SDI 2008 commences in August and is scheduled as follows
• Week 1: August 4 through 8
• Week 2: August 11 through 15
• Week 3: August 18 through 22

Enrollment is per one-week session, priced as follows:
• $300 for one session
• $475 for two sessions
• $575 for three sessions
• A sibling discount is available.

E-mail YDT's SDI coordinator,
download the brochure,
or phone 734 475 3070 for more information.

Every summer, YDT hosts a Summer Dance Intensive at four skill levels for dancers from ages 8-18.  Dance technique classes cover ballet, pointe, partnering, jazz, and modern.  Topics covered in seminar or practice sessions include make-up, Pointe shoe basics, nutrition, physiology and health, strengthening exercises, make-up techniques, safety and injury prevention and stage operations.  Topics and classes vary from year to year at the discretion of the artistic director.  Lunch and frequent rest breaks provide opportunities for dancers to socialize and develop a sense of team work and camaraderie.

This program directed by Wendi DuBois has a strong faculty, all of whom have danced professionally.  Guest faculty in 2006 included Alexandra Scott of Kentucky Ballet Theatre; Cecchetti teacher and examiner Nancy Giles of Dance Arts of Chelsea; Holly Hobbs of Peter Sparling’s Dance Company and Carrie Schotte of Dance Arts of Chelsea.