Next start date: August 31st 2026
The Diverse Dance Intensive Program at Berlin Dance Institute is an immersive training experience that celebrates movement across cultures, styles, and identities. Designed for dancers from a wide range of backgrounds, the program offers high-level training in a supportive, inclusive, and inspiring environment.
Dancers train with BDI’s accomplished faculty, whose expertise spans contemporary, ballet, modern, jazz, improvisation, instant composition, and performance. The program also includes Pilates and yoga to support strength, alignment, and overall well-being.
What awaits you
Participants take part in daily technique classes, repertory workshops, and creative labs that balance strong technical training with personal artistic development. The intensive emphasizes versatility, adaptability, and confidence—both in the studio and on stage—while encouraging dancers to explore and refine their individual artistic voice. There are opportunities to perform in December and at the completion of the program.
Through repertory, improvisation, and creative exploration, dancers build musicality, performance presence, stamina, focus, and professionalism. The program also highlights essential professional skills such as collaboration, rehearsal discipline, and learning how to receive and apply feedback.
Mentorship & Professional Development
In addition to rigorous training, dancers receive mentorship and guidance related to auditions, college programs, and career pathways. Participants leave the program with refined skills, a broader perspective, and meaningful connections within the dance community.
Faculty
The faculty at BDI includes nationally and internationally recognized artists, educators, and choreographers who are actively working in the field. They bring diverse cultural backgrounds, artistic perspectives, and professional experience in contemporary dance, commercial work, and touring companies. Our faculty is committed not only to technical excellence, but also to mentorship—supporting dancers as whole artists and individuals.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We welcome dancers of all races, ethnicities, genders, body types, abilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our goal is to create a training space that reflects the diversity of today’s dance world and supports the next generation of dance artists.
No audition is required.
