Boston Dance Theater
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Boston Dance Theater offers an 11-month trainee program for dancers aged 17–24 with daily main-company training and audition coaching.
Best for
- Dancers aged 17–24 seeking an 11-month gap-year pathway into professional or collegiate dance
- Pre-professional dancers seeking daily training alongside a professional contemporary company
- Dancers wanting mentorship, audition preparation, and experience with commissioned choreographers
- People seeking contemporary dance performances, education, or community programming in Boston
Look elsewhere if
- Someone needs an accredited degree-granting dance institution
- A dancer is younger than 17 or has not completed a high school diploma or equivalent before starting
- Someone seeks emergency services or a rapid-response service
Specialties
- 11-month pre-professional dancer trainee program
- Contemporary and modern dance training
- Dance composition and choreography
- Boston Dance Theater repertory
- Career planning and audition coaching
What makes them different
- Trainees train, rehearse, perform, create, and teach alongside the main company
- The trainee program includes approximately 32 hours of weekday classes for 39 weeks
- Trainees receive one-on-one mentorship and audition-package development with co-artistic director Jessie Jeanne Stinnett
- Trainees understudy company members in creative residencies and work with commissioned choreographers
- Boston Dance Theater is one of three year-round salaried professional dance companies in Boston
- Serves
- Boston
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Contact & Location
Services
- Professional contemporary dance performances
- Dance education
- Community outreach
- Pre-professional dancer training
- Dance workshops and public programming