Classes for ages three thru adult, including a Pre-Professional day intensive Monday thru Friday for serious students ages 9 & up. Choose one week, two weeks, or more to fit with your schedule! The Community Class program will be held on a Tuesday or Thursday evening during the six-week time period. Scroll down for more information about classes!
The Pre-Professional Day Intensive is designed for the serious student, age 9 & up and includes Progressing Ballet Technique in addition to ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theater. Throughout the Summer Dance Program, guest master teachers are invited to instruct the Pre-Professional day intensive students. The stellar lineup of luminaries in the dance world in 2023 will include Dayesi Torriente & Arian Molina Soca (Philadelphia Ballet Principal Dancers), Ashley Hod (New York City Ballet), Tim Fox (New York City Ballet), Kate Kastelnik (Nashville Ballet), Amy Browne Smith (TAP), and Erin Puskar (Musical Theatre)! Scroll down for bios and teaching dates of each guest instructor during the 2023 summer program!
Carolyn Lippert will be joining our Pre-Professional teaching staff this summer. She has recently retired from American Ballet Theatre as a member of the Corps de Ballet and is relocating to the Lehigh Valley soon. Also a former dancer with Washington Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, Carolyn is a certified teacher of the ABT National Curriculum and has taught at Patel Conservatory of Tampa, Florida under the artistic direction of Philip Neal, who is a Repetiteur of both The Jerome Robbins Rights Trust and The George Balanchine Trust.
The day intensive classes will be held Monday through Friday. Students may choose to take one week, two weeks, or more – discount price for enrolling for all six weeks! Classes available in-person at BGLV studios only.
Non-BGLV students wishing to enroll in the Pre-Professional program will be placed in the proper level during his/her first class day of the summer session. Students are placed by ability, not age, in these classes.
UPPER INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LEVEL – GIRLS & BOYS, AGES 12 AND OLDER
Open to serious students. Girls should be on pointe. Includes Ballet Technique, Pointe & Variations, Introduction to Modern, and other dance forms, Dance History, and Projects focusing on well-known ballets. Also includes Progressing Ballet Technique, Tap, and Musical Theatre.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL – GIRLS & BOYS, AGES 9-11
Open to serious students. Includes Ballet Technique, Introduction to Modern, and other dance forms, Dance History, and Projects focusing on the great ballets. Also includes Progressing Ballet Technique, Tap, and Musical Theatre.
GUEST MASTER TEACHERS
Guest Teachers for the 2023 Summer Pre-Professional Day Intensive included:
AMY BROWNE SMITH ▪ TAP DANCE
Amy Browne Smith – Guest Teacher – Summer 2023
Tap Ties Founding Member, Teacher, Choreographer, Director
University of the Arts, Cedar Crest College, Moravian College, Lehigh University; Lehigh Valley Dance Forum, PYT
ERIN PUSKAR
Erin Puskar – Guest Teacher – Summer 2023
Ballet, Stage Dance, Musical Theatre, Certified Personal Trainer
Shenandoah University, Norwegian Cruise Line
Owner/Operator of ShowBizFit (@showbizfit on Instagram), dedicated to cross-training current and aspiring performing arts professionals.
PYB – Alumna
DAYESI TORRIENTE
Meet The Artist Session – Join us in the studio for a meet & greet of our esteemed guest artist on Thursday, June 29 – 12:00–12:30 pm. Click the following link to find out more: Dayesi Torriente – Meet the Artist – Summer 2023
National Ballet of Cuba (Alicia Alonso)
International Performer
Philadelphia Ballet Principal Dancer
PYB Guest Artist, Sugar Plum Fairy, 2022 Nutcracker
ARIAN MOLINA SOCA
Meet The Artist Session – Join us in the studio for a meet & greet of our esteemed guest artist on Thursday, June 29 – 12:00–12:30 pm. Click the following link to find out more: Arian Molina Soca – Meet the Artist – Summer 2023
National Ballet of Cuba (Alicia Alonso)
International Performer
Philadelphia Ballet Principal Dancer
PYB Guest Artist, Sugar Plum Cavalier, 2022 Nutcracker
ASHLEY HOD
Meet The Artist Session – Join us in the studio for a meet & greet of our esteemed guest artist on Thursday, July 13 – 12:00–12:30 pm. Click the following link to find out more: Ashley Hod – Meet the Artist – Summer 2023
2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award
New York City Ballet Soloist
Teacher — Veyette Virtual Ballet School
Teacher & Volunteer — Candlelighters NYC, an organization dedicated to supporting families of children battling cancer.
TIM FOX
Meet The Artist Session – Join us in the studio for a meet & greet of our esteemed guest artist on Thursday, July 27 – 12:00–12:30 pm. Click the following link to find out more: Tim Fox – Meet the Artist – Summer 2023
Dancer, Actor, Teacher, Pilates Instructor
New York City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer
Teacher – Goucher College; Ballet Conservatory of S. Texas
KATE KASTELNIK
Meet The Artist Session – Join us in the studio for a meet & greet of our esteemed guest artist on Thursday, August 3 – 12:00–12:30 pm. Click the following link to find out more: Kate Kastelnik – Meet the Artist – Summer 2023
Dancer, Teacher, Pilates Instructor
Laura Alonso’s Centro Pro Danza, Havana, Cuba; Nashville Ballet
Teacher – Middle Tennessee State University; Nashville Ballet
PYB – Alumna
Classes are offered for ages three through adult on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The youngest students begin with an introduction to the basics of ballet; these include rhythm, dynamics, and terminology. Youth level classes are available for the student who wishes to learn ballet or improve his/her technique. Ballet for Boys classes are free and are offered for males ages 6 – 17 and introduce students to the structure and discipline of a ballet class while building music awareness and learning basic ballet terminology. Conditioning and gross motor movement skills are included. Adult/Teen classes are offered for the intermediate and advanced level dance students who have a basic knowledge of dance terminology.
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