2026 Program Details
Week 1: June 15-19
week 2: June 22-26
tap intensive: June 28-july 4
Open Doors Dance Festival is an intensive summer program in the heart of the Midwest in Iowa's Cultural Corridor, Iowa City/Coralville. With three full weeks of classes, Open Doors gives students an opportunity to study with some of the world's most prolific dance professionals.
Students will have the opportunity to attend classes in modern, ballet, pointe, contemporary, improvisation, choreography, repertory, variations, musical theatre, conditioning and Pilates.
Past instructors include Wendy Whelan, Marjorie Thompson, Leslie Peck, Rebeca Ramos-O’Reilly, Ashleigh Wilson, Jennifer Welch-Cudnik, Christian Denice, Igor Burlak, Melissa Barak, Marcus Williams, Britt Juleen, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Kara Davis, Jaclyn Walsh, Grayson McGuire, Daniel Domenech, Analia Alegre-Femenias Weber, Autumn Eckman, Lloyd Knight, Grace Snider, Brandon Cournay, Douglas Gillespie, Michael Kouakou, Gregory Dolbashian, Tamisha Guy, Louie Marin, Darwin Black, Joanna Kotze, Luis Oscar Ramos, Jenna Riegel, Omar Roman De Jesus, Emily Schoen and Yin Yue.
