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Dance Council of North Texas Scholarships 2025

Dance Council of North Texas (DCNT) Scholarships are awarded to exceptional dancers who demonstrate ability, artistry and passion.
A scholarship is not to be perceived solely as an award, but as a challenge to excellence!

Deadline: February 9 of given year (no exceptions)

Scholarships are for summer intensives at least 100 miles from your home studio unless otherwise stated. 
Scholarships cannot be used for study at your home studio, they are designed to allow young dancers to participate
in a learning experience supplemental to your regular training. You do not have to be a Texas resident to apply.
Application Requirements and Guidelines

Recipients will be notified by March 15 of given year.

*Local recipients are expected to participate in showcase performances by DCNT throughout the year.

Although there is no application fee, you must be a current member of DCNT before you apply...
Click here to become a member or renew.

IF AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP, awardees are required to submit proof of registration and proof of travel arrangements
(and if a travel per diem is included).

Financial Support is issued by check to the recipient after the agreement is signed and submitted
with proof of registration to the DCNT. A Full Tuition award means that funds are waived by the host organization.
At the conclusion of your intensive, you are required to submit a report to the DCNT about your experience.
Email to maircawston@yahoo.com by September 15th.
If you do not attend your intensive or workshop, you will return any funds sent to you or to your institution.

Questions: Mair (my-er) Cawston at maircawston@yahoo.com.
The office of Dance Council of North Texas cannot assist you with anything involved in the application process
except membership questions and issues.


To go to the DCNT scholarship site, click here.
Adjudicators consist of donors and professionals with no affiliation to participating applicants.
*Does not apply to the SDDF Scholarship.
  

Scholarships Offered in 2025
Ballet & Multiple Styles Scholarships

Aman Ballet Scholarship  – $500

Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.
Eligibility: any ballet student age 16-23.

Funding: Private.

Amber Strauser Scholarship - $500

Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025. Eligibility: any jazz, contemporary, or ballet student age 13-21.

Betty Bowdich Cox Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.
Eligibility: any ballet student age 12-18.

Funding: friends of Betty Bowdich Cox.

Burklyn Ballet Theatre Scholarship – $500 (tuition waiver)      

Intention: attend Burklyn Ballet Theatre summer program in VT, including performance

Date: late June through first week of August 2025: minimum 3-week attendance required.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21

Funding: Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Joanne Whitehill, Artistic Director

Cindy's Day Ballet Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any ballet summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21

Funding: Sandy’s Shoes & Dancewear, in memory of Cindy Boyce.

Company B Scholarship - $500

Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025. Eligibility: any jazz, contemporary, or ballet student age 13-21.


Darrell Cleveland Memorial Scholarship  – $500 (tuition waiver)

Intention: attend a 2-week summer intensive at Ballet Academy of Texas (Coppell, TX), summer 2025.

Eligibility: any non-current BAT dance student age 13-21

Funding: Ballet Academy of Texas, in memory of and to honor beloved dancer, choreographer and teacher Darrell Cleveland, BAT teacher for over 15 years.


Denton City Contemporary Ballet Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-19, who lives in Denton County, Texas.

Funding: Denton City Contemporary Ballet.

E John Busser Ballet Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 12-14.

Funding: E John Busser Foundation.

George Skibine Memorial Scholarship for a Male Dancer – $500 (cash)

Believing very strongly in summer study as a supplement to a dancer's education, this scholarship was created to honor George Skibine, Founding Artistic Director of Dallas Ballet.

Intention: attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any male student age 13-21.

Funding: Thom Clower, representative of George Skibine Works.

Glenda Brown Memorial Scholarship - $500 (cash)

Intention: to provide funds for a dancer to attend any summer intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025. Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21

Funding: The family of Glenda Brown.

Marjorie Tallchief Scholarship – $1000 (cash)

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025. Eligibility: any advanced female ballet student age 13-17.

Funding: anonymous.

Mary Jane Schiavone Scholarship - $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025. Eligibility: any advanced female ballet student age 13-18.

Funding: Maureen Hansen Sederberg in honor of her mother, Mary Jane Schiavone.


Nathalie Krassovska Memorial Ballet Scholarship – $800 (cash)

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21.

Funding: Friends of “Natasha” Krassovska, Prima Ballerina Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo & Artistic Director of Ballet Jeunesse.

Natalie Skelton Tutu Memorial Ballet Scholarship - $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student age 13-21, preference to a young dancer.

Funding: friends of Natalie Skelton.

Neil Hess Memorial Scholarship – $1000 (cash)           

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop with focus on the Balanchine technique (SAB, PNB, or similar), 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student, age 14-18, demonstrating noticeable potential in the Balanchine esthetic.

Funding: Michael Everett – “In memory of my teacher and mentor, Neil Hess, and his legacy as a pioneer in bringing the art of dance to Texas”.


South Dallas Dance Festival Scholarship – $1000 (cash)

Intention: To assist a black dancer to continue his or her studies in any technique or style at any dance institution, academy or studio. The recipient will also perform as Guest Artist at the South Dallas Dance Festival in November. Scholarship will be awarded in 2 parts: $450 (cash) in May and $450 (cash) in November after 2025 SDDF performance

Eligibility: any black dance student ages 13-21.

Funding: ArgaNova Dance, Loris Anthony Beckles, Artistic Director.

 

The State Street Scholarship – $500 (cash)           

Intention: attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop, 100 miles from the home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any ballet student, age 13-18, demonstrating noticeable potential.

Funding: Thom Clower – “In memory of my mom, and in honor of the sacrifices made by both my parents to give me the gift of dance!”.


Contemporary + Modern Scholarships

Darryl Sneed Scholarship – $350 tuition waiver

Intention: full tuition to Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s summer intensive, including classes in jazz, ballet, modern and praise dance, June/July 2025. No Housing provided.

Eligibility: students ages 13- 21.

Funding: Ann Williams in memory of Darryl Sneed, former resident choreographer and Associate Director of DBDT.

Kyle Richards Memorial Scholarship – $500 (cash)

A contemporary dance scholarship to attend a summer dance intensive funded by friends in loving memory of Kyle Richards.

Intention: attend any summer dance intensive at least 100 miles from home studio, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any contemporary dance student age 14-19.

Funding: friends in loving memory of Kyle Richards.

 

WinNor Family Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: To assist a young black dancer to implement or supplement study in Dance or Related Arts and Issues. To study contemporary at SI such as Julliard, Ailey, etc., summer 2025.

Eligibility: any dance student age 15-college freshman.

Funding: anonymous, In memory of Winston and Norma Beckles.


Tap + Jazz Scholarships

Buster Cooper Tap Scholarship

Provide scholarship funds to give dancers an opportunity to continue with tap training in the summer of 2025. Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21

Funding: Keira Anne Leverton (Choreo Records) and friends of Buster Cooper.


Gene Pflug Tap Scholarship – Full tuition waived + $1000 (cash – Suzanne Pflug)

Intention: attend Soul2Sole, including classes and performances with extraordinary tap dancers and teachers in Austin, TX. tapestry.org, June 2025.

Eligibility: students ages 13-21. Funding: Acia Gray, Artistic Director of Tapestry Dance Company, Suzanne Pflug, Jaime Hollenbeck and former students of Gene Pflug.

Buster Cooper Jazz Scholarship

Provide scholarship funds to give dancers an opportunity to continue with jazz training in the summer of 2025. Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21

Funding: Melinda Hartnett.


Indian Dance Scholarships

Arathi School of Dance Scholarship – $250 tuition waiver

Intention: attend 3-week program to study Bharata Natyam, a discipline of Indian dance, with a guest artist, in Dallas, TX,  July 2025.

Eligibility: any dance student age 13-21.

Funding: Arathi School of Dance, in memory of Dr. R. Rangachar, Revathi Satyu's father.

ICHF Scholarship – $500 (cash)

Intention: attend any Indian classical dance/traditional dance discipline workshop/program, summer 2025.

Eligibility: any U.S. resident age 13-21 trained primarily in Indian classical dance – preference given to a high school graduate.

Funding: Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation (ICHF)


Joyce Seaborne Bader Scholarship – * amount - $475 (tuition waiver) * purpose - attend Texas Ballet Theater Workshop/Intensive in Dallas, TX – 2 classes daily summer 2020 * eligibility - any dance student 10 - 21 who shows potential for all forms of dance, but especially ballet – * preference given to ballet students under age 18 * funding - Lyndette Bader Galen, in memory of her mother, Joyce Seaborne Bader, and Texas Ballet Theater

Texas Ballet Theater (FT Worth) Scholarship for a Male Student – * amount - full tuition scholarship ($2,300 tuition waiver) * purpose - attend Texas Ballet Theater Senior Intensive in Ft Worth, TX –June 24 – July 27, 2020 with possibility of joining TBT's professional division and/or the company * eligibility -advanced level male ballet dancer 15 - 21 from DFW area; 5 week program, does not include room and board * funding - Texas Ballet Theater School (Ft Worth).

Texas Ballet Theater (FT Worth) Scholarship for a Female Student – * amount - half tuition scholarship ($1,650 tuition waiver) * purpose - attend Texas Ballet Theater Senior Intensive in Ft Worth, TX –June 24 – July 27, 2020 with possibility of joining TBT's professional division and/or the company * eligibility - advanced level female ballet dancer 15 - 21 from DFW area; 5 week program, does not include room and board * funding - Texas Ballet Theater School (Ft Worth).

Glenda Brown Scholarship – * amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend any summer ballet intensive/workshop at least 100 miles from the student’s home * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - open to a female ballet student age 13 - 16 with intermediate-advanced ballet technique and artistic passion * funding - friends of Glenda Brown.

Aman Ballet Scholarship –* amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend any ballet intensive/workshop more than 100 miles from the student’s home * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any ballet student age 13 - 19 * funding - the Aman Family.

Amanda Stone Ballet Scholarship –* amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend any ballet intensive/workshop more than 100 miles from the student’s home * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any ballet student age 13 - 21 * funding - Friends of Amanda Stone.

Amber Strauser Scholarship – * amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend a summer program in jazz dance or musical theater at least 100 miles from home studio * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any dance student age 13 - 21 – preference given to jazz or musical theatre dancers * funding - Amber Strauser

Buster Cooper Jazz Scholarship - * amount - $800 (cash) * purpose - attend a summer program in jazz dance at least 100 miles from home studio * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any dance student age 13 - 21 – preference given to jazz, lyrical, or musical theater dancers *submit video featuring Broadway Musical Theatre technique in the style of Bob Fosse, Christopher Gattelli, Susan Stroman or Kathleen Marshall. (Lyrical or contemporary technique will not be considered.) * funding - Melinda Hartnett, Chris Ellis, and friends.

Company B Scholarship – * amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend a summer program in jazz dance or musical theater at least 100 miles from home studio * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any dance student age 13 - 21 – preference given to jazz or musical theatre dancers * funding - Amber Strauser and friends

Denise Gallagher Memorial Scholarship – * amount - $500 (cash) * purpose - attend a nationally recognized musical theater summer program such as Jacobs Pillow, Broadway Theater Project, NYU, Interlochen, STEPS * date - summer 2020 * eligibility - any musical theater student age 15 - 21 *submit video featuring Broadway Musical Theatre technique in the style of Bob Fosse, Christopher Gattelli, Susan Stroman or Kathleen Marshall. (Lyrical or contemporary technique will not be considered); Sing an upbeat song from a musical theatre piece (You may sing “a cappella” or with a karaoke CD. No background vocals); Prepare a 1 minute or less of memorized monologue * funding - Mike Gallagher in loving memory of his wife, Denise Gallagher


Moving Forward Scholarship 1 - * half tuition waiver (valued at $200) *provides full tuition to Moving Forward Summer intensive August 2020. wo age categories: intermediate 12-14 and advanced 15 - 30. *funding - Madison Hicks.

Moving Forward Scholarship 2 - * full tuition waiver (valued at $400) *provides full tuition to Moving Forward Summer intensive August 2020. Two age categories: intermediate 12-14 and advanced 15 - 30. *funding - Madison Hicks.
Margaret Rylatt Tap Scholarship – * amount - $1000  (tuition + cash) to Chicago Human Rhythym Project (any residency, course, workshop or masterclass except the "Next Step" programs).* date - Summer 2020 * eligibility:  any tap student 13 - 21 – preference given to those with clear action photos of their tap dancing * funding: Lane Alexander, Founder/Director, Chicago Human Rhythm Project and the Rylatt Family and Lynne Richardson, "In memory of my mother, who with very limited resources, encouraged my aspiration to become a dancer," -- Lynne Richardson