how can I get bursary or free education from dance schools in USA?

Question

I don't have a lot of money and I live in Turkey.I'm 17. five years ago I started to dance(hip-hop).so how can I get bursary?send my videos or send mail???what?

Answer 1

You first need to specify what kind of dance schools you're interested in. There are dance studios where just dancing is taught and no certificate or degree is given, and there are dance programs at colleges and universities.

Colleges and universities DO give out full scholarships to foreign students, but you'd have to either be an amazingly talented dancer or very brilliant in your academic studies. That said, no college or university is going to award a talent scholarship based on hiphop dance training. It is not a recognized style in college dance programs except as part of some jazz classes (if any).

If you're interested in attending university to study dance, you would need to research which ones you're mostly interested in, as their programs vary significantly, and then contact their international students office to ask about how to apply for scholarships. Prospective dance applicants will always have to submit a video, but to get a dance scholarship, it is very hard to get one without auditioning in person.

The EDGE Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles is one of the biggest dance studios in the US for hiphop. They do give out full scholarships, but I've only heard of this done through competitions that are held around the U.S., or at their own building. Broadway Dance Center in NYC, which also offers hiphop, is similar. However, both cities are very expensive places to live and since you'd be a foreign student who doesn't have a green card, you wouldn't be able to work to support yourself.

Rigo obviously does not understand how U.S. immigration policies work, so please don't listen to him. Your best bet to train in hiphop in the U.S. would be to find any college that is located near the EDGE studio to give you a full scholarship in whatever academic subjects they offer (for example, Business) so that you can enter the U.S. on a student visa, and then audition at the EDGE for their work/study program. Foreign students are allowed to do work/study programs. Of course, you'd also have to keep up in your studies at the college or risk being deported.

Answer 2

You would first have to get accepted to a school.

As for financial aid... considering you'd be a foreigner, you'd be better off moving to the US indefinitely so you can establish residency. International student/Out of state tuition rates are almost 2/3/4 times of what you'd pay if you actually lived in the area you were going to school in.

But free education is not a reasonable possiblity. Not unless you have excellent academic skills and can get a full ride, most people wind up having to take out loans.