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The Best Dance In The City That Never Sleeps
DANCE, CONNECT AND TRAIN WITH PERIDANCE!
We’re thrilled to announce 2025 auditions for Peridance’s acclaimed programs, where talent knows no borders!
Immerse yourself in Peridance’s dynamic summer intensives, provide opportunities for aspiring artists from around the globe.
Join Peridance as we celebrate creativity, foster growth, and elevate our artistry to new heights. Don’t miss your chance to shine—audition with Peridance today!
EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS
The emerging dancers polish their technique, work closely with prestigious current contemporary choreographers from NYC and abroad, and develop their own voice as an artist.
LINGUISTIC IMMERSION
One of our objectives is to facilitate the consolidation of the language of the young dancers, living, sharing and dancing in English
PERSONAL ATTENTION
Our technical team is in charge of the supervision of the athletes 24/7 as well as of all the dance lessons.
SIGHTSEEING IN NYC
Our programme in the USA is completed with walking tours & visits, recreational, cultural, social and thematic activities related to dance.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Igal Perry
Biography
Igal Perry, Founder and Artistic Director of Peridance Contemporary Dance Company and Peridance Center, is a world-renowned choreographer, ballet master, and dance educator. Mr. Perry’s elegant choreography, often in collaboration with contemporary composers, has been described as “blessedly inventive” (Jennifer Dunning, NYTimes). His works have been set on prestigious companies and performed at renowned festivals including Florence Dance Festival and Invito Alla Danza (Italy), Batsheva and Bat-Dor Dance Companies and the Karmiel Dance Festival (Israel), Ailey II and Complexions Contemporary Ballet (NYC), Companhia de Danca de Lisboa (Portugal), and Alberta Ballet (Canada). This year his new work Infinity will be set on the San Jose Ballet.
Born in Israel, Igal Perry began his dancing career with Karmon, a folk dance company. He later joined the Bat-Dor Dance Company, where he worked with leading teachers and choreographers including Alvin Ailey, Benjamin Harkarvy, John Butler, Rudi Van Dantzig, Inesse Alexandrov, Paul Sanasardo, and Lar Lubovitch. Upon arriving in the United States, Mr. Perry joined Dennis Wayne’s Dancers as ballet master and choreographer. During that period, he staged John Butler’s work for the NYC Opera, the Opera of Munich, Caracas Ballet, and Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, where he also directed the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s opera Paradise Lost. From 1981-1982, Mr. Perry headed the ballet department at Jacob’s Pillow. In 1983, he launched his dance school, Peridance Center, now one of New York City’s leading dance institutions. A year later he founded Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, for which he has choreographed over 50 works, with performances at BAM, The Joyce Theater, and City Center.
In addition to his daily class at Peridance, Mr. Perry serves as guest faculty/choreographer at The Jacob’s Pillow Festival, The Ailey School, and Marymount Manhattan College. Since 1995, Mr. Perry has served as a guest teacher at The Juilliard School, where he staged his Intimate Voices and Mourning Song. His international teaching engagements include Scapino Ballet and Het National Ballet (Holland), Laterna Magica and the National Ballet (Prague), Architanz (Tokyo), The Royal Ballet of Sweden and Balettakademien (Sweden), the National Ballet of China, and the Kwang-Ju City Ballet Company (Korea).
PROGRAMS AND AGES
Teen Summer Intensive: Ages 12 – 17
PCDC Summer Intensive: Ages + 17
Take part on the summer intensives organized by Peridance
Teen Summer Intensive
Peridance’s Teen Summer Intensive is a 2-week comprehensive training program designed for dancers ages 12-17 to develop, increase, and strengthen their level of technique, self-confidence, and artistry.
An experienced and knowledgeable faculty strongly emphasizes clean technique and self-discipline within a nurturing and supportive environment.
This program emphasizes contemporary forms and is tailored to push dancers both technically and artistically. Students will study a variety of genres from renowned faculty and work with two fresh and upcoming choreographers in New York City.
At the end of the two weeks, participants will demonstrate their work in a fully produced performance presented at Peridance’s KnJ Theater.
PCDC Summer Intensive
The PCDC Summer Intensive is 10 days of immersive training, creative process, and repertory performance.
Participants will study with Artistic Director Igal Perry and renowned guest faculty members from PCDC repertoire in Ballet, Contemporary, and Repertory classes, among others.
With a culminating performance at Peridance’s KnJ Theater, the PCDC Intensive will enrich your artistic voice in an international community of dancers.
RESIDENCE
PACE University
One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038
Vanderbilt YMCA
224 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017
TEEN SUMMER INTENSIVE
PCDC SUMMER INTENSIVE
DANCE EXPERIENCES
Show in Broadway
WALKING TOURS AND VISITS
Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks, Central Park, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, St Patricks Cathedral, China Town, Wall Street, World Trade Center, 9/11 Memorial, Battery Park, Staten Island Feery-Statue of Liberty, Domino Park, East River Ferry, Hudson Yards-The Vessel, High Line, Pier 17, Pier 35, Pier 57, Little Island, Hudson River Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Bridge, American Museum of Natural History, Hoboken, Jersey City, …
PRICES
TEEN SUMMER INTENSIVE
June 29 – July 13, 2025 / $3,480
PCDC SUMMER INTENSIVE
August 12 – 24, 2025 / $3,480
Teen Summer Intensive
June 29 – July 13, 2025
$3.480
PCDC Summer Intensive
August 12 -24, 2025
$3.480
VIDEO EXPERIENCE
Previous Dance Offlimits Camps in New York
Peridance Summer Intensive
This program, aimed at youngsters looking for alternative training programs in other genres, dates back to 2011 and is carried out in collaboration with the Peridance Capezio Center, boasting more than 30 years’ in New York City.
The Executive Director, Yarden Ronen, and his Artistic Director, Igal Perry, were our first point of contact when this program started.
The Peridance Summer Intensive takes place at the Peridance Capezio Center located at 126 E 13th St. This intensive training program is designed for dancers with serious goals to develop, increase and strengthen their level of technique, self-confidence and artistry. An experienced and knowledgeable faculty strongly emphasizes clean technique and self-discipline within a nurturing and supportive environment. In order to prevent injuries and promote wellness, special attention is given to proper body placement and work habits.
Beyond working to achieve technical strength, students work to understand the value of dance as an art form and to recognize as well as develop the artists within themselves.
The program’s Artistic Director, Igal Perry, is a critically acclaimed choreographer, director and teacher whose work is known around the world and is the founder and Artistic Director of the Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Mr. Perry’s engagements as a master choreographer and teacher include Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ailey II & The Ailey School, The Juilliard School, Jacob’s Pillow, The Scapino Ballet & Het National Ballet (Holland), Laterna Magica and the National Ballet (Prague), Architanz (Tokyo), The Royal Ballet of Sweden & Balettakademien and The National Ballet of China, among others. Igal Perry’s ballet class introduces a fresh and open approach to the study of traditional ballet vocabulary, fusing the different elements of ballet from correct placement and alignment to the utmost in technical execution, coordination, musicality, and phrasing.
Weekly Study Schedule
The Intensive accepts students for Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, and Advanced levels. Level placement is determined by technical skill and age group, which is evaluated during the audition process and within the first few days of the Intensive. Students train in a variety of disciplines including Ballet, Pointe/Pre-Pointe, Men’s Technique (Advanced level only), Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Theatre Dance, Pilates and Improvisation. In addition to the 20+ mandatory classes per week, students are permitted to choose a limited number of optional sessions from Peridance’s Open Classes, including hip hop, African dance, tap and yoga. Special workshops and seminars are also given on injury prevention, anatomy and nutrition.
Daily Schedule
Monday through Friday for 3 weeks, dancers train for approximately six to eight hours each day in a variety of disciplines. Ballet, modern, and contemporary classes are scheduled for all three levels of students in the mornings and afternoons, with pointe and/or men’s class for the Advanced students and pre-pointe for the Intermediate/Advanced students. Supplementary classes such as jazz, improvisation, Pilates and stretch are included in the students’ schedules throughout the week. Students spend the end of each day learning repertory from the Summer Intensive faculty and guest artists to prepare for their Final Showcase.
Peridance’s Summer Intensive offers the unique experience of taking both exclusive classes designed especially for Intensive participants and also a total of 15 classes of their choice from our Open Class Schedule.
For the first four camps, participants stayed at the Stevens Institute of Technology in the lovely city of Hoboken. This university campus on the banks of the Hudson River has views of the Manhattan skyline that come straight out of a movie.
A change in the accommodation policy at the Stevens Institute of Technology regarding under-18s meant that we moved to the magnificent Riverhouse apartments in Jersey City, just a stone’s throw from the Hudson River and opposite Lower Manhattan. This was a unique experience for our students: Riverhouse Apartments became a home from home. In 2014 we returned to university campus accommodation and to 182 Broadway where Pace University is located, right in the heart of the financial district of Manhattan. Students make the daily journey from the university accommodation to the training centers under the supervision of our staff, in this case from Manhattan to Queens on public transport (subway).
The dance program in NYC is rounded off with a large number of tours, visits and shows such as: Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks, Central Park, Empire State Building, Midtown, China Town, Financial District, Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, American Museum of Natural History, Jersey City, American BBQ, Gala Dinner and outdoor movies.
This program ensures youngsters are immersed in both the language and culture of the USA, spending entire training days alongside teachers and youngsters, almost all of whom are North American!
Students can select from a variety of techniques and styles, dancing alongside New York City pros!
Live like a real New Yorker!
A dream program!
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