Francisco Gella Dance Works
Intensives & Workshops
The following is a comprehensive list of all upcoming training and educational programs from Fall 2024 through Summer 2025 - brought to you by Francisco Gella Dance Works. You’ll find detailed information on our intensives and workshops listed under the ‘Programs’ menu.
Please contact us in the chatbox below or email us to discuss possible artistic and educational collaborations with Francisco Gella.
Fall 2024 Virtual Workshops for College and Career Prep
Classes: Virtual Workshops
Length: 90 minutes for each workshop
Audition Requirement: NONE
Ages: For students ages 5th grade through high school seniors and up, and their parents/guardians
Level: Beginner to advanced
Registration Options: By individual workshop or package discount
Dates: Fall 2024 - September 15 and 22; October 20 and 27
Venue: Zoom; also available as a recording following the workshop if you can’t make it at the scheduled time
Take the guesswork out of preparing for the college admissions and summer intensive audition processes. Our experts have mentored hundreds of students and have helped them get into the programs of their dreams. You’ll learn everything about the process, such as how early you need to start preparing (middle school) and how to increase your chances for admission by understanding precisely what programs are looking for in students they admit.
* In the meantime, if you need assistance sooner, consider enrolling in one of our personalized individual consults with Julie Friedrich, Director for College and Career Programs.
Seattle Dance Advance Intensive 2024
Classes: Ballet, Modern, Jazz Technique, Musical Theatre, Contemporary Technique, Improv
Length: Three days, up to eight hours per day
Audition Requirement: NONE
Ages: 10-22
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: Individual entry on a first-come, first served basis
Dates: November 29 - December 1 (Thanksgiving Weekend)
City: Seattle, WA
Venue: University of Washington
This three-day holiday weekend intensive focuses on providing a strong foundation in ballet, modern, and jazz techniques accompanied by diverse movement styles and genres as well as choreographic repertory from Francisco Gella and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. Francisco and Yusha-Marie are Co-Artistic Directors of Zeitgeist Dance Theatre. Our curriculum is designed to unlock the potential that exists within every participant. Seattle Dance Advance will also host auditions for Zeitgeist Dance Theatre Trainee Program and scholarships to summer programs at no extra cost. All are welcome to audition if they choose.
New Year’s Training Camp 2024
Classes: Ballet technique, Modern technique, Jazz technique, Contemporary, African-based movement, Theatre Dance (Broadway), Improvisational techniques, Pilates and workshops on healthy body maintenance and college dance/careers in dance
Length: Three-day bootcamp, up to ten hours per day
Audition Requirement: NONE
Ages: 10-22
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: Individual entry on a first-come, first served basis
Dates: December 28-30, 2024
City: Los Angeles, CA
Venue: Windward School
A rigorous and holistic intensive to accelerate training, inspire and motivate greater individual effort, and prepare students for successful auditions, intensives, performances, and competitions in the new year ahead. New Year’s Training Camp will also host auditions for Zeitgeist Dance Theatre Trainee Program and scholarships to summer programs at no extra cost. All are welcome to audition if they choose.
Spring 2025
Virtual Workshops for College and Career Prep
Classes: Virtual and In-Person Workshops
Length: 90 minutes for each workshop
Audition Requirement: NONE
Ages: For students ages 5th grade through high school seniors and their parents/guardians
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: Per workshop or package discount
Dates: TBA
Venue: Zoom; also available as a recording following the workshop if you can’t make it at the scheduled time
Take the guesswork out of preparing for the college admissions and summer intensive audition processes. Our experts have mentored hundreds of students and have helped them get into the programs of their dreams. You’ll learn everything about the process, how early you need to start preparing (middle school), and exactly what programs are looking for in students they admit so that you can increase your chances for admission.
* In the meantime, if you need assistance sooner, consider enrolling in one of our personalized individual consults with Julie Friedrich, Associate Director for College and Career Programs.
Mini Mania Dance Intensive 2025
Classes: Ballet Fundamentals, Strength Foundations: Flexibility and Acro, Musicality: Rhythm and Timing, Class Etiquette, Body Awareness, Creative Exploration, and Dance History
Length: Three days (Friday evening through Sunday evening), up to 6 hours each day
Auditions: Rolling admissions - no auditions accepted after February 15
Ages: 7-10
Level: Experienced beginner to Intermediate
Registration Options: Participants must attend the entire 3-day program
Dates: May 30 - June 1, 2025
City: Miami, FL
Venue: Mini Mania will be held at the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center
It’s time for a program dedicated to foundations, fundamentals, and fun for the up-and-coming! The Mini Mania Dance Intensive - an exciting and innovative new program by Francisco Gella Dance Works - aims to give young dancers the necessary tools to understand fundamental training from a technical and artistic capacity. By developing important foundational elements, our goal is to prepare our attendees for future success in both their home studio and our training experiences at future Francisco Gella Dance Works events.
Ballet+ Miami
(Beyond Technique) Intensive 2025
Classes: Highest Concentration is Ballet, Modern techniques, and Contemporary. It also includes Jazz, Improv, Repertory, Yoga, and Pilates
Length: Seven days, eight hours of class each day
Audition Requirement: NONE
Ages: 10-22
Level: High intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: Full in-person. In-person daily passes may open up two weeks before the program begins as space allows
Dates: June 8 - 14, 2025
City: Miami, FL
Venue: Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center
Ballet+, our seven-day intensive in Miami, Florida, will help young dancers kick their summer training into high gear by preparing them for competition and convention season. With training based on a strong foundation of ballet and multiple modern dance techniques, dancers' progress and stamina are accelerated as they move toward applying their technique to contemporary, improv, and learning rep.
Zeitgeist Dance Theatre Trainee Program 2025: The Company Experience
Classes: Daily Company Classes in ballet, Modern, or Contemporary, and learning and rehearsing original choreography. Trainees perform works in a professional theater during the third week
Length: Three weeks
Auditions: *This program is co-produced by Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and is open by audition only. Auditions will open on December 1 and will be due by February 19
Ages: 17-23
Level: Advanced
Registration Options: By audition only
Dates: Tentatively July 12 - August 3, 2025
City: Santa Fe, NM
Venue: TBA
The ZDT Company Experience offers a unique career-oriented educational program for advanced pre-professional dancers ages 17-23. The company’s trainees are selected annually through an audition process to participate in a three-week integrated company experience during the summer, culminating in performances at the New Century Dance Project Festival.
New Century Dance Project 2025
Classes: Morning Ballet and Modern Company Classes, Improv, Choreo Labs, Career Panels, and Production Workshops
Length: Seven days, seven hours per day
Audition Requirement: Submissions to participate are due by February 1
Ages: 15-23
Level: High intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: In-person full week
Dates: Tentatively July 28, 2025 - August 3, 2025
City: Santa Fe, NM
Venue: TBA
New Mexico’s Festival for Choreography and Performance is a seven-day festival that includes a choreography competition and an intensive geared towards fostering the creative spirit through learning the fundamentals of dancemaking and choreography while helping young dancers draw upon their inner performer by giving them the experience, mentorship, and guidance needed to become remarkable performance artists. These two skills go hand-in-hand and are necessary for well-rounded dancers looking to stand out, get noticed, and get hired throughout their careers.
Preprofessional Dancer Institute 2025
Classes: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Improv, Composition (choreography), Pointe, Career Planning and Goal-Setting Workshops, West African, Acting Skills for Dancers, and Pilates. Special activities and involvement for parents too
Length: Five days, Thursday evening through Monday afternoon
Auditions: *This program is by audition only. Auditions will open by November 1 and are due by April 1
Ages: 13-18
Level: High intermediate to advanced
Registration Options: By application and audition only
Dates: August 28 - September 1 (Labor Day Weekend)
City: Santa Fe, NM
Venue: TBA
Preprofessional Dancer Institute (PDI) is the must-attend program for dancers seeking admission to college programs (BFA and BA or higher) and exploring their future dance careers. Get swept up in the magic spirit of Santa Fe, NM, and be a part of a transformative dance experience that will help parents and students alike prepare for a baccalaureate and professional future in dance.