About Us
Located on Main Street in charming downtown Ridgefied, CT, the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance is dedicated to teaching the "whole child" and treating each student as an unique individual. With programs designed to promote physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth, the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance prepares students for a life-long enjoyment of dance, whether it be for a career or for recreation.
Learn...from Master Teachers
Peter Boal (New York City Ballet & Pacific Northwest Ballet)
Andrew Palermo (Dre Dance, B'way)
Eran Bugge (Paul Taylor Dance Company)
Eric Jordan Young (B'way)
Bill Hastings (B'way veteran)
Finis Jhung
Abby Silva (Parsons)
Suzie Dodge (Paul Taylor & Dodge Dance Company)
Sam Sinns (B'way Nat'l Tours)
Kirven Boyd (Alvin Ailey)
Paul Dennis (Jose Limon)
James Harkness (B'way's Lion King)
Tiger Martina (B'ways Movin' Out)
Katie Stevinson-Nollet (Full Force Dance Theatre)
Elie Lazar (Joffrey Ensemble Dancers)
Yu Xin (ABT, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Shanghai Ballet)
Michelle Fleet (Paul Taylor Dance Company)
Cory Stearns (ABT)
Parsons Dance Company
Taylor II Dance Company
Pilobolus Dance Theatre
Ailey II Dance Company.
Develop...with Performance Opportunities
Nutcracker at the Ridgefield Playhouse
Spring Concert
Ridgefield Civic Ballet
Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Draw On! Event 2008 at Aldrich Museum for Contemporary Art
National Dance Week Concert 2008, Ridgefield Playhouse
International Day of Dance Concert 2007 & 2008, Danbury Music Center
DanceFest 2005, 2006, & 2007 at the Rich Forum and DanceFest 2008 at the Palace Theatre in Stamford
In It For Life-Choreography Showcase in NYC in 2007 & 2008
Harris Theater in Chicago in the 2007 Jazz Dance World Congress
Bharata Kalanjali Concert, Indian Dance Troupe, in 2007
Dance Invitational 2007 with Buglisi Dance Theatre
The Morning Show for Channel 11 WPIX (NYC)
Dance Invitational 2006 at Purchase College with Battleworks Dance Company
Connecticut State Dance Festival at the Bushnel Theater in Hartford
Arts Hall in New Haven
Substitute for the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in NYC
DanceSpace in NYC
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Ridgefield Playhouse
Opened for Parsons Dance Company.
Bare Bones Dance Project
Aspire...to College Dance Programs and Beyond
College Dance Programs
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (scholarship)
Marymount Manhattan College (scholarship)
Butler University
Point Park College
Goucher College
Virginia Commonwealth University
George Mason University
George Washington University (scholarship)
Hartt School of the University of Hartford (scholarship)
Manhattanville College (scholarship)
Boston Conservatory (scholarship)
Florida State University
Roger Williams College
Belhaven College
Skidmore College
Dickinson College
University of Massachusetts
Hobart William Smith College
Summer Programs
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American Ballet Theatre (Alabama, California, and Bermuda)
Boston Conservatory
Boston Ballet
North Carolina School of the Arts (summer and full-year)
The Rock School (Pennsylvania Ballet)
American Dance Festival (North Carolina)
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
New York State Summer School for the Arts
Ohio Dance Theatre
Briansky Saratoga
Ballet Magnificat
Nutmeg Conservatory
Walnut Hill School
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Point Park College Summer Program
Carolina Ballet
Virginia School of the Arts (full-year)
American Academy of Ballet.
The Conservatory admits students of any race, creed, color or national origin.
For more information, email information@ridgefielddance.org, or call Artistic Director James Robey at (203) 438-5597.
Photo courtesy of Gene Schiavone.
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