DAY 1: Depart to NYC

DAY 2:
Eight hours with a licensed NYC tour guide.
Subway 101 walking sightseeing program: This walking and subway tour includes many popular landmarks and neighborhoods. Before the adventure begins, students will learn a lesson on the NYC subway system from their guide. The escapade starts with stories of Lower Manhattan, then on to Battery Park, with vistas of Lady Liberty and Ellis Island. Next, they’ll jump on the subway to Greenwich Village to meet some “Friends.” Then it’s north for the energy of Times Square. Students will then take a walk to the grandeur of Rockefeller Center. The tour concludes with a stroll to Central Park, Manhattan’s backyard.
Entrance to the 9-11 Memorial: The 9-11 Memorial is a national tribute of remembrance and honor to the 2,983 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. Occupying eight of the 16 acres at the World Trade Center, the Memorial is a tribute to the past and a place of hope for the future.
Shopping excursion in Little Italy and Chinatown.
Rear mezzanine seats to an evening Broadway performance (Rates are based on a weekday/Friday night performance. Supplement may apply for a weekend performance.)

DAY 3:
One Horton Technique dance workshop at Alvin Ailey: Beginner Horton class is to learn the basic fundamentals of the Horton technique at the beginner pace. In this class you will gain the opportunity to not only study the Horton technique, but perfect it using the fundamentals including flat backs, primitive squat, lateral stretches, release swings, leg swings, deep lunges, and T positions. The class will consist of studies to stretch and strengthen different areas of the body. Many of the beginning level studies which are taught will focus on the Achilles tendon, the abdominal muscles, and movements that lengthen the spine and the hamstring muscles. Simple combinations of movements that include turns and jumps are taught to introduce musicality and dynamics to the beginning dancer's vocabulary. Early Alvin Ailey works, including “Revelations” prominently feature the shapes of Horton Technique.
Two-hour Central Park Walking sightseeing program with a licensed NYC tour guide: Central Park is more than just a green space in the middle of Manhattan Island. It is an 843-acre oasis, 150 years in the making and a favorite retreat for New Yorkers. An essential part of the urban landscape, Central Park is a place no New Yorker can live without. Your group will follow their guide on the park’s winding paths, over the bridges, through the tunnels, and learn how the architects Olmsted and Vaux created New York’s “backyard.” This tour can be all walking or a mix of motor coach and walking.
Entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among nineteen curatorial departments.
One ticket to The RIDE: The Ride takes everything that makes NYC, NYC and kicks it into overdrive. Riders will board The Ride, a super-sized, technologically amped-up vehicle that travels the streets of NY. With stadium-style, sideways seating and massive windows, Riders have front row seats to the big city. You never know what you’ll see or who you’ll meet along the 4.2-mile route. From Grand Central to Central Park, The Ride provides a look at NYC and its people in a way that you’ve never seen before.

DAY 4: Six hours with a licensed NYC tour guide
Jazz and Other Giants sightseeing program with a licensed NYC tour guide: Outside of its native New Orleans, no community has nurtured jazz more than Harlem. Many greats like John Coltrane and Billie Holiday had their unique sounds reverberate through Harlem’s fabled streets. Students will attend a live jazz performance, discussion and Q&A at the National Jazz Museum of Harlem before embarking on a historical tour of Harlem. The tour will infuse students with knowledge on jazz greats, authors and other artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
National Jazz Museum, Harlem: Outside of its native New Orleans, no community has nurtured jazz more than Harlem. Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday - all of their unique sounds reverberated throughout these fabled streets. Their legacy continues as the jazz musicians of today have also found a home in this community for their own contemporary sounds. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is dedicated to fostering this spirit - the music as a living, breathing
Apollo Theater Tour:
Apollo historic tours connect the past, the present and the future of the legendary venue, revealing the significant contributions of African-Americans and Latinos to the birth of global popular culture. The tours are educational, informative, entertaining and inspiring, as tour director Billy Mitchell discloses little known facts about the theater and the legendary people who performed there. The tours tell the dramatic story of a proud people, an aspiring community, and the rapid growth of a small idea, with something meaningful for everyone.

DAY 5:
One theater workshop.
Carnegie Hall Tour: Get to know the concert hall that has inspired great artists for more than a century. Share its story with a volunteer guide, learn more in the Rose Museum, and take home a memento from the Shop.
Lincoln Center tour: Learn more about Lincoln Center’s iconic landmarks—including the Revson Fountain, the newly transformed Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera House, which have been showcased on Sex and the City and in movies like Black Swan, Moonstruck, and Ghostbusters. Go behind the scenes at venues where a spectacular range of artists have performed, including Luciano Pavarotti, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonard Bernstein, Renée Fleming, and Bruce Springsteen.
Rear mezzanine seats to an evening Broadway performance (Rates are based on a weekday/Friday night performance. Supplement may apply for a weekend performance.)

DAY 6: Six hours Rockefeller Center sightseeing program with a licensed NYC tour guide
Rockefeller Center: Located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings and is NYC’s top tourist attraction. John D. Rockefeller Jr's resolution to make Rockefeller Center contemporary and innovative can be felt with every artwork and attraction.
NBC Studio Tour: Since 1933, the NBC Studio Tour has offered this historic experience that takes you through the halls and into the studios of NBC's New York operations! On the NBC Studio Tour journey through 30 Rockefeller Plaza, you will visit the NBC Sharp Globe Theater, Broadcast Operations, the Make-up Room, and even produce your very own news and weather program in the High Definition Mini-Control Studio!
Radio City Music Hall stage door tour: Radio City’s experienced tour guides will lead your exploration of the beautiful art-deco interiors, learn the secrets of the Great Stage (one of the largest indoor performance stages in the world), the stage’s hydraulic system (still in operation since the 1930s), and meet, up close and in person, one of the world-famous Radio City Rockettes.
Timed entrance to Top of the Rock 70th floor observatory: It’s a dramatic view of New York City you just can’t get anywhere else. Day or night, three floors of indoor and outdoor decks offer stunning panoramas of the city’s energy, wonder, and beauty.

Day 7: Eight hours Brooklyn sightseeing program with a licensed NYC tour guide
Traditional and hip, city and suburb, historic and cutting edge, cultured and gritty Brooklyn is a city unto itself (if it were to be a separate city, it would be one of the most populated in the USA and maybe the most culturally diverse). It is home to the neighborhoods of D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn Heights, the famous Brooklyn Bridge, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Park, Park Slope and the Promenade overlooking Lower Manhattan. Come discover what so many New Yorkers already know: Brooklyn is the real crossroads of the world.
Brooklyn Bridge Park and Carousel Ride: The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. Built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the carousel was purchased in 1984 and painstakingly restored to its original condition.
Prospect Park: Prospect Park is a 585-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York City’s most populous borough. The masterpiece of famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who also designed Central Park, Prospect Park features the 90-acre Long Meadow, the 60-acre Lake and Brooklyn’s only forest. The nation’s first urban Audubon Center, the Prospect Park Zoo, and the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival are just a few of the cultural attractions that make their home here at the Park.
Entrance and tour of the Brooklyn Museum: The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. Flexible and good-humored, Museum Guides invite participants to explore the collections by looking closely at specific works of art. Their expertise and passion resonate with visitors as guided tours deepen understanding and encourage learning. Each tour lasts approximately one hour and can be tailored to meet a variety of interests.

Day 8: Return Flight Home

Itinerary is subject to change.