The Intensive 2026

The Intensive 2026

August 17 - 21

Ages 11+
9:30AM - 3:45PM Daily
(5.75 hours of classes per day)

Contemporary, Contemporary ballet, Contemporary Jazz, Pilates, flexibility, overcoming obstacles and more!

Guest teachers from all over the world!

Nick Lanzisera

Nick has worked extensively as a professional dancer in Los Angeles, with credits spanning film, television, music videos, commercials, live tours, and award shows. His film credits include High School Musical 2 & 3, Fame, Footloose, and No Strings Attached. He has also performed on True Blood and appeared in numerous national commercials, music videos, and live television events including the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and VH1 Divas Live.
Some of Nick's favorite performance credits include dancing for Taylor Swift, Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale promotional tour, Jennifer Lopez at the American Music Awards, Katy Perry, and completing a world tour with one of his favorite artists, Sia. Most recently, he performed alongside Chappell Roan at the MTV Video Music Awards.
In addition to performing, Nick has been teaching for over a decade. He has spent ten years as a resident instructor at Millennium Dance Complex and the late Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, while continuing to teach at conventions, universities, and studios throughout the United States and internationally. He loves helping dancers discover new ways to move while encouraging artistry, musicality, and individuality.
As a choreographer, Nick has been developing his creative voice across television, film, and stage. His choreography credits include the ABC Family series Baby Daddy, CBS's Guys with Kids, the feature films LoveTrue and The Light Beneath Their Feet, as well as work created for Chapman University. Most recently, Nick choreographed an original live stage dance work titled Portals, continuing to expand his work in concert dance and live performance.

Alexei Geronimo

Alexei is a professional dancer, actor, teaching artist, educator, and certified adjudicator. He was raised in Vancouver, Canada, where he began his dance training at the Richmond Academy of Dance. Coming from a strong ballet background, he is also trained in different styles, from jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, hip hop, and tap. He then continued diversifying his training in Los Angeles at the Edge Performing Arts Center Scholarship Program.
Alexei has also toured extensively with Bad Boys of Ballet as a featured performer, now known as "Sweetbird Productions" throughout America, Europe, Asia and Australia. He has also travelled and worked in nearly 40 countries and has lived in 4, including the United States, China, and Japan. Alexei can be seen in several commercials and shows. His film and TV credits include Center Stage, Riverdale, Paris By Night, Nickelodeon, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Hellcats, and choreographer for "This Is Our Death" movie.
Live stage credits include Cadillac Beijing, "IF I" musical Japan, MGM opening with Kylie Minogue, Chicago (Stage West Calgary), Debbie Allen's Freeze Frame and "Pearl" at the Lincoln Center in New York. Alexei has appeared in music videos such as Snakehips
"Cruel" and worked on the creation of the Olympic opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia.
Some choreographers and directors Alexei has had the privilege to work with include Marguerite Derricks, Travis Payne, Paul Becker, Mandy Moore, Heather Laura Gray, Daniel Ezralow, Giancarlo Esposito, Rasta Thomas, Adrienne Canterna, and Debbie Allen.
Alexei has been a part of many new creations and has completed contracts in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel's "Showstoppers",
, MGM
Macau's "Destiny" and a cruise contract on Royal Caribbean's
"Spectrum of the Seas." He has also been a rehearsal director/assistant for several of their shows and ships and currently choreographs for their audition tours. In his spare time, Alexei continues his training in acting, voice-over, stunt work, pole dance, aerial, and martial arts and is a certified yoga and pilates teacher. Alexei also adjudicates and works throughout North America and can be found teaching and filming dance, yoga, and pilates classes throughout Vancouver, BC.

Audrey Sides

Audrey Sides is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher from Oakland, California. She trained at the San Francisco Ballet School then joined Ballet Austin as a trainee after graduating. From there she moved to Chicago to pursue contemporary dance, where she trained at the Hubbard Street Professional Program and was a founding member of Little Fire Artist Collective. In 2021 she moved to Vancouver to further her training at Modus Operandi under the directorship of Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, and Kate Franklin. She has been dancing and touring full time with LA Dance Project since 2023, and with them has performed around the world, notably at the Sydney Opera House, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Dubai Opera, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Park Avenue Armory. Audrey has performed works by Benjamin Millepied, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Jobel Medina, Robyn Mineko Williams, Meg Paradowski/EMPARA, Daina Ashbee, Arash and Aryo Khakpour/The Biting School, Alyssa Favero, Spenser Theberge, Shay Kuebler, and Yin Yue among others. Audrey has also taught workshops around the world to dancers of all ages and is an emerging choreographer, most recently choreographing and dancing in a full length physical theatre work with LA-based experimental rock band Plastic Ashes, while also developing and performing her solo work Winter.

Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith, born in Vancouver, Canada, is a choreographer based in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he has been developing his artistic practice since 2022.
In Düsseldorf, he has created three works for his project-based company Dans Myth: Blink and Bite, Sparkle Beasts, and Bully. He has also developed two site-responsive works in collaboration with St. Andreas Church, presented as part of the Düsseldorf Festival and the IDO Festival.
Together with director and composer Hans Kaul, he co-created two interdisciplinary works for Boat People Projekt, presented at Werkraum Göttingen and Altes Schlachthaus Eupen (Belgium).
His practice extends into crossover and commercial contexts, working as a choreographer and movement director for site-specific performances and film projects.
Prior to focusing on choreography, he was a soloist with several companies, most recently Ballett am Rhein, and trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. He is an international guest teacher for companies and academies.

Level 1:
Must be born in 2015 or earlier for this level OR by teacher recommendation. This is for advanced junior dancers. Minimum completion of Grade 4 RAD level, dancing a minimum of 8 hours a week. Must be taking contemporary or jazz.

Level 2:
Must be born in 2013 or earlier for this level OR by teacher recommendation. This is for advanced intermediate dancers. Minimum 5+ yeas of ballet and contemporary or jazz, dancing a minimum of 10 hours a week.

Level 3:
Must be born in 2011 or earlier for this level OR by teacher recommendation. This is for advanced dancers. Must be Advanced level ballet and have jazz or contemporary training, dancing a minimum of 12 hours a week.

Registration is now open!

Cost: $675+ GST

A non-refundable $100 deposit is due at registration.

Refund policy - 75% refund within 45 days, 50% refund in 30 days, 25% refund within 14 days. No refunds if within 14 days. A $20 admin fee will be withheld on all refunds.

The Intensive 2026

August 17 - 21

Ages 11+ 9:30AM - 3:45PM Daily (5.75 hours of classes per day) Contemporary, Contemporary ballet, Contemporary Jazz, Pilates, flexibility, overcoming obstacles and more! Guest teachers from all over the world!

Ages 11+
9:30AM - 3:45PM Daily
(5.75 hours of classes per day)

Contemporary, Contemporary ballet, Contemporary Jazz, Pilates, flexibility, overcoming obstacles and more!

Guest teachers from all over the world!