The week-long summer dance intensive is designed for students interested in strong dance technique, injury prevention, choreography, and performance. While engaging with professionals experienced in Broadway, television, and concert dance, students will be exposed to a variety of dance genres such as hip-hop, contemporary, jazz, ballet, and more, with an emphasis on dance theater and commercial dance. Students should wear dance or fitness attire and bring lunch and water each day. By the end of the program, dancers will walk away empowered and prepared to join the Harvard-Westlake Dance Program or the Harvard-Westlake Dance Ensemble. The course culminates in a performance for friends and family.
Program lead and Harvard-Westlake’s Director of Dance, Queala Clancy, has performed and taught dance for over 20 years with international travels and performance credits from B.E.T. to Cirque du Soleil. Instructor Neisha Folks has performed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Broadway with film credits: Malcolm X, Glitter, Meet the Fockers, Coke, and others.