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Students unable to attend an in-person audition may audition by video.
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Professional Division: [email protected]
Junior Division auditions: [email protected]
Summer Intensive 2026
Professional Division 2026-27 School Year
For information on how to apply to the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance, please email [email protected].
For information on Junior Division school year programs for First Steps & Bounding Boys (ages 3–6), and Pre-Professional Program (ages 7–17), please email [email protected].
Cities & Dates
Students must be the program age by the start of the program (not the audition date).
The Ailey School
405 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
10:30am: Ages 12–13
1:30pm: Ages 14–15
The Ailey School
405 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
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FAQs
For the Professional Division, there is a $30 audition fee for all Scholarship, Certificate, Independent Study, and Summer Intensive applicants. You can sign up for the audition and pay the fee once you’ve applied to your chosen program. There is a $45 audition fee for prospective Ailey/Fordham BFA applicants who are invited to attend an audition.
For the Junior Division, a $30 audition fee is required for students auditioning for the Summer Intensive. For students auditioning for the Junior Division school year, an audition fee is not required.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by email within three weeks of an audition.
No. The Ailey School does not provide performance critiques or discuss the artistic panel’s decision after an audition.

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