Come Dance with Us!
Summer Institute!
At the Highland Theater
An all day, all dancing, FUN experience featuring dancing in the morning and choreography in the afternoon! The session will culminate in a performance for family and friends at the end of the three weeks.
June 9 – 28, 2025
Incoming 4th – 6th graders: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Incoming 7th – 9th graders: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Offered on a sliding scale based on income to be affordable to all families!
$63 – $315 for the entire program
Contact Zac Smith for more information: Email | (505) 340-0203 ext. 203


Core Four
Work
Hard
Do
Your
Best
Never
Give
Up
Be
Healthy

Meet the Albuquerque Outreach Artistic Director – Jessie DuBois
Jessie has been teaching for NDI New Mexico since 2010 and absolutely loves working for this organization! She has been dancing since age 3 and graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in theater and dance. At 18, she started directing and performing in Albuquerque-based hip hop, jazz and contemporary company Dance eXcesS (DXS), that ran for 12 years. Jessie has been lucky to train at The Pulse Dance Convention for four years and at Radix Dance Convention with Brian Friedman, Tyce Diorio, Mia Michaels, Wade Robson, Laurieann Gibson, Talia Favia, Chris Judd, Robert Hoffman, Dave Scott and others. She adores working with children and is so grateful to have the opportunity to bring people together through dance at The Hiland.
Advanced Team Opportunities
Super Wonderful Advanced Team (SWAT) & Celebration
Many students who are exposed to NDI New Mexico public school programs demonstrate extraordinary motivation and enthusiasm for the effort and energy the pedagogy requires. These students are invited to audition to join our Advanced Teams: Super Wonderful Advanced Team (SWAT) and Celebration Teams. Advanced Teams meet to train after school or on Saturdays and starts in the 4th-grade with Super Wonderful Advanced Team (SWAT) and continues into middle school with the Celebration Team.



End of Year Performances
At the end of the school year all children from the participating Albuquerque public school program come together at The Hiland Theater to rehearse and perform an hour long show written by the NDI New Mexico artistic staff, with a live band, and audience. 500 plus public school children come together on stage. The advanced teams: Super Wonderful Advanced Team (SWAT) and Celebration Teams perform the more difficult dance sequences, and every child get their chance in the spotlight during runs and jumps!
Looking for More?
Children also have the opportunity to take classes after school at our two dance studios in Albuquerque at The Hiland Theater and in Santa Fe at The Dance Barns, with a pre-professional Company Xcel.





Looking for More?
Children also have the opportunity to take classes after school at our two dance studios in Albuquerque at The Hiland Theater and in Santa Fe at The Dance Barns, with a pre-professional Company Xcel.




