Summer Intensive
Join us for summer intensive June 8-12 & June 15-19!
During our two weeks, dancers will study under professional dancers and instructors from around the world and be trained in many dance forms with an emphasis on ballet technique. Dancers will be encouraged to grow their artistry in a nurturing environment. All dancers that attend the second week will get the opportunity to perform a final showcase.
Summer Intensive is open to company members and non-members ages 9-18. You can chose to join us for one week or both weeks.
Registration is open now. We have extended our $100 Early Bird discount until May 15. Use code celebrate2026 at checkout.
About our Intensive
Dancers must be at least 9 to register for intensive. All non-company members to Ballet Arts will be asked to supply a birth certificate on the first day of intensive at check-in.
June 8-12 & June 15-19
Classes will begin at 9 a.m. and end around 5 p.m. Dancers will be provided with lunch each day while at intensive.
Cost: $400 per week for company members and academy dancers
Non-members: $500 per week.
Dance classes offered and are not limited to include: Ballet, Pointe, Variations, Modern, Jazz, Musical Theater, Tap, Composition, Audition Preparation, Pilates, Yoga, Ballet History, and more.
Meet our Instructors
We have world-class instructors coming to Jackson to teach our dancers.
Guest Instructor
Nutsa Chekurashvili
Nutsa Chekurashvili is a Georgian ballet dancer, formerly a demi-soloist with the Hungarian National Ballet and a leading soloist with the State Ballet of Georgia under Nina Ananiashvili. She trained at the Vakhtang Chabukiani Ballet School and earned her degree with distinction from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. Chekurashvili has performed principal roles in Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet, as well as works by Balanchine, Kylián, and Possokhov. She has appeared internationally at galas in Tokyo, Lisbon, Piacenza, and Tallinn, among others. Her accolades include the Grand Prix at the Riga Spring Ballet Competition and honors at competitions in Kiev and Beijing. Nutsa joined Cincinnati Ballet for the 2025-2026 Season.
Guest Instructor
Philip Fedulov
Philip Fedulov, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studied dancing at the Ellison Ballet in New York. He has danced with Houston Ballet and Orlando Ballet. In 2011, Fedulov became a finalist of the prestigious ballet competition Youth America Grand Prix New York, in 2015, he received an award at the International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition in the name of Domenico Modugno in Bari, Italy. From 2013 till 2021 he was the Leading soloist in Georgian State Ballet.
In 2021, Fedulov joined the Latvian National Ballet Company as the Principal before joining Cincinnati ballet in 2025. His repertoire includes Colas in Frederick Ashton’s ballet La Fille mal gardee, Diaghilev in Marco Goecke’s ballet Nijinski, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Basile in Don Quixote, Girey Khan in Fountain of Bakschisarai, Prince Albert in Giselle, and Prince in the Nutcracker.
Guest Instructor
Amanda Lewis
Amanda Lewis is a native of Akron, Ohio, began her training at Natalya’s Turning Pointe and later studied with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre under Marjorie Grundvig, Dennis Marshall, and Janet Popeleski. During her training, she performed soloist and corps roles in Paquita, Napoli, The Nutcracker, and Serenade, and attended summer intensives with American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
In 2020, she joined Milwaukee Ballet’s pre-professional program and advanced to Milwaukee Ballet II in 2021, performing in productions such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Beauty and the Beast. Promoted to the main company in 2023, she has since appeared in Giselle, Dracula, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella, along with contemporary works. Amanda is also an emerging choreographer and received the People’s Choice Award at New Century’s Dance Competition for her work Unspoken.
Rates:
We get it! Summer Intensives can be very expensive… some in the thousands of dollars. Each year, the company has fundraising efforts to try and offset the cost to keep intensive affordable for a dancers. Our regular price for company members and current academy students is $400 per week, which is a bargain to study dance under some world-class instructors without having to travel to a big city. Non-members is $500 per week. We have extended our $100 Early Bird discount until May 15. Use code celebrate2026 at checkout.