In the heart of northern Italy, on the shores of the largest and most important lake in Italy. The 21^st International Dance Stage on Lake Garda takes place on 25^th June to 14^th July 2018.

The Stage is located in a beautiful resort right next to the Rocca in Manerba nature park, one of the most enchanting places on Lake Garda.

Your days will be embraced by dance lessons of the highest level held by highly qualified and prestigious teachers from well known Theatres and from the best academies around the world.

Every day you can attend the Pilates classes, floor bar, academic technique (all levels) repertoire, point lessons (for all levels) dance theory, Balanchine repertoire and passo a due.

Contemporary and modern dance as well as choreographic composition lessons held by masterly choreographers of proven professionalism, selected among the most important emerging talents.

In addition to the normal classes, a show will be prepared by the teachers to commit themselves to prepare this show for every weekend during the Stage.

You can be the protagonists of a new and unique different choreography every week and also win scholarships for future Art Studio Dance projects.  

The International Dance Stage of Lake Garda is attended by a purely international clientele and therefore many lessons are taught in English language.

Inside the resort you will find homely accommodation either in hotel rooms or apartments. There are two outdoor swimming pools, restaurants and bars, all in an immense park where you can relax in the shade of the famous Lake Garda olive trees from which one of the most precious virgin olive oils of Italy is extracted.

The resort has a beauty farm with sauna, Turkish bath and one indoor pool with hydro massages, a beauty centre, tennis courts, beach volley base and a football camp. Moreover, among the services offered by Art Studio there is a massage centre specially designated for dancers:

You will have at your disposal a therapist Francesco Russo specialized in the dance sector that knows the thousand problems that a dancer must solve during the day at the stage.

Francesco Russo with his treatments will relieve the fatigue, lighten the muscles and treat any contractures. He is really the person that every dancer would like to have at his or her side throughout the dance career.

Outside the resort you will find a fantastic itineraries that you can do on foot or by bike (available for guests of the resort) idyllic beaches and lake walks in one of the most beautiful stretches of Lake Garda, countless restaurants and bars are along the lake side, there are two ports from which boats depart that will take you to explore the amazing landscapes of Lake Garda.