Event Information - WDM Italy 2025
BRIDGING CULTURES THROUGH DANCE
JOIN US FOR 2.5 INCREDIBLE WEEKS!!! JULY 3-19, 2025
CHECK OUT THESE INCREDIBLE EVENTS!
- AERIAL INTENSIVE - JULY 3-5, 2025 (CHECK-IN: JULY 2)
- AERIAL FACULTY/STUDENT DINNER PARTY - JULY 4, 2025
- INTERNATIONAL AERIAL COMPETITION - JULY 5 & 6, 2025
- RWS GLOBAL AERIAL DANCE AUDITIONS - JULY 6, 2025
- DANCE WORKSHOP - SESSION 1 - JULY 8-12, 2025 (CHECK-IN: JULY 7)
- DANCE FACULTY/STUDENT DINNER PARTY - JULY 9, 2025
- WDM FESTIVAL OPENING PERFORMANCE - JULY 10, 2025
- WORLD DANCER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 'SEMI-FINALS' - JULY 11, 2025
- GALA PERFORMANCE - SESSION 1 (ALL DANCERS PERFORM) - JULY 12, 2025
- GALA DINNER AND SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION - JULY 12, 2025
- RWS GLOBAL DANCE & SINGER AUDITIONS - JULY 13, 2025
- INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION & WDOTY 'FINALS' - JULY 13, 2025
- DANCE WORKSHOP - SESSION 2 - JULY 15-19, 2025 (CHECK-IN: JULY 14)
- DANCE FACULTY/STUDENT DINNER PARTY - JULY 16, 2025
- 'CON TE MIMMO' - GUEST COMPANY PERFORMANCES - JULY 18, 2025
- GALA PERFORMANCE - SESSION 2 (ALL DANCERS PERFORM) - JULY 19, 2025
- GALA DINNER & SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION - JULY 19, 2025
For More Information and/or to Register Large Groups:
Email: info@WorldDanceMovement.com
Call: (USA) +1.212.582.1090 / (Italy) +39.360.829733
STUDIO 1: Bellini Artinscena – via Serritella, 10, Castellana Grotte, 70013
STUDIO 2: Palestra Angiulli – via Carlo Poerio, 31, Castellana Grotte, 70013
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE STAGE: Largo Porta Grande, Castellana Grotte, 70013
SEMIRAMIDE PALACE HOTEL:Â via Conversano, 157, Castellana Grotte, 70013
THE WDM AERIAL intensive - July 3-5, 2025
CLASSES
- HOOP
- SILK DYNAMIC (Technique & Tricks)
- SILK CHOREOGRAPHY
LEVELS
- CHILDREN / INTERMEDIATE
- ADVANCED
EVENTS
- FACULTY/STUDENT DINNER PARTY
- WDM INTERNATIONAL AERIAL COMPETITION
- RWS GLOBAL AUDITIONS FOR AERIALISTS
WDM AERIAL INTENSIVE PRICES
PRICE BREAKDOWN FOR WDM ITALY 2025 AERIAL INTENSIVE AT ALL LEVELS IN USD:Â
For prices in euros, CLICK HERE
EARLY BIRD PRICES:
(Prices Before May 15, 2025)
Application fee: $40 (for all aerialists and workshop observers/parents)
WDM AERIAL CLASSES – 2 HOUR SESSIONS
$235: 1 session a day
$320: 2 sessions a day
$375: 3 sessions a day
$420: 4 sessions a day
REGULAR PRICES:
(Prices starting May 16, 2025)Â
Application fee: $45Â (for all aerialists and workshop observers/parents)
WDM AERIAL CLASSES – 2 HOUR SESSIONS
$260: 1 session a day
$350: 2 sessions a day
$400: 3 sessions a day
$450: 4 sessions a day
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YOUR WDM AERIAL FACULTY
THE WDM Dance festival classes & Events - July 8-19, 2025
- Ballet
- Jazz / Lyrical
- Contemporary
- Modern
- Street Dance
- Commercial Video + Backup Dancer Prep
- Acro / Contact Improv Dance Workshop
- Humanhood Workshop
- Choreographic Workshops
- Inclusive Dance / Ugualmente Artisti
- RWS Global Audition Class
- Faculty/Student Dinner Party
YOUR WDM DANCE FACULTY
WDM DANCE CLASS LEVELS
- Children 7-9 / 9-11
- Intermediate 12-16
- Advanced/Professional 17+
NOTE: All dancers must be 18 years old to participate in WDM Italy without a chaperone/guardian. Dancers under 18 years old must be accompanied by a chaperone at least 21 years of age. If you do not have a chaperone, please contact us and we will attempt to assign you one.
If we have to assign a chaperone for you, there is a $250 fee per week for the chaperone/guardian. You may add the chaperone to your registration form when you get to the “Optional Items” page. Please add one (1) chaperone per dancer under 18 years of age per week if needed. If you are coming with your parent or teacher, they can be your chaperone and register as a workshop observer.
Parents will have to sign a liability release form.
Please call +1.212.582.1090 with any questions or email at info@worlddancemovement.com
WDM DANCE CLASS PRICES
PRICE BREAKDOWN FOR WDM ITALY 2025 CLASSES AT ALL LEVELS IN USD: (Per week/Session)
For prices in euros, CLICK HERE
Early Bird Registration (Prices Before May 15, 2025)Â
Application fee: $40 (for all dancers and workshop observers/parents)
WDM Core Classes:
$215: 1 class a day
$365: 2 classes a day
$465: 3 classes a day
$555: 4 classes a dayÂ
$580: 5 classes a day
Elective Classes:Â (priced separately and are not included in the WDM packaged classes above)
$235: Choreographic Workshop – Acro/Contact Improv Workshop
Regular Prices (Prices starting May 16, 2025)Â
Application fee: $45Â (for all dancers and workshop observers/parents)
WDM Core Classes:
$240: 1 class a day
$390: 2 classes a day
$490: 3 classes a day
$580: 4 classes a day
$625: 5 classes a dayÂ
Elective Classes:Â (priced separately and are not included in the WDM packaged classes above)
$260: Choreographic Workshop – Acro/Contact Improv Workshop
WDM WEEKLY GALAS "CHOREOGRAPHIC CREATIONS"
At the conclusion of each week of classes, the students perform the “Choreographic Creations” they have learned throughout the week in a weekly GALA Performance in a beautiful outdoor Italian Piazza. They will perform alongside guest artists and professional companies. Patrons of the arts, special guests and supporters of World Dance Movement are invited to the Gala to witness the various styles learned at WDM.
Hotel Information
OUR OFFICIAL HOTEL:
Semiramide Palace Hotel is our partner hotel. All dancers and teachers will stay together. Luxury and warm hospitality, a suggestive location and a wealth of pleasant details, advanced technology and health and beauty facilities – these are the secrets of the Semiramide Palace Hotel.
Situated in a strategic position at the beginning of the Valle d’Itria, the Semiramide Palace Hotel meets the requirements of even the most demanding business and tourism clientele.
You must contact the hotel directly by EMAIL to reserve your room and accommodation type to receive the WDM discount pricing below. Do not book on their website. They will try to accommodate your request as best as possible.Â
PLEASE CC info@worlddancemovement.com
ALL HOTEL PRICES ARE PER DAY, PER PERSON, IN EURO
(All City Taxes NOT Included, 3€ per person for the first 5 days of your stay):
Breakfast & Dinner
- Room for 1: €117,00
- Room for 2: €89,00
- Room for 3: €82,00
- Room for 4: €77,00
Breakfast ONLY
- Room for 1: €87,00
- Room for 2: €59,00
- Room for 3: €52,00
- Room for 4: €47,00
Travel Information
All dancers & visitors are responsible for booking their own flight accommodations & transfer from/to the airport.Â
The Nearest airport is BARI-PALESE AIRPORT
PRE-RESERVED WDM BUS SERVICE TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT:
CLICK HEREÂ TO DOWNLOAD THE BUS PRICESÂ
Detailed information on how to book this service is on the REGISTRATION FORM.
WORLD DANCE MOVEMENT ITALY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
Share your PASSION & TALENT with an elite international panel of judges and an audience from over 40 countries. Compete for cash awards, international scholarships and WDM award plaques. Compete for the title of WORLD DANCER OF THE YEAR 2025!
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WDM AERIAL BUS PASS $45 / 45€This includes all daily rides to and from the hotel to the studio/s and other aerial events. You will need a pass for each session you attend. You will need to purchase this during the registration process online. This does not include to and from the airport.
- WDM WEEKLY DANCE BUS PASS $50 / 50€
This includes all daily rides to and from the hotel to the studio/s and other dance events. You will need a pass for each session you attend. You will need to purchase this during the registration process online. This does not include to and from the airport.
'CON TE MIMMO' - THE WDM SHOWCASE - JULY 11 & 18, 2025
A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WDM PARTICIPATING DANCERS . CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!
RWS GLOBAL AUDITIONS AT WDM ITALY
RWS GLOBAL is using WDM as a scouting opportunity to hire new talent. CLICK HERE to learn more
Learn About Puglia
If traveling is what you had in mind, Puglia welcomes its visitors with the shine of its sun, the warmth of the sea, the perfume of its nature and the treasures of history through the art of its cities. Puglia is a region to visit in its entirety, from the Gargano to the islands of Tremblings, from the Tavoliere to the Murgia, from Bari to the zone of the Trulli, Up to Salento surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. The splendid caves of Castellana and the Trulli of Alberobello…you just can’t miss it!
POPULAR PLACES OF INTEREST
- The Caves of Castellana
- Monopoli
- Polignano a Mare
- Alberobello (Trulli)
- Matera
- Bari
- Ostuni
- Locorotondo
- Martina Franca
- Cisternino
- Lecce
- Trani
- Otranto
- and of course the world-famous cities of Italy!
a Special Treat! Hell in the Cave! CLICK HERE to get prices and details!
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