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2024 Dance

Dance students will receive a concentrated education with six hours of daily classes and rehearsals in a variety of dance styles. Instruction will include contemporary, jazz, ballet, and musical theatre. Other forms of dance, choreography, improvisation, and supplemental courses or seminars may also be incorporated into class sessions at the discretion of the instructor. Students will rehearse for and dance in a final performance at the conclusion of OSAI. Up to 20 dance students are accepted.

Requirements for Applicants

To apply for the dance program, applicants are required to learn and record two combinations as taught in the videos linked below, as well as perform one 90-second solo of their choice. Audio tracks for both combinations are provided in the Dropbox folder. Final video submissions should be approximately three minutes in length.

Application Deadline: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

Download Complete Dance Applicant Guide

View Required Combinations and Music Files

Funding for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute dance program is generously provided, in part, by the ConocoPhillips and Kerr Foundation Dance Endowment Funds.

 

OAI Quartz Preview Days

Interested in auditioning for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute but don’t know where to start? Each fall, OAI is offers free workshops as part of the OAI Quartz Preview Days! Look for 2024 Preview Day announcements next fall. 

 Fall 2023 Preview Days listed below. 

Muskogee

Tuesday, November 28, 1:00-3:30pm
MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL
3200 E Shawnee Rd
Clinician: Tyne Shillingford, Chair of Upper School Fine Arts Department, Holland Hall

Oklahoma City

Wednesday, December 6, 1:00-3:00pm
OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY
11 NW 11th St
Clinician: Hui Cha Poos, Dance Education Coordinator, University of Central Oklahoma

Enid

Friday, December 8, 9:30am-12:00pm
ENID HIGH SCHOOL
611 W Wabash Ave
Clinician: Emily Lower, Dance Educator, Western Heights Public Schools