COLLEGE/PROFESSIONAL
INTENSIVE
JULY 2026
College | Professional Intensive
July 6 - 24, 2026
Gus Giordano Jazz
Gus Giordano Rep
Ballet
Hip Hop
Contemporary
Commercial Jazz
Modern
Jazz Funk
Tap
Heels
Choreography
Partnering & more
JAZZMANIA
Performance
July 24
Video Opens
11/22/25
or
Audition In-Person
1/31/26
BALLET and
LEAPS & TURNS
INTENSIVES and
JAZZMANIA
Included
Scholarships Awarded
“World-class teachers help you on an individual basis.”
COLLEGE/PROFESSIONAL INTENSIVE INCLUDES Ballet Intensive, Leaps & Turns Intensive & JAZZMANIA
Intensive prepares YOU for any career in dance - Broadway, Commercial World, Cruise Ships, Dance Company, Teacher & more!
Work with master choreographers & perform 6+ pieces in various styles JAZZMANIA Performance | July 24, 2026
Master Faculty - Broadway Performers, Artistic Directors, Commercial Dancers, University Professors & more give you individual feedback in every style
COLLEGE/PROFESSIONAL INTENSIVE culminates with JAZZMANIA Performance - Family & friends will be blown away by the show
Intensive location: GUS® | Original Gus Giordano Dance School | 5230 N Clark Street | Chicago
Andersonville neighborhood, family friends, minutes from Wrigley Field, downtown Chicago
Housing costs are sole responsibility of scholarship recipient
Accepted dancers receive contact info for all dancers accepted into program Spring 2026 to arrange roommates
GUS® recommends rooming with others- Save money & form new friendships
GUS® advises dancers on best areas to live & how to commute to GUS® | GUS® conveniently located by train & bus routes
Required attire for classes, photoshoot & performance is purchased by dancer and is theirs to keep - GUS® emails link to order required attire early June
Dancer must have graduated high school to twenty-eight years
Advanced Training
• Gus Giordano Jazz
• Gus Giordano Repertoire
• Ballet
• Hip Hop
• Contemporary
• Commercial Jazz
• Modern
• Jazz Funk
• Tap
• Heels
• Choreography
• Partnering
• Ballroom
• Yoga Sculpt
Master Teachers
• Marcus Alford
• Cornelius Carter
• Sarah Giordano Curran
• Brandon DiCriscio
• Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell
• Elijah Gibson
• Sarah Ford Hardy
• Jimmy Locust
• Taylor Mitchell
• Matt Pospeshil
• Sayiga Eugene Peabody
• Susan Quinn
• Kirby Reed
• Cole Vernon
• Lauren Giordano Whittington
• and more!
Faculty
• Broadway Shows
• Bruce Wood Dance
• Colleges & Universities
• Culture Shock
• Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
• Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
• Gus Legacy Company
• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
• Joffrey Ballet
• The Rockettes
• and more!
College/Professional Dance Intensive
Includes Ballet Intensive, Leaps & Turns Intensive, and JAZZMANIA
$1,900 Enroll In-Person/Submit Video by 12/31/25
$2,200 Enroll In-Person/Submit Video by 1/31/26
$2,500 Enroll In-Person/Submit Video by 3/31/26
$2,600 Enroll In-Person/Submit Video by 4/30/26
• Cost of intensive based on when you enroll for in-person audition OR date you submit video audition
