SC Summer Dance Conservatory

SC Summer Dance Conservatory is a dance school in Columbia, SC, located at 324 Sumter St. This nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization provides ballet, contemporary, and jazz instruction through professional intensives for serious and pre-professional students. Founded 40 years ago and led by Artistic and Executive Director Susan E. Anderson, the conservatory offers three specific programs: a 3-week Ballet Intensive, a 3-week Contemporary Intensive, and a 1-week Jazz Intensive. Admission to these programs is by audition, which can be completed via a live audition on a national tour or through a video application. The Ballet Intensive curriculum includes ballet, pointe, variations, pas de deux, character, jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, and repertory. The Contemporary Intensive focuses on contemporary, ballet technique, jazz, musical theatre, lyrical, conditioning for dance, and repertory. The Jazz Intensive includes jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, conditioning, and musical theatre. The conservatory also sponsors a musical theatre workshop and various dance camps. The summer faculty features dance professionals from companies such as the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Students have gone on to dance with companies including the San Francisco Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet. The conservatory provides professional dance training and performance opportunities for students in Columbia, SC.

The business sits on Sumter St in Columbia, SC, just a tenth of a mile from Rocky Branch Creek and the University of SC. It is also within a short distance of the Carolina Community Garden and Beth Shalom Cemetery.

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• Ballet & Contemporary Intensives
• Jazz Intensive Program
• Professional Faculty Training
• Scholarship Awards
• State-of-the-Art Facilities