Summer Dance Intensive
August 4th - 8th, 2024

Join our exciting week long summer dance experience on the stunning Hamilton College campus! Immerse yourself in a vibrant training environment alongside dynamic and talented dancers. Led by Sandra Stanton and visiting guest artist Madison Lynch, you'll experience high-caliber classes in ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, and repertoire. Elevate your dance passion, enhance your technique, and unleash your performance artistry. Get ready for a week of unparalleled fun and artistic growth!

2025 Visiting Guest Artist

Madison Lynch

Madison Lynch is a bi-coastal artist primarily based in New York City. As a professional dancer and award-winning choreographer with a BFA in Dance from California Institute of the Arts, she has had privilege of performing works choreographed by Wayne MacGregor, Merce Cunningham, Peter Chu, Nina Flagg, Spenser Theberge, Cartier Williams, Chelsea Thedinga Deborah Colker and Stacey Tookey. Madison has worked with major brands such as Calvin Klein, NIO, Monday 12, Airheads Candy, Glamour Magazine and continues to nourish her relationship with her agency Movement Talent Agency here in New York. In addition to dancing, Madison enjoys teaching and choreographing with a focus on contemporary movement and mental health for dancers. She is the founder of Dancers for Suicide Prevention; an initiative that raises awareness using the hashtag #dancersforsuicideprevention across social media platforms and in person classes. Madison just finished a 10 week run as a performer in the show Ainadamar at The Metropolitan Opera and continues to train with the company year round. Currently she is setting a new piece of work at Stacey Tookey’s pre-professional program, The Bridge Movement. Madison continues to challenge boundaries in the dance world and strives to break the barrier between non-artist and artist, by making dance and performance translatable to all. Madison is so excited to be joining the Saje Dance Summer Dance Intensive 2025.

Our Curriculum


•  Warm-up class - dancers will be led through a proper warm-up including strength and stretching exercises
•  Ballet class - full ballet class based on the ABT Classical Ballet Curriculum covering all Ballet fundamentals including turns and jumps across the floor
•  Contemporary class - this class will widely vary from instructor to instructor guiding dancers through a rigorous and fun free style of dance
•  Choreography class - allows the dancer to explore different professional dance styles and try their hand at creating movement with a casual showcase performance to highlight their choreography
•  Dancer topics - covers a broad range of relevant dancer topics like dance injury prevention, dancer health and responsibility, and professional dance advice

Early bird pricing available now!

Junior Division

  • •   Aug. 4th - 8th, M - F, 9AM - 12:30PM
  • •   Intermediate level
  • •   For students age 9-12
  • •   For students with at least 3 years of ballet training
  • •   Enrollment limit of 25 students

Senior Division

  • •   Aug. 4th - 8th, M- F, 12:45PM - 5PM
  • •   Intermediate to advanced level
  • •   For students age 13-18
  • •   For students with at least 3-4 years of ballet training
  • •   Enrollment limit of 25 students

Benefits


This dance intensive will benefit dancers who are:

•  Between the ages of 9-18, who have a good technical foundation, and are eager for a new, challenging dance experience.
•  Serious about improving their technical skills in all styles of dance.
•  Interested in taking their competition and/or concert dance to the next level
•  Want to receive individual corrections that will help address technical issues
•  Excited to make good use of their summertime schedule to work with new teachers and make new dance friends.

Any questions? Contact us!