Summer School
Photo: Julie Artacho | Dancer: Marie-Maxime Ross
Summer School is compulsory for all students enrolled in the three-year DEC program. Some technical classes and performance workshops are also open to professional dancers.
The Summer School is organized around two poles: technical classes and workshops.
Technique classes
Contemporary dance technique classes provide a gradual return to fitness. It's up to you to regain your peak fitness and full skill level in preparation for the fall season and further training. A morning training period will help you integrate quickly and efficiently.
Workshops
The program offers an opportunity to broaden the scope of interpretive possibilities by introducing students to teachings that complement the professional training program in contemporary dance. Among other things, these workshops allow students to explore other performing arts. Students can also take part in performance workshops with professional dancers and choreographers.
SCHEDULE
August 4 to 15, 2025
1st year students
2nd year students
3rd year students
RATES
Please note that students are required to pay Summer School registration fees in one payment before May 16, 2025. A registration form will be sent to students.
2025 Rates (taxes are included) : $450
CLASS DESCRIPTION
First year students
Related training
Daily periods of related training, whose main objective is fitness, promote rapid and effective reintegration through complementary techniques and approaches such as YOGA, Feldenkrais, Gyrokinesis and the PERMAX method. These training sessions also enable the student community to deepen their relationship with the body and develop kinaesthetic ease and efficiency.
Technical classes 1
These daily classes are designed to prepare students for the intensive training that characterizes the full-time dance program at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal. An essential part of a dancer's training, this course is designed to consolidate basic technique. It includes daily ballet classes for contemporary dancers.
Interpretation Laboratory 1
This workshop takes the form of a choreographic creation spread over the three weeks of the Summer School. The aim of this laboratory is to enable young dancers to develop their first dance process and integrate their technical, musical, spatial and interpretive skills.
Second year students
Related training
Daily periods of related training, whose main objective is fitness, promote rapid and effective reintegration through complementary techniques and approaches such as YOGA, Feldenkrais, Gyrokinesis and the PERMAX method. These training sessions also enable the student community to deepen their relationship with the body and develop kinaesthetic ease and efficiency.
Technical classes 2
This course is designed in three parts: contemporary dance technique, ballet for contemporary dancers and VIVUS. The juxtaposition of these approaches will enable young dancers to explore the body in movement, in search of versatility and optimal technical efficiency in the current context of dance practice.
Interpretation Laboratory 2: Creation Lab
This course brings together a choreographer and a large group of advanced dancers to try out different approaches in preparation for a large-scale creation.
Third year students
Related training
Daily periods of related training, whose main objective is fitness, promote rapid and effective reintegration through complementary techniques and approaches such as YOGA, Feldenkrais, Gyrokinesis and the PERMAX method. These training sessions also enable the student community to deepen their relationship with the body and develop kinaesthetic ease and efficiency.
Technical classes 3
This course is designed in three parts: contemporary dance technique, ballet for contemporary dancers and VIVUS. The juxtaposition of these approaches will enable young dancers to explore the body in movement, in search of versatility and optimal technical efficiency in the current context of dance practice, with the aim of enabling dancers to adapt with ease to various practices and trends. This course is complemented by an improvisation class, enabling students to practice this aspect of the art of dance, which is widely used in contemporary creative processes.
Interpretation Laboratory 3: Creation Lab
This course brings together a choreographer and a large group of advanced dancers to try out different approaches in preparation for a large-scale creation.