Summer Dance Intensive

High School Summer Dance Intensive

Find out what it means to major in dance in college by participating in an immersive high school dance experience. The Summer Dance Intensive is carefully designed to give students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to study dance at the university level.

Our students take dance classes on campus and participate in enrichment activities that tap into the rich variety of campus and community resources at IU Bloomington. A culminating Studio Showcase takes place on the final day for family and friends.

Students are housed in their own section of a university residence hall on the Bloomington campus and supervised 24 hours a day by professional Resident Advisors (RAs). Male and female students occupy separate floors of this residence.

For more information, including details about the 2018 program (when it becomes available), contact us.

Summer 2018

Our next Summer Dance Intensive will take place July 8–20, 2018.

Learn how to apply

Find out what it means to major in dance in college

Featuring IU Faculty and Guest Artists

For any questions related to curriculum or student life during the intensive please email Stephanie Nugent, Director at hsiudanc@indiana.edu.

Intensive schedule

You may wish to review our Summer Dance Intensive sample schedules from previous years to learn more about daily and weekly activities. An updated list of the 2018 faculty, as well as current daily and weekly schedules, will be posted by June 2018.

View a sample schedule

Application + tuition fees

Tuition, including housing and meals, is $1,800.

A non-refundable $25 application fee, as well as a $100 tuition deposit, are due with initial application. The deposit will be refunded only under extenuating circumstances or if the applicant is not accepted to the IUHSSDI program. Otherwise, the deposit will be attributed to the students’ tuition balance.

For questions related to the on-line application or financial concerns please email account supervisor/office manager for the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Contemporary Dance, Cindi Severance.