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- The mission of Juilliard Dance

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is to train a 21st century artist

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who is well versed in
the techniques of ballet

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and modern dance, and
can take those techniques

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and make them contemporary.

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- The intention of the
program too is to help offer

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all of those different kinds of processes

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and creative thought so that
when they are in the field,

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they're ready to step
into whatever process

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a choreographer's gonna give them.

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- It's nice to get to feel safe

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and to explore all these things

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while you're not in the field.

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Just to be comfortable with yourself

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and be comfortable with
being uncomfortable.

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- I believe our dance division
has some of the most engaged

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and caring world class faculty.

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- We try to cultivate the individuals

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that are brought into the school

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to find their own potential,

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and because the classes are so small,

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you can look at each individual dancer

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to help them realize themselves
as choreographer, performer,

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teacher emerging.

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- They want to see your individuality

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and your artistic growth.

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And because of the very supportive faculty

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and community here, I feel very
safe to be my genuine self.

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- I talk often about having a tool belt,

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and I want them to have
the biggest tool belt

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they can possibly have

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because sometimes one tool doesn't work,

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you have to go get another tool.

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- I don't know any other school

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that has the amount of
opportunities that Juilliard has

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for choreographers.

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I didn't come here

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thinking I was gonna be a
choreographer whatsoever.

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Over the four years, I've really learned

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to practice patience

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and understand that
sometimes the best results

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come with further investigation.

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- I was in my own way

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and it really was a
gift for them to change

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the way I was as a person mentally

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and also the way I was as a dancer.

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- We are seated right here
in the Lincoln Center campus,

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and that brings a very
special awareness to a student

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and their place in the dance world.

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- Going to New York City Center
to see something like Ailey

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or NDT or going right across the street

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to see a New York City ballet
piece or Paul Taylor piece.

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Those are all very
different forms of dance

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that we are exposed to in such
a small radius of an area.

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- Our studios are always open
to guests and guest artists,

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and through the repertoire

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that we perform in our "New Dances" series

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and our "Spring Dances" series,

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we have these iconic choreographers

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coming into the building.

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- Juilliard has provided
a plethora of opportunity

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and space to collaborate.

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Everyone wants to be in
different choreographic processes

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with people and evolve each
other's artistic values

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and minds.

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- The more choreography, the
more rep that they're doing,

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the more emergent into what's
accessible to them at Juilliard

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and kind of finding
themselves with clarity.

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All these prepare them
for the outside world.

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Juilliard dance is unique

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because of also the
environment at Julliard.

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We hear musicians playing in the studios

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and we hear the actors working
on the stairway on something

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that is going to be presented.

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- There's so much exposure
and accessibility to the arts,

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and you don't have to go out
of your way to be inspired

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and use that information

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to feed yourself for your own growth.

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- Who you are as a dancer

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and who you are as a person
is not gonna be second

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to who you are as a technician.

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I think that is visible in
our performances to see them

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as people dancing.

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- The most fulfilling
experience for me as an educator

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is to see a young person
come in in their first year,

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and clearly they're talented,
they have the goods,

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but to see them grow into themselves

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and they have a confidence about them,

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that is fulfilling for me.

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To see someone really grasp that dream

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and take it on into the future.

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