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Summer Dance Camps
Creativity and growth
for 3 & 4 year olds
Tuition: $99
From June 19th to July 29th (one class per week for six weeks)
This weekly hour-long class begins with the best in classical ballet training for young dancers. In the last 15 minutes of each class, dancers will explore a beloved children’s story and bring it to life through dance! At the end of the 6 weeks, dancers will perform for their families. This is a perfect introduction to dance, and it serves as great summer training for those with experience.
Class days and times: Coming soon!
Creativity and growth for 5-8 year olds.
Tuition: $125/week
From June 19 to July 29 (offered on a weekly basis or full 6 weeks)
Dancers will begin their day with a fun and challenging ballet technique class. They will study cultural and historical dance forms, as well as Musical Theater.
In their FairyTale Ballet class, young dancers will study a beloved, traditional classical ballet. They will read a book about the ballet, watch a film, engage in craft projects, design costumes, and then the dancers will create their own version of the work to be performed for parents and family at the end of the six week camp.
Dancers are encouraged to enroll in all six weeks to get the full benefit, but no matter when dancers can attend, they will learn and discover SO much!
Days: Tuesday/Thursday
Times: Schedule coming soon, but approximately 9am-12pm
For Intermediate Division dancers and Accelerate!
Tuition: $267/week for Int 2/3 dancers (Int 1 and Accelerate! tuition still being developed)
From June 19 to July 29 (offered on a weekly basis or full 6 weeks)
Our Intermediate Dance Camp offers a variety of incredible movement classes to enrich and strengthen intermediate dancers in a fun and focused environment.
Classes may include:
- Ballet Technique
- Technique Intensive – a 30-minute class designed to focus on the details of ballet technique
- Character Dance
- Folklórico
- Hip Hop
- Strength & Stretch
- Anatomy
- History
Days: Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Times: Schedule coming soon
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“A wonderful summer program that our daughter loves! She looks forward to the variety of classes, different weekly themes and seeing friends!”
– Bill A.
Photo by Misha Photography
Photo by Misha Photography
“Charlie has grown leaps and bounds since he started dancing at CCD. He’s built friendships, learned respect and discipline from his teachers, and, of course, he’s grown as a dancer. He regularly talks about how much fun it is to be at CCD and how the teachers make learning dance fun. When I just asked him what the best thing about being at CCD is, he said: “Dancing with my friends and being with the best teachers ever!”
– Karen M.
For Ages 7+
Tuition and Schedule information will be available soon! Please check back later.
For current CCD students: Student’s summer level is the same as their current school year.
Intermediate 1 Summer Camp Classes:
Ballet Technique: Students in Intermediate 1 will build their skills through an emphasis on proper alignment and awareness of the placement of the head and arms, along with more complex movements of the feet and legs. Students will also learn ballet terminology and basic anatomy.
Ballet Technique Intensive: This specialized class allows the teacher to focus on coaching the dancers through the minute details of the one specific area of their technique. Based on the prior class, the faculty member may, for instance, decide to focus on the articulation of the feet, the operation of the shoulders, movement of the head, spotting, or perhaps landing properly from a jump. Our summer dancers improve enormously through this details process!
In addition to Ballet and Ballet Technique Intensive, classes may include Character, Hip Hop, Ballroom and Musical Theater.
Character Dance: In Character Dance, students will learn the basics of balletic folk dancing (plus a little bit of history of both character dance and ballet). WARNING: This class is so fun they’ll be twirling, toe-heel-cross-heeling, and stamping through the house for the next several months.
Hip Hop: This high energy class focuses on the introduction of fundamental elements of Hip Hop, which encompass many styles of street dancing including breaking, locking and popping. This class will also focus on developing rhythm and coordination
Ballroom: This fun-filled class will introduce several styles of ballroom dance including the Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha-cha, and Charleston, with a focus on footwork, coordination and rhythm.
Musical Theater: In this class, dancers will be introduced to the songs of Broadway musicals and choreography. Combining basic skills of singing and acting with complex dance steps, dancers will learn an excerpt from a kid-friendly, family-favorite Broadway musical.
Jazz Technique: Our jazz technique syllabus aims to guide our dancers from the historic vernacular roots through the performative styles of Fosee and Luigi to current forms underpinning much of popular dance. Jazz holds strong focus on performativity, personality, musicality, rhythm, and power. We encourage our dancers to become generalists in Jazz technique with a historic understanding of the past and future of the art form.
Each camp day will include a 15-minute snack break. Please send a nutritious snack with your dancer (and please make sure it’s well labeled).
**Because each of our summer camps/intensives includes ballet technique classes as part of the daily schedule, most of these classes can be fulfilled with perfect attendance! Missed a class? No problem. Contact the front desk to schedule your make-up class and/or the extra classes you need to fulfill your requirements.
Intermediate 1 Ballet Camp
| Intermediate 1 Summer Dress Code | |
| Girls | Custom ballet Rosa leotard in Lavender/Black* available only at BBW OR an unadorned black leotard – flesh-tone tights and canvas shoes to match as close to the student’s natural skin tone as possible. Long hair must be pulled away from the face into a secure bun. No bangs. Short hair must be kept from the face. Character skirt and character shoes are optional for Character class. In lieu of character shoes, please wear jazz shoes to adequately protect the dancer’s heels and knees. |
| Boys | Ballet Rosa shirt in Shadow* (plain grey, tight-fitting t-shirt acceptable for summer study), Body Wrappers black ballet tights (#B90), black canvas ballet slippers. For our male dancers, it is important one’s har does not interfere with one’s eyes, so hair should be neat and pulled away from the face. Jazz pants and character shoes are optional. In order to protect the dancer’s heels and knees, jazz shoes are highly recommended for Character Dance. *These items are part of our year-round dress code requirement. |
| *These items are part of our year-round dress code requirement. |
For Ages 7 to 12
Tuition and Schedule information will be available soon! Please check back later.
For current CCD Students: Student’s summer level is the same as their current school year.
Intermediate 2 & 3 Summer Camp Classes:
Ballet Technique:
In Intermediate 2, students begin adding basic turns and jumps to their movement vocabulary while they build strength, control and awareness of the carriage of their bodies. Students will also learn basic anatomy and ballet terminology.
In Intermediate 3, emphasis is placed on strength, flexibility, and rhythm, as well as mastery of the basic skills, body placement and classical positions. Students will learn ballet terminology and begin to explore functional anatomy.
Ballet Technique Intensive: This specialized class allows the teacher to focus on coaching the dancers through the minute details of one specific area of their technique. Based on the prior class, the faculty member may, for instance, decide to focus on articulation of the feet, the operation of the shoulders, movement of the head, spotting, or perhaps landing properly from a jump. Our summer dancers improve enormously through this detailed process!
In addition to Ballet and Ballet Technique Intensive, classes may include Character, Hip Hop, Ballroom and Musical Theater.
Character Dance: In Character Dance, students will learn the basics of balletic folk dancing (plus a little bit of history of both character dance and ballet). WARNING: This class is so fun, they’ll be twirling, toe-heel-cross-heeling, and stamping through the house for the next several months.
Hip Hop: This high energy class focuses on the introduction of fundamental elements of Hip Hop, which encompasses many street styles including breaking, locking and popping. This class will also focus on developing rhythm and coordination.
Ballroom: This fun-filled class will introduce several styles of ballroom dance including the Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha-cha and Charleston, with a focus on footwork, coordination and rhythm.
Musical Theater: In this class, dancers will be introduced to the songs of Broadway musicals and choreography. Combining basic skills of singing and acting with complex dance steps, dancers will learn an excerpt from a kid-friendly, family-favorite Broadway musical.
Jazz Technique: Our Jazz technique syllabus aims to guide our dancers from the historic vernacular roots through the performative styles of Fosee and Luigi to current forms underpinning much of popular dance. Jazz holds focus on performativity, personality, musicality, rhythm, and power. We encourage our dancers to become generalists in Jazz technique with a historic understanding of the past and future of the art form.
**Because each of our summer camps/intensives includes ballet technique classes as part of the daily schedule, most of these classes can be fulfilled with perfect attendance! Missed a class? No problem. Contact the front desk to schedule your make-up class and/or the extra classes you need to fulfill your requirements.
| Intermediate 2/3 Summer Dress Code | |
| Young Ladies | Custom ballet Rosa leotard in Lavender/Black* available only at BBW OR an unadorned black leotard – flesh-tone tights and canvas shoes to match as close to the student’s natural skin tone as possible. Long hair must be pulled away from the face into a secure bun. No bangs. Short hair must be kept from the face. Character skirt and character shoes are optional for Character class. In lieu of character shoes, please wear jazz shoes to adequately protect the dancer’s heels and knees. |
| Young Men | Ballet Rosa shirt in Shadow* (plain grey, tight-fitting t-shirt acceptable for summer study), Body Wrappers black ballet tights (#B90), black canvas ballet slippers. For our male dancers, it is important one’s har does not interfere with one’s eyes, so hair should be neat and pulled away from the face. Jazz pants and character shoes are optional. In order to protect the dancer’s heels and knees, jazz shoes are highly recommended for Character Dance. *These items are part of our year-round dress code requirement. |
| *These items are part of our year-round dress code requirement. |
For Ages 9+
Tuition and Schedule information will be available soon! Please check back later.
A program unique to CCD, Accelerate! is specifically designed to help pre-teens and teens jump into ballet through an accelerated learning process. Current 2021-2022 Accelerate students will be evaluated prior to summer and will be placed in a new level for the summer. All new summer Accelerate students will then take the Accelerate class for the summer. All new summer students can call to request a free trial class by calling the front desk at 303.466.5685.
