Summer Dance Intensive 2025
July 7th-18th, 2025
Lights, Camera, Dance! Step into the spotlight this summer at Motion Pictures, Chattanooga Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive that brings dance and film together like never before! Designed for passionate movers ages 11 and up, this immersive experience will take dancers beyond the stage and onto the big screen. From concept to choreography, filming to final edits, dancers will explore the art of storytelling through movement while creating their very own dance film. Whether you're a performer, a visionary, or both—this camp is your chance to shine!
​Auditions will be held on
Saturday, April 19th, 10:45am -12
AND
a late audition on Tuesday, June 10th 6:30-8pm
Auditions on April 19th and June 10th are free for current CDT students, $20 others
Alternate auditions are available for $20 fee until June 21st.
Please note dancers registering late (after May 1st, will have a $20 late registration fee)
Along with choreographic studies, students will take class to better improve ballet, modern, and jazz techniques. Various other classes such as yoga, acro skills, and hip-hop will also be incorporated in technique studies.
There will be a photo day in which dancers can get their standard head shot (needed for most professional and university auditions), and a few other images of full body dance poses. Five professional images are included in the price of the intensive
Get ready for an awesome production on Friday, July 18th 6pm at Chattanooga Dance Theatre studios. Performance includes premiere of works created by guest choreographers as well as the first public showing of the student created dance film.
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Tuition
$625
To hold your dancer's spot, payment deposits will be drafted on the following dates:
May 1st: $100
June 1st: $100
July 1st: $425
Can't make the entire intensive? Here are some other options
One week: $350
Daily Rate: $78
Class Rate: $26
(Due in full when registering)
All payments are non refundable. A $20 late fee will be applied to any payments more than 20 days late. A $20 late registration fee will be applied to all accounts registering after May 1st.
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Levels V and higher, ages 11 and up
​Auditions will be held on Saturday, April 19th
10:45am-12
And a late audition day on Tuesday, June 10th 6:30-8pm
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Auditions on April 19th and June 10th are free for current CDT students, $20 others.
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Alternate auditions are available for $20 fee until June 21st.
​Or send in a dance resume, letter of recommendation, and dance video showing ballet adage, pirouette, allegro, pointe if applicable, and at least 16 counts of a contemporary combination. ($20 alternate audition applies)
Guest Teachers
Guest Teachers
Guest Teachers
Fabio Mariano
Ballet
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fábio lived in Atlantic City, NJ just before moving to Memphis, TN to join Collage Dance in 2017.
In addition to touring and performing with Collage as a professional dancer, Fábio is passionate about teaching the next generation of ballet dancers through the Collage Dance Conservatory and using his experiences in ballet to inspire others.
As one of the co-founders of Blacks in Ballet, Fábio often uses this growing platform to highlight, celebrate and collaborate with black ballet dancers around the world.
Guest Teachers
Guest Teachers
Tara Shepard Myers
Jazz
Tara Shepard Myers earned her MFA in dance from Florida State University and her BA in dance from the University of Alabama. Myers is currently a Teaching Specialist in Dance in the Emory University Dance Program where she teaches modern and all levels of jazz. She is also faculty coordinator for the multicultural dance organization, AHANA, and faculty liaison for several independent dance ensembles within the college.
Myers' choreographic work has been produced by Sankofa Dance Theater, was selected for the Pan African Dance Festival, and has been performed in New York. Myers has served as artist in residence at Agnes Scott College, Coker College, and Spelman College, where her choreography was presented in main stage concerts. Additional teaching credits include positions at Georgia Academy of Dance and Youth Futures. Myers' choreography has also been featured at Emory University, The Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, TN, the Georgia Academy of Dance, and the Callanwold Performance Ensemble.
Myers' performance career includes being selected to teach and perform in Lyon, France and Poland, where she danced and choreographed for Danz Studie Tanka. She has performed with Duende Dance Theater, IndieMove, and was a Staibdance company member from 2001-2010. Additional performance credits include works by Shapiro and Smith, Doris Humphrey, and a five-year tenure as a company member of Sankofa Dance Theater. Tara was a featured dancer in Doors and Bend, performance and film works created by Lori Teague.