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North Texas Summer Dance Intensive

June 6th-9th, 2024

North Texas SummerDance IntensiveJune 6th-9th, 2024

Join KJ DANCE as we host internationally acclaimed Master Teachers for an Incredible Summer of Dance Training

North Texas Dance Intensive Location:

KJ DANCE - PLANO - 4017 PRESTON ROAD #546 - Plano Texas, 75093

Dancers,

We are so excited to welcome you to the annual North Texas Summer Dance intensive. This exciting week is designed for dancers looking to elevate their dance education. The intensive will offer the classical techniques of ballet and modern, contemporary, improv, hip hop, jazz, musical theater, and specialty trainings for developing artists. Dancers will explore new ideas of movement and artistic excellence, harvesting a love of dance within versatility. Each dancer is immersed in the various forms of dance to create the ideal well rounded dancer. Dancers will be challenged technically and artistically through a wide variety of classes taught by KJ faculty and professional artists from around the country.


We look forward to watching you shine this week!

2024 North Texas Summer Dance Intensive Faculty

We are excited about these fabulous master teachers, and several more to be announced soon!

Who is the North Texas Summer Dance Intensive for?

Open to dancers auditioning for a competitive company at KJ, as well as, non auditioning DFW dancers who only wish to participate in the intensive classes. If you have interest in being evaluated for a position on the competitive team, you MUST complete the “Intent to Audition Form” linked below. If you are only taking classes, you will not need to complete this form!


2024-2025 Intent to Audition Form

What does the audition process look like at intensive?

The audition process begins the moment the dancers arrive at the intensive. The KJ Faculty will be assessing them during each of their classes all week. On the last day of intensive, dancers will participate in an audition process. This audition combined with observation notes throughout their classes will determine the dancer's placement for the 2024-2025 dance season.


*Please arrive 30 minutes early on the first day to get your dancer's picture taken, and name tags for the week.

How do we register for the intensive and auditions at KJ?

Registration for the June intensive is on the KJ website at kjdance.com. Dancers auditioning will need to be registered for the intensive, and have completed the Intent to Audition form.


The cost of each intensive is listed below. This must be paid to completed the dancer registration online.


Level 1- $425.00

Level 2- $665.00

Level 3- $755.00

Intensive Levels

Level 1: designed for students that

1) train 1.5-4 hrs/week or

2) current EDGE Team 1 or Team 2 or

3) current PULSE Tiny, or PULSE Petite dancers


Level 2: designed for students that

1) train 5-9 hrs/week

2) current EDGE Team 3, 4 and 5

3) PULSE Mini, or PULSE Junior


Level 3: designed for students that

1) train 10 hrs.+

2) PULSE Teen, Senior or Pre Pro dancer


*KJ Faculty and Master teachers are assessing all students each day to ensure that all dancers are leveled correctly. If your dancer is placed in the wrong level of intensive, you will be notified by the KJ faculty and your dancer will be moved. If your dancer's intensive costs changes the difference will be reimbursed/charged to your account. It is our goal to provided a differentiated training experience for each dancer. Our goal is that dancers are challenged, yet not frustrated.

What time should dancers arrive?

On the first day of intensives, dancers should arrive 30 minutes prior to their first class. They will check in with the office, receive their name tags for the week, and get their audition headshot taken. After the first day, please have dancers arrive 15 minutes prior to their first class. Dancers are encouraged to go to the restroom before and after classes.

Schedules for the Intensive--linked below

Please check a few days prior to intensives beginning for dancer's specific group. Their intensive times will not change, but the group they are placed in will determine their schedule. We do not have the final schedules for each day, but we do have the timeframes in which each level will take classes.


Level 1: 1-4pm daily

Level 2: 9am-3pm daily

Level 3: 3pm-9pm daily


Leveled Intensive Groups:

Level 1 groups- click here

Level 2 groups- click here


*IF YOUR LEVEL 1 OR LEVEL 2 DANCER IS NOT LISTED IN ONE OF THE TWO GROUPS LINKED ABOVE, WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR REGISTRATION FOR THE INTENSIVE. (WE MIGHT JUST HAVE THEIR INTENT TO AUDITION FORM)*


June 6th- Thursday's Intensive Schedule

June 7th- Friday's Intensive Schedule

June 8th- Saturday's Intensive Schedule

June 9th-Sunday's Intensive Schedule


*Schedules subject to change. Dancer levels subject to change*

What should dancers wear to class?

Dancers should take all classes in tight fitting attire appropriate for the genre of class they will be taking. For all ballet classes, dancers will wear pink tights, any color leotards and pink ballet shoes. Dancer's hair must be in a bun for all ballet classes.


For contemporary, dancers will dance barefoot. For tap classes, if your dancer already has tap shoes they will wear them. If your dancer does not have tap shoes or tan jazz shoes they will not need to go and purchase these shoes for the intensive. Pink ballet shoes will be required for ballet class, and sneakers will be worn for hip hop classes. All dancers hair must be pulled away from their face, except for ballet and a bun is required. When choosing what to wear for the week, think along the lines of convention/workshop attire.


Dancers will not have time to completely change clothes, so if they do have ballet, they will need attire they can wear over their ballet clothes. It is extremely important that dancers are on time to each class, so changing attire completely will not be permitted.

What to Bring?

Each day dancers should bring with them water, a healthy snack, appropriate clothes and shoes for each class. For contemporary classes, dancers are barefoot or wear tan socks. If a dancer chooses to bring their phone, it must remain in their bag and turned in off while they are taking class. Schedules of classes could change or alter, so have dancers bring all shoes each day.

Will my dancer need a lunch?

Level 1 dancers will not need a lunch, they will not have a lunch break. Level 2 and 3 dancers will have 30 minute break for lunch. Dancers that can drive may leave and come back, parents permitting. Non-driving dancers may leave with a parent and come back or they may pack a lunch and stay at the studio.

What to Expect after Intensive?

Placement for 2024-2025 and invitations into our competitive programs will be sent via email. Participation in the KJ Dance North Texas Summer Dance Intensive is required for dancers who wish to be considered for our PULSE and the KJ EDGE training programs.


Auditioning dancers will potentially receive placement for the 2024 - 2025 dance season in one of the following competitive track programs:


1. KJ EDGE Team

2. PULSE Dance Company


* If a dancer is offered placement in our KJ EDGE program, they will be invited to join us for EDGE technique classes through the summer and fall classes beginning in August. Within the EDGE Program there are Teams of dancers that are created based on age, and ability among other considerations. These teams are determined by KJ Faculty and announced in August.


*If a dancer is offered placement within one of our PULSE companies they will need to be available for master classes and choreography the week of August 8-11th. The second intensive for all PULSE members is mandatory.

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KJ Dance Designs, owned and directed by Kristy Ulmer Blakeslee, has been in Plano, Texas since 1993. In 2014, we opened the doors to our second location in Frisco, Texas. The KJ Dance VIRTUAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE was launched in March of 2020 and will continue to be an online educational dance platform available to new and existing students. We are thrilled to serve the DFW area and to have the privilege of training young dancers with integrity. The mission of KJ is to focus on each individual by teaching grace, poise and selflessness. KJ provides a safe nurturing environment where dance is the vessel by which a child can gain self esteem and valuable skills including teamwork and leadership. Our program teaches honesty, integrity, loyalty and dedication through the art of dance. The KJ faculty is committed to keeping standards high and constantly reinventing creative and exciting teaching techniques. Here, students excel in their development as young adults. It’s a dancer's world at KJ. Whether you are a serious dancer seeking to develop your art or a recreational dancer seeking exercise and fun, there is no better place than KJ Dance. WWW.KJDANCE.COM