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Pre-Professional
Program

Mentorship And Industry Exposure
For The Dedicated Artist
Established in 2023

Pre-Professional Contemporary Program Dancers 2025-2026
Pre-Professional Ballet Program
Dancers 2025-2026

Our mission is to prepare students for a future in dance by mentorship in technique, artistic quality, performance, and ambassadorship of the art form of dance.



Current In-House Faculty:
Lauren Carnesi Daniels, Kaitlin Ronayne, Aleksandra Ordonez, Olivia Evers, Igor Sapotko




Current Guest Faculty:
Tiffanie Carson, Brandon Palmer, Danielle Bower, Krista King-Doherty, Lindsay Grymes, Camille Weanquoi, Matt Pardo, Sona Kharatian, Francesca Forcello, Daniel Padierna, Lawrence Jackson, Lerato Ragontse, Orange Grove, Teddy Tedholm, Shylo Martinez, Stephanie Dorrycott, Laurie Dodge, Kathryn Pilkington, Maggie DeFrees, Shaun D'Arcy
​Awards and Events:
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YAGP
2nd place ensembles 2023, 2024
3rd place ensemble 2023
Top 6 ensembles 2023, 2024
2nd place junior contemporary 2023
3rd place junior contemporary 2024
Top 12, Top 24 pre-competitive, junior, senior, classical and contemporary 2023, 2024
Finals invitations 2024
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National Ballet Competition
7th place classical preperatory division
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NYCDA
Teen overall winner 2024
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Grier Gala
Annual Pre-Professional Program Gala
The Nutcracker
Spring Ballet Performance
4+ competitions per season
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Scholarships Awarded to date:
The Rock School, Cary Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Idyllwild Arts Academy, HARID Conservatory, Alivn Ailey American Dance Theater, First State Ballet, Shenandoah University, NYCDA, NUVO, Steps on Broadway, Jacksonville University, Bryn Wertz Ballet Foundation, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Peridance, George Mason University, James Madison University


Get in Touch
For DAL Pre-pro information and audition information, please see information above or contact us.
703-443-1093
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