Checklist:

1. Completed Electronic Application Form
   
   
2. Cover Letter describing:
   - why you are applying for this internship
   - what you expect to learn and accomplish during the internship
   - your qualifications for this role and the specific area of interest
   (if applying for more than one area of interest, please include your qualifications for each role in separate paragraphs)
   
   
3. Professional Resume
   
   
4. Dance/Performance Resume and Current Dance Photo
   
   
5. Three References (included on the second portion of the application form)
   - 2 references should vouch on work ethic and qualifications for specific position
   - 1 reference MUST vouch for your dance/choreographic ability and technique (educational or professional)
   
   
6. Additional Requirement for specific internship positions
   - Development Intern: two writing samples, maximum two pages in length each
   
   - General Management & Communications Intern: an example of a poster advertisement (8.5x11) from portfolio or that is created specifically for this
   
   
   Please email completed forms, cover letters, resumes, and any additional materials to Holly Jones, Development and Management Associate,
   at
   
   After submitting your application, please wait for an email or phone call from the senior staff regarding the next phase of the application process.
   
   Thank you for your interest in The Yard's summer internship program.

“The Yard experience was one of the best I had in my early years. The people I worked with there have been very influential in my career. The piece I made was my first real breakthrough in dance, so it was a really big summer for me.”
Susan Marshall, choreographer, MacArthur Award recipient