Students
Dancers come to the Conservatory with various objectives. While many aspire to either dance, choreograph or teach professionally, others are interested in pursuing arts production or management careers or simply wish to continue their dance education for personal enrichment. What they all share in common is a passion for classical/modern/contemporary dance, the attainment of an advanced level of dance ability, inquisitive minds and a sound work ethic.
Students in our Year-Round Program, which runs September through mid-May, generally fall within the age range of 17 through 23. While most have either completed or taken leave from their academic studies, some manage to pursue academic study concurrently at various Bay Area colleges (such as U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, St. Mary’s College, Mills College, and City College of San Francisco). A number of enterprising high school seniors from out-of-state have found ways to complete their diploma requirements remotely while studying at the Conservatory.
During our Summer Intensive Program, dancers as young as 14 join the student body. Our summer students come to us from dance schools all over the United States and from the college dance programs of such institutions as University of California Irvine, California Institute of the Arts, The Juilliard School, Ailey/Fordham University, Cornish College of the Arts, Boston Conservatory, State University of New York Purchase, University of Arizona, and University of Utah, among many others. Participants often include apprentices and young professional dancers on summer leave who recognize the program’s potential to help them further advance their technical and artistic development.
Former Conservatory students are currently dancing, or have danced, with the following companies:
| Ailey II | DanceWorks Chicago | New Chamber Ballet |
| Alma Esperanza Cunningham Movement | Dandelion Dancetheater | NWPDP Company |
| Alyce Finwall Dance Theater | Dominic Walsh Dance Theater | Oakland Ballet |
| Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | FACT/SF | ODC Dance |
| Atlanta Ballet | Hope Mohr Dance | Oregon Ballet Theater |
| Backhausdance | Houston Ballet II | Peninsula Ballet Theater |
| Ballet British Columbia | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Philein/ZiRu Productions |
| Ballet Memphis | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago II | Post:Ballet |
| Ballet Met | Inland Pacific Ballet | Project THRUST |
| Ballet Nouveau Colorado | James Sewell Ballet | Robert Moses' KIN |
| Ballet Pacifica | Janice Garrett & Dancers | Royal Danish Ballet |
| Ballet West | Lee Saar The Company | Sacramento Ballet |
| Ballet West II | Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal | San Antonio Ballet Company |
| Bally's Las Vegas | Lines Ballet | San Diego Opera Ballet |
| Baltimore Opera Ballet | Liss Fain Dance | San Francisco Opera Ballet |
| BARE Dance Company | little seismic dance company | Shift >>> Physical Theater |
| Batsheva Dance Company | Los Angeles Ballet | Stadttheater Bremerhaven |
| Bodiography Contemporary Ballet | Luna Negra Dance Theater | St. Louis Ballet |
| Boston Ballet I | lustigdancetheatre | Texas Ballet Theater |
| Boston Ballet II | Mark Foehringer Dance Company | Texas Dance Theater |
| burns-work | Mark Morris Dance Group | The Foundry |
| Cali & Co. | Miami City Ballet | The Metropolitan Opera |
| Carnival Cruise Lines | Milwaukee Ballet 2 | Tilt Dance Company |
| Chattanooga Ballet | Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company | Utah Regional Ballet |
| Compania Nacional de Danza | Movin Out (Musical Touring Company) | Zhukov Dance Theater |
| Company C | Nashville Ballet | Zorro The Musical |
| Company E | Nashville Ballet II | |
| Complexions | Nevada Ballet Theater |
A number of other former students are actively teaching or choreographing in dance schools across the country, while others are working in various arts administration positions.
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