PERFORMANCE COMPANIES
All Performance Companies are by audition only. We warmly invite dancers who are keen on elevating their performance experience and advancing their dance training to a higher level to audition for these esteemed performance companies. It is required that students auditioning are actively studying the specific style performed by the company they wish to audition for. To view the current class requirements for each program, visit our class schedule page.
Core
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM • AGES 8+
The Peridance Pre-Professional Core Program is a rigorous, artistically driven training initiative for young dancers ages 8–16, developed in close collaboration with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC) and Artistic Director Igal Perry. The program is designed to give young dancers a foundation in ballet and contemporary dance while connecting them directly to the creative philosophy and standards of a working professional company.
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Students train in four age-based levels — Core I (ages 8–10), Core II (ages 11–13), Core III (ages 14–16), and Core IV (ages 16–18, pre-professional track) — each tailored to the technical and artistic needs of that stage of development. Classes may include ballet, contemporary technique, movement fundamentals, conditioning, and improvisation. PCDC dancers join the faculty on a weekly basis, and students have the opportunity to learn excerpts of current and past company repertoire, participate in choreographic workshops, and receive coaching sessions with Igal Perry throughout the year.
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The program includes performances featuring PCDC repertoire and new pieces set specifically for Core Program dancers. For advanced students, there are select opportunities to attend open PCDC rehearsals and company showings. The Core Program is built as a pipeline into professional life at Peridance and beyond. Graduates are prioritized for the Certificate Program, PCDC Trainee Program, and will be considered for future PCDC auditions Admission is by audition. For more information or to register for an audition, please contact us at sap@peridance.com.
iRep
HIP HOP COMPANY • AGES 9+
iReP the Street & Club Dance Crew is dedicated to creating dance specific routines encompassing only styles created in the street and club dance community more famously known as Hip Hop. We also strive to give our members a safe and inclusive place to advance themselves while assessing the roles they will play in their communities and as a part of the street and club dance community and culture as a whole.
Participation in iReP is by audition only. Training: Participation in iRep is by audition only and requires a year-long commitment. Accepted students are required to take one weekly Hip Hop class in the school at Peridance in addition to attending weekly rehearsals. The required Hip Hip technique class placement will be specified by Cebo and School Coordinator. Technique classes are vital to a successful company experience. Please see the mandatory rehearsal schedule below. iReP will meet on Saturdays from 10:30-12pm Performing: iReP will perform choreography by Cebo at our School at Peridance shows with additional various performance opportunities including a performance at the Barclays Center and more to be announced throughout the year! Audition: April 25 3:00 - 4:00 PM ​ Contact: For more information and to audition, please contact the School at Peridance at sap@peridance.com
TapCo
TAP COMPANY • AGES 9+
TapCo is a pre-professional tap company within the School at Peridance aimed towards the Intermediate to Advanced Tap dancer ages 9-17 years. This company is for those students who have a passion for and are inspired by all things TAP! Accepted students are required to take a technique class within The School at Peridance as well as attend weekly company rehearsals for multiple performance opportunities within the KnJ Theater at Peridance Center as well as other potential venues throughout NYC.
Participation in TapCo is by audition only. Mission: TapCo's mission is to provide a focused environment in which students, while being encouraged to pursue their own individual passions for Tap, also learn to work together as a team while acquiring a deeper knowledge of Tap history. About: TapCo was founded in 2015 under the direction of Karin Rendelman. TapCo is for students ages 9+. TapCo dancers are required to take a Tap technique class in the School at Peridance, as well as rehearsing choreography together during weekly rehearsals. TapCo will have multiple performance opportunities in the KnJ Theater at Peridance Center, as well as other venues throughout NYC. Being part of TapCo is a year-long commitment, and all company members must take the required technique class and attend weekly rehearsals. Training: TapCo company members are accepted by audition only. They must take at least one Tap technique class in the School at Peridance, with placement specified by Ms. Rendelman and the School Director. Technique classes are vital to a successful company experience. Performing: In addition to weekly technique classes and rehearsals, company members will learn choreography created by Ms. Karin Rendelman, an established Tap teacher with over 24 years experience in the dance teaching/performing/competition industry. Company members have the opportunity to perform in various shows and performances throughout the year. Contact: For more information and to audition, please contact the School at Peridance at sap@peridance.com
About Karin Rendelman - Director of TapCo Karin, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., is a working choreographer and teacher residing in New York City. Graduating Cum Laud from Florida International University, Miami Florida, she earned a BA in Dance. Her infectious energy and her passion for dance were seasoned while she mentored under Broadway tap dancer, Jimmy Tate. Karin has been teaching for over 24 years and during this time, was honored to become the Director of the Dance Department at the nationally renowned Weiss School. She has also directed a youth tap company in South Florida where her students performed locally for community events/fundraisers and her choreography was recognized with numerous awards at a variety of competitions on both regional and national levels. Currently, Karin continues to teach master classes and create choreography for students all over the country and abroad as well as teaching on the convention/intensive circuit and is ecstatic to be beginning her 13th year on faculty at Peridance Capezio Center (NYC) where she is the Director of SynKopate – AN NYC Tap Project & SynKopate II - the first Peridance youth Tap companies. Karin's passion for her art and the technique that supports it, for rhythm and energy and the combination of it all, can be seen in each and every class she teaches as well as in her ambitious and expressive choreography!
