SUMMER INTENSIVE
ages 10-18, by audition
Introducing the 2025 Steps Academy Pre-Professional Summer Intensive at Steps on Broadway. This exclusive program is designed for the dedicated, pre-professional dancer to enrich their training under the guidance of renowned industry professionals in the heart of New York City. The Summer Intensive program offers multiple sessions, July 7 through August 9. Dancers ages 10-18 are eligible to participate.
Featuring a diverse curriculum, dancers will leave the intensive, stronger, more versatile, and ready to enter the new dance season with increased strength, power, and passion. Students will participate in a variety of technique classes and a choreographic rehearsal process. The program culminates in a studio showing for friends and family.
This summer we will be piloting the Steps on Broadway Academy Experience for dancers 13-18. Join us to train for two full weeks with our esteemed Academy faculty with programming that supports the technical and artistic structure of the Academy’s pre-professional curriculum. Enjoy the continuity, mentorship, and consistency provided by our year-round team of instructors during weeks 2-3, and 4-5. While we strongly encourage you to take advantage of this enriched experience, the single-week option will remain available.
Audition Information will be posted on our website by December. Admission into this program is limited, please submit early to secure your spot.
If you have any questions regarding your registration, please contact us at academy@stepsnyc.com. Please be sure to follow us on Instagram @stepsacademynyc. We look forward to dancing with you this summer!
Previous faculty from the Summer Intensive include Leslie Browne (American Ballet Theater), Linda Kent (Paul Taylor Dance Company), Jacoby Pruitt (Bill T. Jones), Jordana Rosenberg and Audrey Schultz (Radio City Rockettes), Beau Harmon (So You Think You Can Dance), Aydin Eyikan (Bob Fosse’s Dancin’), Gracie Anderson (Cats National Tour), Michael Crawford (Dance Theater of Harlem), Linda Gelinas (Metropolitan Opera), Chryssie Whitehead (A Chorus Line), Krystyna Resavy (Associate Choreographer of The Cher Show), and many more.
DETAILS
AGES
10-18
DATES
July 8th-August 10th, 2024
Take any combination of the five weeks.
ENROLLMENT
Audition Only
SCHOLARSHIP
Every audition is automatically screened for a merit-based scholarship from the Steps Academy. Need-based financial aid is available in limited quantities, please click here to download the application.
TUITION
$1,250/week
Stay tuned for Summer 2025!
SUMMER INTENSIVE INFORMATION
CLASS SCHEDULE
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9:30-10:55am Ballet |
11:00am-12:25pm Hip Hop |
LUNCH |
1:30-2:55pm Contemporary |
BREAK |
3:30-5:00pm Showcase Rehearsal |
TUESDAY |
9:30-10:55am Modern |
11:00am-12:25pm Ballet |
LUNCH |
1:30-2:55pm Jazz |
BREAK |
3:30-5:00pm Showcase Rehearsal |
WEDNESDAY |
9:30-10:55am Contemporary |
11:00am-12:25pm Theater |
LUNCH |
1:30-2:55pm Ballet |
BREAK |
3:30-5:00pm Showcase Rehearsal |
THURSDAY |
9:30-10:55am Ballet |
11:00am-12:25pm Jazz |
LUNCH |
1:30-2:55pm Modern |
BREAK |
3:30-5:00pm Showcase Rehearsal |
FRIDAY |
9:30-10:55am Hip Hop |
11:00am-12:25pm Ballet |
LUNCH |
1:30-2:55pm Ballroom |
BREAK |
3:30-5:00pm Showcase Rehearsal | SATURDAY |
Groups B & C Open Class Elective |
1:30-3:00 Group A Ballet |
BREAK |
3:30-4:30pm Warmup |
4:30-5:30pm Spacing Rehearsal |
6:00-6:30pm Showcase |
DRESS CODE
Our dress code is designed to prepare our students for success in class. It allows them to fully focus on their work in the studio, while providing instructors with a clear perspective on their alignment. Arriving in proper attire creates an atmosphere of professionalism and community while providing an opportunity to demonstrate respect for faculty and craft.
HAIR
Dancers’ hair should be worn in a classical bun for ballet classes or pinned, clipped, or tied neatly and securely from the face for all other technique classes.
Ballet:
Option 1: Navy or black leotard, pink tights or tights to match complexion, ballet slippers, or pointe shoes to match tights. Navy pull-on skirt optional.
Option 2: Navy or black T-shirt, black leggings or pants, black socks, and black ballet slippers.
Jazz/Theater:
Option 1: Navy or black leotard with black tights, shorts, pants, or leggings.
Option 2: Navy or black T-shirt, black leggings, shorts or pants.
Shoes: Jazz shoes for jazz and either jazz shoes or character heels for theater.
Modern/Contemporary:
Option 1: Navy or black leotard with black tights, shorts, pants or leggings, and bare feet or socks.
Option 2: Navy or black T-shirt, black leggings, shorts or pants, and bare feet or socks.
Hip Hop
All: Navy or black top. Black shorts, leggings, or sweatpants with clean sneakers.
UNDERGARMENTS
To minimize the visibility of lines under leotards and tights we recommend a neutral-colored seam-free brief or dance belt.
RECOMMENDED STYLES
Wear Moi navy blue leotard in the following adult styles: Galate, Cabriole, Arabesque, Pirouette. Child styles: Galate, Lovina, Thalia, Candide. Bullet Pointe pull-on skirt in Navy. Body Wrappers Total Stretch Mesh tights (Style A45/C45.)
Wear Moi navy blue T-Shirt in Conrad or Alpin styles.
AUDITION & REGISTRATION
- Review the video at below for your age category (as of Aug 10, 2025)
- Record yourself performing the ballet and jazz combination
- Upload the video to any shareable streaming platform (Youtube, Vimeo, etc)
- Make sure that privacy settings are public or unlisted (not private)
- Fill out this Audition Google Form
- Lastly, create a PARENT PORTAL ACCOUNT
* Submitting an audition on pointe is optional.
- Registration instructions and audition results are sent within two weeks of your form submission.
- All classes are subject to change.
- Following registration, any cancellations will result in Steps Academy retaining $500 of tuition per week per individual. As of June 8, 2024, no refunds will be issued unless Steps on Broadway Academy cancels its Summer Intensive program.
- Current COVID protocols for Steps: Masks may be required for some classes. Students unable to meet this requirement may not be able to participate.
- Once capacity for each week has been reached, interested parties will have the option to be placed on the waiting list.
- Elite Dance Intensive: Upon submitting an audition video, students may also be considered for acceptance to the Elite Dance Intensive. To learn more about this opportunity, click here.
NEARBY ACCOMODATIONS
The Steps on Broadway Academy does not offer housing, however you can click here to browse nearby accommodations.
HANDBOOK & WHAT TO PACK
- A week’s worth of dance attire for all technique classes
- Ballet shoes, pointe shoes (optional), jazz shoes and jazz heels, tap shoes (if you choose to take a tap class for your open elective), clean indoor-only sneakers for Hip Hop
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Cover-ups to wear outside over tights and leotards
- Hair ties, Hair pins, and hairspray.
- Band-aids
- Sewing Kit
- Water bottle (stay hydrated! NYC summers get very hot!)
- Sweat towel
- Stage makeup for the end-of-week showcase
- Subway Metrocard
- A love of dance!