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What is TROY DAP ?

Since 2017, Troy University dancers have traveled to Italy to participate in the Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta - the DAP Festival. This international partnership now provides a new and exciting opportunity for dancers in the United States: The TROYxDAP International Dance Experience.

Primarily designed for high school students, college students and pre-professional dancers, this intensive combines performance, training, international cultural exchange and a strong synergy between contemporary dance and other art forms.

During this three-day experience on the Troy Campus, participants will engage beyond dance

TROYxDAP TEAM

The TROYxDAP International Dance Experience will be led by a strong team of collaborative partners sharing responsibility for the successful planning and implementation of the program.

TORI LEE

AVERETT

Program Director

ADRIA FERRALI

JAMES BOYD

Associate Director

Associate Artistic Director

DAP Festival Artistic Director

technique in a unique, elite experience featuring internationally known stars of dance. Dancers will learn from master performers and teachers from Europe and the U.S., perform and present their own choreographic works, experience live dance performances and exhibitions, and expand their creative and cultural perspectives.

The partnership highlights the strength and success of the international DAP Festival as it expands from its home in Pietrasanta, Italy, to a global presence, and it celebrates Troy University’s commitment to being a strong international institution committed to cultural exchange through the arts.

DEBORAH HICKS Education Coordinator

What to expect.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Daily master classes taught by international and U.S.-based artists offer intermediate and advanced level instruction in dance technique and artistry as well as scholarship opportunities.

DANCE PERFORMANCE

A variety of dance presentations, including a grand gala of international artists and a showcase of invited student performances, offer chances to perform and to witness excellence in dance performance.

COMMUNITY ARTS EXCHANGE

Throughout the Troy area, community-based presentations combine dance with cultural, artistic and natural elements in found-space performances and exhibitions.

GUEST ARTISTS

Italian-American Dancer, Actor, Movement Director, Film and Television Actor; Training: Ecole-Atelier Rudra Bejart Lausanne, Switzerland

Former Principal Dancer for American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet; Freelance Principal Dancer; Training: Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Russia

SEBASTIAN KLOBORG STEFANIE NOLL

Award-winning Danish Choreographer, Dancer, Director; Training: Royal Danish Ballet School, Denmark

Ukrainian-American Dancer, Choreographer, and Movement Director; currently with Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve; Training: Joffrey Trainee Program, Marymount Manhattan, and Arts Umbrella Graduate Program