At the nation's premier performing arts organization, Kennedy Center Internships provide a variety of individualized and collaborative learning experiences to enhance career development for the next generation of dynamic, socially-responsive arts leaders. Kennedy Center Internships are defined by experiences that are authentic, high-quality, engaging, inclusive and diverse.

Kennedy Center Interns develop valuable relationships in the industry by completing placement projects collaborating with Kennedy Center Staff in departments aligned with their interests.

Interns also gain an expansive understanding of the performing arts industry by participating in weekly KC Class, taught by Kennedy Center Senior Leaders, informational seminars, professional development workshops, networking opportunities and tours and events, and connecting with a vast network of intern alumni.

Interns are expected to contribute a minimum of 20 hours per week during the Internship. Upon acceptance into the program, Interns develop a personalized schedule with their host department based on their availability, including to a commitment to Wednesday afternoon KC Class.

We are looking for highly motivated sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduates up to one year post undergraduate degree, to apply for Kennedy Center Internships Fall 2016 Class.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The Center, which opened September 8, 1971, produces and presents theater, dance, ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, and folk music, in addition to multi-media performances for all ages. It is the busiest performing arts facility in the United States and annually hosts approximately 2,000 performances for audiences totaling nearly two million; Center-related touring productions, television, and radio broadcasts welcome 20 million more. Now in its 44th season, the Center presents the greatest examples of music, dance and theater; supports artists in the creation of new work; and serves the nation as a leader in arts education. With its artistic affiliate, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Center's achievements as a commissioner, producer, and nurturer of developing artists have resulted in over 200 theatrical productions, dozens of new ballets, operas, and musical works. Tracing its beginning to the National Cultural Center Act of Congress in 1958, which requires that its programming be sustained through private funds, the center represents a public-private partnership. It is both the nation's public memorial to President John F. Kennedy and the "national center for the performing arts." Its activities include educational and outreach initiatives, almost entirely funded through ticket sales and gifts from individuals, corporations, and private foundations.