Requirements & Tuition

• Ages 18-22

• Currently enrolled at an accredited college/ university or in a trainee company program.

• Tuition - $500

  • If cost is a barrier, please contact tess@deosballet.com

What will you do?

• Assigned a rehearsal director/ choreographer. Assist with note taking throughout the rehearsal and creation process.

• Choreograph a 3 – 5 minute piece on performance focus interns – this piece will be performed at an intern showcase performance.

• Lead their own rehearsal process

• Attend lectures with Internship Director and guest speakers

  • Professional development workshops

  • Resume workshop

  • Choreography workshops

  • Marketing workshop (assisting with a Deos Days event)

  • Pedagogy/ rehearsal workshop

• Attend choreography feedback classes

• Opportunity to be casted in other choreography intern pieces for the intern showcase performance

• Assist tech crew during tech week and performance

• Complete all given assignments given by intern director

• Attend one on one meetings with intern director

What will you receive?

• Valuable feedback from leadership

• Coaching, notating and choreographic experience

• Daily company class with numerous guest teachers (optional for choreographic interns)

• Receive access to intern ballet, pointe, and modern dance classes

• A letter of recommendation from Deos leadership (pending completion of internship and meeting goals)

• Professional video and photos of your work

• PT screening through Athletico physical therapy

Requirements & Tuition

• Ages 18-22

• Currently enrolled at an accredited college/ university or in a trainee company program.

• Tuition - $500

  • If cost is a barrier, please contact tess@deosballet.com

What will you do?

• Be considered for understudy/ full casting in 1 company work performed in COLLIDE 2026

• Be cast in performance intern piece choreographed by intern director to be performed in COLLIDE 2026

• Be cast in at least 1 work choreographed by a Choreographic Intern to be performed at outreach performances and intern showcase

• Attend company and intern rehearsals

• Attend lectures with Internship Director and guest speakers

  • Professional development workshops

  • Resume workshop

  • Marketing workshop (assisting with a Deos Days event)

  • Pedagogy/ rehearsal workshop

• Be assigned a mentor from the main company who will have weekly meetings with them to review professional materials

• Have one on one coaching time with a Rehearsal Director

• Review resume, cover letter, audition photos and audition reel with Internship Director and mentor

What will you receive?

• Valuable feedback from leadership

• Mentorship from a seasoned company member

• Consideration for performance experience dancing alongside members of the company

• A critiqued audition video, resume, cover letter and audition email

• PT screenings through Athletico Physical Therapy

• Daily company class with numerous guest teachers

• Daily intern ballet, pointe, and modern dance classes

• A letter of recommendation from Deos leadership (pending completion of internship and meeting goals)

Requirements & Tuition

• Age: 16 – 18

• Currently enrolled in a pre-professional dance school, taking a minimum of 12 hours of dance class per week.

• Tuition - $500

  • If cost is a barrier, please contact tess@deosballet.com

What will you do?

• Take class with other interns and company members

• Be casted in 1 choreography intern piece performed at intern showcase

• Be considered for casting in intern director piece performed at COLLIDE 2026

• Attend lectures with Internship Director and guest speakers

  • Professional development workshops

  • Resume workshop

  • Choreography workshops

  • Marketing workshop (assisting with a Deos Days event)

  • Pedagogy/ rehearsal workshop

• Assist tech crew during tech week and performance

• Complete all given assignments given by intern director

• Attend one on one meetings with intern director

What will you receive?

• Valuable feedback from leadership

• Performance and choreographic experience
  

• Daily dance classes with guest teachers:

  • Access to morning company class

  • Ballet

  • Pointe and variations

  • Contemporary/ modern

  • Mentorship from experienced team members

• A cover letter, resume, audition email template, audition reel and letter of recommendation for future auditions

• Dance resume

• Letter of recommendation

• 3- 5 min. Choreography Reel

  • Contemporary work

  • Balletic work (pointe or flat shoes)

  • Group work

  • Solo work

  • Demonstrated knowledge of principals of musicality

• If you are interested in requesting assistance with housing, transportation, and/or financial aid - please also include tess@deosballet.comin your application email and note which of those areas you are interested in.

• Please also include tess@deosballet.com in your application email if you are interested in receiving course credit for this program.

• Dance Resume 

• Letter of Recommendation 

• Audition Reel no longer than 5 minutes including the following: 

  • Center class work: adagio en pointe, pirouettes en pointe (en de hors and en de dans), and grand allegro

  • Contemporary/ modern combination

  • Performance excerpts

• If you are interested in requesting assistance with housing, transportation, and/or financial aid - please also include tess@deosballet.com in your application email and note which of those areas you are interested in. 

• Please also include tess@deosballet.com in your application email if you are interested in receiving course credit for this program.

• Written application

  • At Deos, we believe strongly in the phrase "be a good partner.” We center our business around our dancers and that belief. What does it mean to you to be a good partner and in what ways do you feel you could embody this standard of ours during our 2026 Company Experience?

    Written - 1-2 pages

• Letter of Recommendation

• Dance Reel:

  • Barre work on flat: plie, tendu, dégage, ronde de jambe, grand battement

  • Center work en pointe: tendu, adagio, pirouettes (en de hors and en de dans), petite allegro, and grand allegro

  • Contemporary/ modern dance combination

• If you are interested in requesting assistance with housing, transportation, and/or financial aid - please also include tess@deosballet.com in your application email and note which of those areas you are interested in.

• Please also include tess@deosballet.com in your application email if you are interested in receiving course credit for this program.

Interns will work alongside the company in-studio Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Day-to-day schedule varies.

Sample Day Schedule:

Company class 9:30 - 11:00 

Variations 11:00 - 12:00

Lunch 12:00 - 12:30

Modern 12:30 - 1:15

Rehearsals  1:15 - 4:30

Lecture 4:30 - 5:30

*Note: Tech week rehearsals are in the evening, starting at 4/ 4:30.

No, Deos does not provide housing and transportation to interns, BUT we are happy to help facilitate finding you both! We are working with a local college to provide low-cost housing options for program participants. In addition, there are typically a few dancers every summer who have cars with them. In the past, we have coordinated with dancers who have cars to set up carpools to and from the studio each day. If you are interested in receiving more info about these housing and transportation options, make sure to note that in your application and include Tess Sinke - tess@deosballet.com in your email. 

Yes, Deos has a limited amount of financial aid packages available to offer to our interns. If cost is a barrier for you and/or if you are interested in applying for financial aid for our 2026 program, please note that in your application and include Tess Sinke - tess@deosballet.com in your email. 

Yes! In the past we’ve had collegiate dancers build their second major focus or additional academic interest into their program with Deos. For example, a past intern combined their Performance Focus program with a Marketing focus that they developed with Artistic Director, Tess Sinke. If you have interest in exploring an additional academic/professional focus with Deos, make sure to note that in your application and include Tess Sinke - tess@deosballet.com in your email.

Interns will have the opportunity to be cast as understudies or cast members in this summer’s Collide Series. Casting in company pieces is not guaranteed. Interns will perform at an intern showcase and Collegiate Performance Focus’ will perform a piece choreographed by the Program Director in Collide Series ‘26 performances. Other focus’ will have the opportunity to perform in this piece as well.

No, this program in no way serves as a path into the company as a company dancer. Our philosophy surrounding auditions follows our driving goal to “be a good partner.” That being said, we only host auditions when a company position is available and our audition process is built to be clear, kind, and comprehensive.