The Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop (BJDW), celebrating 31 years of superior dance education and performance, is an internationally attended “intensive” unlike any other – it is part dance festival, part dance camp, part college dance program, and part dance convention (minus the competitions). We do our best to provide a non-competitive, supportive atmosphere for dance students.

Co-sponsored by the University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance, the BJDW is held each summer on the CU Boulder campus. The BJDW intensive consists of two weeks of classes, for ages 16 through adult, in jazz dance, hip hop, jazz funk, lyrical jazz, modern dance, ballet, “Auditioning 101”, “Approaches to Turns” and more. In addition, there are performance track classes for students who choose to perform and/or choreograph in the workshop's full theatrical dance production. The University of Colorado will award up to two hours of undergraduate college credit and 1 hour of graduate level credit to qualified students. Housing in Varsity Townhouses is available for out-of-towners.

In addition, there is a separate Weekend Workshop for ages 11 through adult on Friday July 17th and Saturday July 18th, that now includes special classes for teachers. Coming from out of town for the weekend? Stay in the CU Dorms for very low rates!

Back by popular demand:

BJDW’s 3rd annual Weekend Workshop,
Friday 7/17 and Saturday 7/18 - attend one or both days!

For Students ages 11 through adult, Intermediate through Advanced levels.
4 classes with 4 different teachers each day (See the weekend workshop schedule)

And new this year during our Weekend Workshop -
classes just for teachers and aspiring teachers ages 18 and older.
3 classes with 3 different teachers each day (See the weekend workshop schedule)

Here’s what we offer students:
• A chance to study a variety of styles for two dance-packed weeks with master teachers from across the U.S.

• Classes in the dance building on the beautiful University of Colorado campus.

• A college level dance experience for students 16 years of age and older.
(Note that the Weekend Workshop on Friday July 17th and Saturday July 18th is open to students 11 years of age and older.)

• An opportunity to perform in a full theatrical student performance in both student-choreographed and faculty-choreographed pieces.

• The opportunity to meet dancers from around the world.

Early registration is imperative for getting the classes you want. Our classes usually fill to capacity early.