead

Young Dancemakers Company is made possible by the generous support of: Jody and John Arnhold, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, The Richenthal Foundation, Burton Kassell, New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislature, The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and generous individual contributors

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