Colburn Dance

Due to popular demand for trial classes at Sunday's Open House, we've added additional classes to the schedule to make sure as make sure as many people as possible have the opportunity to see what Colburn has to offer!

If you were placed on a waitlist, or haven't yet registered for classes, please visit our registration page to secure your spot. Don't miss this opportunity to explore everything our Community School and Dance Institute have to offer!

Join us on campus from 10 am–4 pm on May 31 for this fun-filled family event—free with your RSVP at the link. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

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Don't miss as our Colburn Dance students of all ages close the year this Saturday, May 30, with a celebratory program featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks.

Get tickets to join us at Cal State LA's Luckman Theatre at 2 and/or 5 pm: https://buff.ly/yVaGImo

Colburn Dance students of all ages close the year next Saturday, May 30, at with a celebratory program featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks. Get your tickets to join us at Cal State LA's Luckman Theatre at 2 and/or 5 pm: https://buff.ly/yVaGImo

Colburn’s talented tap, hip hop, and jazz students show off their skills this Saturday, May 23, in TAPWORKS!

Join us for this vibrant spring showcase, featuring a special teacher appreciation, in Zipper Hall at 2 and 5 pm. Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/4uXRuU9

Faculty appreciation! Tamsin Carlson is currently serving as the Chair of Modern Dance at the Colburn School’s Trudl Zipper Dance Institute. 
Educated in the UK at the Arts Educational School and London Contemporary Dance School, she began her career performing with Edge 4D, the Toutes Femmes dance project, and various independent choreographers. In New York, she danced with Merce Cunningham’s Repertory Understudy Group (RUG) and was a faculty member at the Cunningham School. She also toured internationally with the Lucinda Childs Dance Company for its 25th Anniversary Concert.
Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2000, Tamsin has been a prominent figure in the West Coast dance community. She is a longtime member of the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble, earning a Lester Horton Award nomination for her performance in The Art of Rudy Perez, and has served as the Associate Artistic Director of Vox Dance Theatre. Globally, she has collaborated on experimental performances with the Germany-based Fabien Prioville Company. A career highlight was performing in the triple city Night of 100 Solos, in celebration of Merce Cunningham’s 100th birthday. 
An esteemed master teacher specializing in Cunningham technique, Tamsin has taught at CalArts, CSU Long Beach, Irvine Valley College, LA Dance Project, and Pieter Studios. Tamsin received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance in May 2025.

The end of the year is fast approaching. Here’s a look back from the in studio camera.

Words of wisdom from coming through her intentional movement and beautiful guidance as a stager. Our Dance Academy students are working hard in the studio with Summer on excerpts from ‘s if you run, i may fall for their Spring dance performances. This experience has taught them so much in such a short time 💞 thank you Kyle Abraham and Summer Vu.

The wait is over—the Colburn School Arkatov Photography Contest winners have been announced! Click the link to check out the images and read about the photographers’ inspiration: https://bit.ly/4dlP0ZE

Featured in the icon: "Assez Vif" by Nathan Lau, Conservatory of Music

Don't miss the final Dance Dialogues in this Spring's series, tomorrow, Saturday, May 2 at 11 am!

LA based freelance dancer, performer, instructor, and member of the Barak Ballet Jessica Gadzinski will join Ballet Faculty Katherine Cowgill on the Plaza for a discussion focused on how to embrace yourself and your body every day.

More details: https://bit.ly/3OCwgM9

Dance Dialogues concludes this Saturday, May 2, with a discussion focused on how to embrace yourself and your body every day.

LA based freelance dancer, performer, instructor and member of the Barak Ballet Jessica Gadzinski joins us at 11 am in the Plaza for this final of three conversations with Ballet Faculty Katherine Cowgill.

More details: https://bit.ly/3OCwgM9