NCDC has a featured photo on the cover of the Fall 22 edition of the Placer County Arts and Culture Guide! Inside, the stunning photo of NCDC dancer Ella Bradford is followed by an impressive description and shoutout. "Ella, and other Northern California Dance Conservatory dancers, recently had the opportunity to travel to Portugal and Spain where they trained with dancers from around the world. Ella spent three weeks at the prestigious Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, in MA, where she workshopped the upcoming Broadway revival 1776. In August,

In this new series, NCDC Founder Jen Bradford reaches out to Alumni, Staff, and Current Students to share advice and insights into their careers both in dance and in life. Meet Ella - She is a Senior at NCDC and will be auditioning for companies and applying for colleges. JEN: You had the fantastic opportunity to attend both Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and Arts Umbrella International Summer Intensive in Canada this past summer. How did that happen? ELLA: The process of getting accepted into these programs was rigorous!  Jacobs Pillow

NCDC is Featured in this months Sacramento Talent Magazine pg 69-73. Our incredibly talented photographer Tim Engle is on the cover!! You can read the full article here

Recent Oak Ridge High School graduate Madeline Bertoy was accepted into The Juilliard School’s prestigious Dance Division and will leave to begin her studies in New York City later this month. Only 12 women and 12 men are accepted into Juilliard’s dance program annually. Madeline, 18, said she received a call during spring break that she’d been accepted into her No. 1 college choice. “I was really shocked,” she said. “I still can’t believe it.” She started dancing at Center Stage Dance Academy when she was in kindergarten, but

Nicole Smith was one of 21 dance finalists out of 11 thousand applicants to receive a coveted scholarship from the National YoungArts Foundation. Nicole Smith was flown to Miami for a week of life changing experiences with some of the best young dancers in the country.  Loomis resident, Nicole Smith (17), had the opportunity to participate in YoungArts programs “designed to support young artists at critical junctures in their careers and to encourage them to pursue a life in the arts.” National YoungArts Week was held in Miami

One Del Oro High School senior is following her dream and will be off to a prestigious dance school in London this fall. Carlene Raibley, 17, of Loomis, called attending the London Contemporary Dance School “the opportunity of a lifetime.” Carlene traveled to San Francisco and endured an 8-hour intensive audition to earn one of 40 coveted spots in the school’s freshman class. She will join an international group of dancers to study contemporary dance together with ballet, choreography and other supporting subjects for a three-year BA Honours degree

For Tessa Magda it would be her first dance competition. It would also be her first time in France. And it would also be barely two months after she broke her foot. But none of this seemed to phase the Auburn 15-year-old, as Tessa took home the gold in both the classical ballet and contemporary dance competitions. “I wasn’t expecting it,” she said. “They say my name funny, so I paused for a second to make sure it was me, but no one else was going up, so I

When the world spins, Liselle Yap stands strong on her toes in an artistic and focused realm of self-expression. “It’s part of our job as dancers to make it seem like what we do is effortless when in reality it takes years and years of dedication and practice. But that is part of the beauty and the art of it,” said the 18-year-old Rocklin High senior. Yap relishes the challenge of dancing and the process of creating something. She regards the experience of dancing as “freeing” –

A Granite Bay High School graduate has made it big time, dancing at Juilliard in New York City with her future sights set on Broadway. But that’s not all, folks. Molly Griffin, 20, is raising funds for a program called the Arusha Arts Initiative, which uses dance, drama and music to empower young people in Tanzania. Griffin is going to the east African country with nine other Juilliard students for one month this summer. This will be the group’s fourth time teaching performing arts in Tanzania, and Griffin’s first time participating. “I’m

A Granite Bay High School graduate has made it big time, dancing at Juilliard in New York City with her future sights set on Broadway. But that’s not all, folks. Molly Griffin, 20, is raising funds for a program called the Arusha Arts Initiative, which uses dance, drama and music to empower young people in Tanzania. Griffin is going to the east African country with nine other Juilliard students for one month this summer. This will be the group’s fourth time teaching performing arts in Tanzania, and Griffin’s first time participating. “I’m