Schedule
Check-in begins at 6:00pm on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The program begins with our orientation and kick-off class at 7:00 pm. The Institute will end no later than 1:30 pm on Monday, September 1, 2025. Students are required to attend the entire program.
*Estimated schedule based on the previous year - the 2024 Institute. Schedule subject to change.
Thursday
6:00pm – 9:30pm
- Check-in
- Orientation and Kick-Off (Parents Invited)
- Career Planning Perspectives: Making the Most of Your PDI Experience (Parents Invited)
- Opening Master Class
Friday
9:00am – 5:30pm
- Barre Work (Regular barre sequence from plie to grande battements interspersed with conditioning and stretching elements designed under Francisco Gella Dance Work’s methodology)
- Center Barre Work (Tendu, Adagio, Pirouette Prep Drills, Grande Battement)
- Across The Floor Work (Waltz, Petite Jumps, Petite Allegro, Grande Allegro, and Coda)
- Modern Technique
- Improvisation Techniques
- Audition Strategies
- Student Pizza Party
Saturday
9:00am – 7:30pm
- Morning Community Warm-up
- Ballet
- Jazz Technique
- Composition for Choreography
- Floorwork Fundamentals
- Hip-Hop Fundamentals
- Evening Free with Friends or Family
Sunday
9:00am – 7:00pm
- Morning Community Warm-up
- Pointe / Traditional Men’s Style Ballet
- Careers Exploration and Planning Workshop
- Musical Theatre
- Careers in Dance Panel
- Workshop on Managing Comparison in Dance
- Small Group Critiques Debrief with the entire institute group and the faculty
- Evening Free with Friends or Family
Monday
9:00am – 1:00pm
- Morning Large Group Warm-up
- Contact Improv: Discovering Your Voice
- What’s on Your Mind? (Student and faculty discussion and Q & A session)
- College Dance and Careers Workshop
- Closing Ceremony and Goodbyes