New York City Dance Alliance
New York City Dance Alliance, 602 66th St., West New York, NJ 07093
About
New York City Dance Alliance offers a range of dance experiences that include a Workshop, Competition, College Scholarship Audition, Gala Performances, and multiple seasonal intensives. Dancers can take part in the Winter Contemporary Intensive, Winter Pre-Professional Intensive, Winter Junior Intensive, Summer Pre-Professional Intensive, Summer Junior Intensive, and the NYCDA Intensive. The program also provides scholarship opportunities and professional resources, and offers college scholarships through the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation.
• Schedule: Office hours are 12:00–6:00 pm EST, Monday–Friday.
The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity. Its stated mission is to broaden performing arts awareness while advocating education and high standards of excellence in dance, and it is dedicated to investing in the next generation of professional performers by offering scholarships for secondary and college education. Well over $5,000,000 in college scholarships have been awarded directly from the NYCDA Foundation. More than 300 local dance studios across the United States participate in NYC Dance Alliance Foundation fundraising programs.
The leadership team includes Joe Lanteri, NYCDA Founder and Executive Director; Travis Fritsche and Rich Bittner, General Managers; Michelle Schindledecker and Joanna Pfeiffer, Managers; Leah Dustin, Company Manager; Riley Marx, Registration Manager; Vanessa Periera, Office Manager; Vincent Arzola and Hanna Piper, Event Managers; Jaden Young, Administrative Associate; and Alex Knezevic, Technical Director. The NYCDA team works remotely outside of office hours, and the best way to contact them is via email.
Testimonials about the program include comments from Desmond Richardson, Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, who says, “NYCDA has always been at the forefront in helping to foster the new voices in dance.” Past NYCDA National Winner Sarah Pippin, attending The Juilliard School, says, “I genuinely believe that I would not be where I am or who I am as person or dancer, without NYCDA.” NYCDA Faculty member and three-time Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler says, “I can dream up crazy ideas, and dancers from the New York City Dance Alliance can make those ideas actually happen.”
Last updated July 16, 2026.
• Schedule: Office hours are 12:00–6:00 pm EST, Monday–Friday.
The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) public charity. Its stated mission is to broaden performing arts awareness while advocating education and high standards of excellence in dance, and it is dedicated to investing in the next generation of professional performers by offering scholarships for secondary and college education. Well over $5,000,000 in college scholarships have been awarded directly from the NYCDA Foundation. More than 300 local dance studios across the United States participate in NYC Dance Alliance Foundation fundraising programs.
The leadership team includes Joe Lanteri, NYCDA Founder and Executive Director; Travis Fritsche and Rich Bittner, General Managers; Michelle Schindledecker and Joanna Pfeiffer, Managers; Leah Dustin, Company Manager; Riley Marx, Registration Manager; Vanessa Periera, Office Manager; Vincent Arzola and Hanna Piper, Event Managers; Jaden Young, Administrative Associate; and Alex Knezevic, Technical Director. The NYCDA team works remotely outside of office hours, and the best way to contact them is via email.
Testimonials about the program include comments from Desmond Richardson, Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, who says, “NYCDA has always been at the forefront in helping to foster the new voices in dance.” Past NYCDA National Winner Sarah Pippin, attending The Juilliard School, says, “I genuinely believe that I would not be where I am or who I am as person or dancer, without NYCDA.” NYCDA Faculty member and three-time Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler says, “I can dream up crazy ideas, and dancers from the New York City Dance Alliance can make those ideas actually happen.”
Last updated July 16, 2026.
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