Scholarships

Missoula offers excellence in dance, but there is no question Montana is a small pond. In order for our dancers to gain knowledge and perspective about a possible future in the professional dance world, they need to dip a toe in bigger waters and broaden their horizons.

First, please read application instructions below:

2024 Scholarship Application

Then, apply by clicking on the button below — deadline is May 1, 2024:

Apply

Since 2001, Garden City Ballet has awarded more than $50,000 to support the education and training of our local dancers attending prestigious summer programs, including:

The Ailey School – New York, NY
AMDA Summer Conservatory Dance Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
American Ballet Theatre – New York, NY / Austin, TX / Detroit, MI
American Academy of Ballet – New York, NY
American Midwest Ballet – Council Bluffs, NE
Backhaus Dance Intensive – Orange, CA
Ballet Arts Academy – Missoula, MT
Ballet Austin – Austin, TX
Ballet Beyond Borders – CA
Ballet Idaho Academy – Boise, ID
Ballet Legacy Master Class Series – Bozeman, MT
Ballet Montana – Helena, MT
Ballet West – Salt Lake City, UT
Bates Dance Festival – Lewiston, ME
Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program – Boston, MA
Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop – Boulder, CO
Broadway Dance Center Internship – New York, NY
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet – Carlisle, PA
Classic Dance Academy – Centennial, CO
Complexions Summer Intensive – Los Angeles, CA
Feat by Feet Intensive – Whitefish, MT
Garden City Ballet Nutcracker Audition Boot Camp – Missoula, MT
Goh Ballet Academy – Vancouver, Canada
Gus Gordano Jazz – Chicago, IL
Houston Ballet – Houston, TX
Joffrey Colorado – Boulder, CO
The Juilliard School – New York, NY
Lines Ballet – San Francisco, CA
Montana Ballet Company – Bozeman, MT
North Carolina School of the Arts – Winston Salem, NC
NYCDA Nationals – New York, NY
Oregon Ballet Theater School – Portland, OR
Pacific Artists Dance Center – Portland, OR
Pacific Northwest Ballet – Seattle, WA
Pittsburg Ballet Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
Pointe Park University – Pittsburgh, PA
Saratoga Summer Dance Intensive – Saratoga Springs, NY
School of Nashville Ballet – Nashville, TX
School of Oregon Ballet – Portland, OR
Show Tyme Academy – Missoula, MT
South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory – Jazz Intensive – Columbia, SC
Summer Dance Lab – Walla Walla, WA
The Nutmeg Ballet Conservancy – Torrington, CT
The Portland Ballet – Portland, OR
The Rock – Philadelphia, PA
The Washington School of Ballet – Washington, D.C.
Universal Ballet Academy – Washington, D.C.
Vail Valley Summer Dance Intensive – Vail, CO

Scholarship Recipients

(Note: This is a partial listing. Please contact GCB if you have information about prior award recipients.)