Ballet and All Dance Styles Scholarships

Aman Scholarship –Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 16-23. Funding: Private.

Amber Strauser 2 Scholarship –Amber Strauser Scholarship Provide scholarship funds to give dancers an opportunity to continue with dance. To attend a summer intensive in 2024 at least 100 miles from your home studio. Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21 Funding: Amber Strauser and friends

Amber Strauser Scholarship –Amber Strauser Scholarship Provide scholarship funds to give dancers an opportunity to continue with dance. To attend a summer intensive in 2024 at least 100 miles from your home studio. Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21 Funding: Anonymous

Betty Bowdich Cox Scholarship –Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 12-18. Funding: friends of Betty Bowdich Cox.

Burklyn Ballet Theatre Scholarship –Intention: attend Burklyn Ballet Theatre summer program in VT, including performance Date: late June through first week of August 2024: minimum 3-week attendance required. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21 Funding: Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Joanne Whitehill, Artistic Director

Cindy's Day Ballet Scholarship –Intention: attend any ballet summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21 Funding: Sandy’s Shoes & Dancewear, in memory of Cindy Boyce.

Company B 2 Scholarship –* Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any jazz, contemporary, or ballet student age 13-21. * funding - Amber Strauser and friends

Company B Scholarship –* Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any jazz, contemporary, or ballet student age 13-21. * funding - Amber Strauser and friends

Darrell Cleveland Memorial Scholarship –ntention: attend a 2-week summer intensive at Ballet Academy of Texas (Coppell, TX), summer 2024. Eligibility: any non-current BAT dance student age 13-21 Funding: Ballet Academy of Texas, in memory of and to honor beloved dancer, choreographer and teacher Darrell Cleveland, BAT teacher for over 15 years.

Denton City Contemporary Ballet Scholarship –Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-19, who lives in Denton County, Texas. Funding: Denton City Contemporary Ballet.

E John Busser Ballet Scholarship –Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 12-14. Funding: E John Busser Foundation.

George Skibine Memorial Scholarship for a Male Dancer –Believing very strongly in summer study as a supplement to a dancer's education, this scholarship was created to honor George Skibine, Founding Artistic Director of Dallas Ballet. Intention: attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any male student age 13-21. Funding: Thom Clower, representative of George Skibine Works.

Glenda Brown Memorial Scholarship –Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2022. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21 Funding: The family of Glenda Brown.

Marjorie Tallchief Scholarship –ntention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any advanced female ballet student age 13-17. Funding: anonymous.

Mary Jane Schiavone Scholarship –Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any advanced female ballet student age 13-18. Funding: Maureen Hansen Sederberg in honor of her mother, Mary Jane Schiavone.

Natalie Skelton Tutu Memorial Ballet Scholarship –Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21, preference to a young dancer. Funding: friends of Natalie Skelton.

Nathalie Krassovska Memorial Ballet Scholarship –ntention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21. Funding: Friends of “Natasha” Krassovska, Prima Ballerina Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo & Artistic Director of Ballet Jeunesse.

Neil Hess Memorial Scholarship –Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop with focus on the Balanchine technique (SAB, PNB, or similar), 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student, age 14-18, demonstrating noticeable potential in the Balanchine esthetic. Funding: Michael Everett – “In memory of my teacher and mentor, Neil Hess, and his legacy as a pioneer in bringing the art of dance to Texas”.

South Dallas Dance Festival Scholarship –Intention: To assist a black dancer to continue his or her studies in any technique or style at any dance institution, academy or studio. The recipient will also perform as Guest Artist at the South Dallas Dance Festival in November. Scholarship will be awarded in 2 parts: $500 (cash) in May and $500 (cash) in November after SDDF performance Eligibility: any black dance student ages 13-21. Funding: ArgaNova Dance, Loris Anthony Beckles, Artistic Director.

State Street Scholarship –Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2024. Eligibility: any ballet student, age 13-18, demonstrating noticeable potential. Funding: Thom Clower – “In memory of my mom, and in honor of the sacrifices made by both my parents to give me the gift of dance!”.

Modern Dance Scholarships

Darryl Sneed Scholarship –Intention: full tuition to Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s summer intensive, including classes in jazz, ballet, modern and praise dance, June/July 2024. No Housing provided. Eligibility: students ages 13- 21. Funding: Ann Williams in memory of Darryl Sneed, former resident choreographer and Associate Director of DBDT.

Kyle Richards Memorial Scholarship –A contemporary dance scholarship to attend a summer dance intensive funded by friends in loving memory of Kyle Richards. Intention: attend any summer dance intensive at least 100 miles from home studio, summer 2023. Eligibility: any contemporary dance student age 14-19. Funding: friends in loving memory of Kyle Richards.

WinNor Family Scholarship –Intention: To assist a young black dancer to implement or supplement study in Dance or Related Arts and Issues. To study contemporary at SI such as Julliard, Ailey, etc., summer 2024. Eligibility: any dance student age 15-college freshman. Funding: anonymous, In memory of Winston and Norma Beckles.

Jazz, Tap and Musical Theatre Scholarships

Buster Cooper Jazz Scholarship –* amount - $800 (cash) * purpose - attend any summer jazz intensive/workshop at least 100 miles from home studio * date - summer 2024 * eligibility - any dance student age 13 - 21 * funding - Friends of Buster Cooper

Buster Cooper Tap Scholarship –* amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend a summer program in tap dance at least 100 miles from home studio * date - summer 2024 * eligibility - any dance student age 13 - 21 * funding - Melinda Hartnett & Chris Ellis

Gene Pflug Scholarship –Intention: attend Soul2Sole, including classes and performances with extraordinary tap dancers and teachers in Austin, TX. www.tapestry.org, June 2024. Eligibility: students ages 13-21. Funding: Acia Gray, Artistic Director of Tapestry Dance Company, Suzanne Pflug, Jaime Hollenbeck and former students of Gene Pflug.

International Dance Scholarships

Arathi School of Dance Scholarship –Intention: attend 3-week program to study Bharata Natyam, a discipline of Indian dance, with a guest artist, in Dallas, TX, July 2024. Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21. Funding: Arathi School of Dance, in memory of Dr. R. Rangachar, Revathi Satyu's father.

ICHF Scholarship –Intention: attend any Indian classical dance/traditional dance discipline workshop/program, summer 2024. Eligibility: any U.S. resident age 13-21 trained primarily in Indian classical dance – preference given to a high school graduate. Funding: Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation (ICHF)