contemporary dance lab
What’s Your Next Step?
Learn from Dancers who’ve been where you’re going
Contemporary Dance Lab is built for curious and committed dancers who want to go beyond steps and into the process. Whether you're preparing for university auditions, exploring a future in dance, or simply curious about what happens beyond the studio, CDL gives you a window into the professional world. Gain access to the tools professional artists utilize to create, collaborate and build careers through our various labs.
Learn from People
Already Doing it
100% of the program led by young professionals! Gain the tools we’ve collected through our young careers that led us to prestigious dance schools and companies. Our lived experience informs how & what we share with the next generation.
Space to Ask Questions
Time for every question that dancers and parents have about pursuing dance. Talk openly with current dance artists on their trajectories, from post-secondary programs, university, auditioning, wellness and their careers!
Experience Professional Life
Explore dance in professional contexts through learning pieces of choreography performed internationally. Exposure to how professionals work through diving into a collaborative choreographic creative process
Find your Artistic Voice
Introducing choice-making in dance to students by giving you the structure and space to figure out how you want to move in technical and creative work. As a result, you become a more proficient and flexible artist.
Hear From Our Students
See what our dancers have loved from the contemporary Dance Lab experience.
My experience at the Contemporary Dance Lab summer intensive was nothing short of life changing. Learning from the incredible faculty of Juilliard students and alumni, as well as other attending dancers, I became so inspired, gaining knowledge in improvisation, technique, career paths in dance, composition, self-care as a dancer, and so much more. I would undoubtedly recommend CDL to any dancers looking to continue dancing post secondary, or just expand their dance knowledge and have fun with other young dancers!
Ava, CDL SI 24
My experience at Contemporary Dance Lab was incredibly inspiring and provided an amazing opportunity to explore my movement in a safe and supportive space. The teachers are genuinely invested in our growth as dancers, which leaves me feeling motivated and encouraged for the year ahead. CDL has made a truly meaningful impact on my dance journey and I am grateful for everything I have learned and experienced.
Zoe, CDL SI 25 & 26
