Bringing Jazz dance to the forefront.
2026 Workshops
Summer Full Workshop: July 19 - 30, 2026*
Summer Youth Workshop: July 21 - 25, 2026
*RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE IS BACK FOR 2026 (HOUSING/DORMS & MEALS)
2019 IDT Performance. Choreographer: Hannah Larson
Two Workshops
Find what’s right for you.
Full Workshop
July 19 - 30, 2026
Class Location: University of Colorado Boulder, Student Recreation Center
Performance Location: Dairy Arts Center
Ages: 13 & up
Levels: Advanced, Professional
Classes: Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, House, Ballroom, Yoga, Student Choreography, Progressions, African.
Performance Opportunities: Jazz Repertoire, Modern Repertoire, Contemporary Repertoire, Student Choreography and dance for film.
Option to purchase Residential Experience: Housing/Dorms & Meals.
Youth Workshop
July 21 - 25, 2026
Class Location: University of Colorado Boulder, Student Recreation Center
Performance Location: Dairy Arts Center
Ages: 7 & up
Levels: Mini (ages 7-8), Junior (ages 9-11), Teen (ages 12-13), Senior (ages 14-18)
Classes: Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Jazz Funk
Performance Opportunities: Jazz Repertoire, Contemporary Repertoire Dances, submit your completed pieces to be a part of our performance.
Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop
is designed for intermediate, advanced level dancers looking for a professional experience.
2019 IDT Performance. Choreographer: Christy ChandBoulder Jazz Dance Workshop returns for its 48th year.
Helen Estrella and Rachael Harding are taking Boulder Jazz into its future.
Bringing jazz to the forefront by educating the whole mind and body starting with the foundations and history of styles that influenced jazz dancing and incorporating the current contemporary styles that it has evolved into.
Estrella and Harding are upholding the history of Jazz dance and honoring it’s connection and progression to other dance forms through education, training and performance rooted in diversity and inclusion in the arts.
More than movement…
Boulder Jazz Dance offers incredible opportunities
Career networking
Scholarships
Teacher Incentives
Concept Video Filming
Injury Prevention