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SUMMER CLASSES 

We are excited to announce our summer programming for 2025!

We will be offering Moana themed dance camps for ages 3-9, a mini intensive for ages 10-12, and a summer intensive for intermediate/advanced dancers with special master teachers Kate Arnson and Derek Lauer, from Charlottesville Ballet.

The Moana camps include dance activities and crafts themed around the hit movie Moana. The mini intensive will include classes in Ballet, Progressing Ballet Technique/Conditioning, Dance History/Variations, Contemporary, and more. The summer intensive for intermediate/advanced students will include classes in Ballet, Progressing Ballet Technique/Conditioning, Pointe/Pre-Pointe, Variations, Dance History, and more. All summer programming is open to everyone, even if you aren't a current Bristol Ballet student!

We hope you join us for these fun camps! Registration is open now at www.bristolballet.org/registration, or email [email protected] for more info!

June 16-20, Monday through Friday:

Ages 3-6/current Creative Movement, Pre Ballet, Pre Primary students:

two session times: 9-10:30am or 11am-12:30pm

tuition for the week: $150

Ages 7-9/current Primary, Ballet 1, and Ballet 2 students: 11am-1pm

Tuition for the week: $175

Ages 10-12/current Ballet 3 students: 1-4:30pm

Classes in Ballet, Progressing Ballet Technique, Dance History, Contemporary, and more.

tuition for the week: $250

June 23-27: Summer Intensive with special guest instructors Kate Arnson and Derek Lauer for Intermediate/Advanced dancers

Current Ballet 4 and Company students

Classes in Ballet, Progressing Ballet Technique, Pointe/Pre-Pointe, Variations, Dance History, and more.

Tuition $500

We hope you all join us! Everyone is welcome to register; you do not have to be a current Bristol Ballet student. 
 
Why Summer Dance Is Beneficial
After an action packed school year, we all feel overwhelmed. Long days, even longer weeks, and months that seem to drag on f o r e v e r r r. Then summer comes in like the breath of fresh air we've all been waiting for! It can be tempting to take the summer off from your dance training, but here are some reasons why training through the summer is a great option!

Stay in shape! Dance requires a ton of muscles that we don't use as much in our daily lives. Dancers can easily lose a lot of their strength (especially in the feet & ankles)if they aren't keeping up with their classes in the summer, which could result in injury come fall!

Flexibility is lost. Taking a couple days or even a couple weeks off won't set you back, but taking the summer off will definitely result in a significant loss of flexibility — especially if you're still growing! We work so hard for our flexibility...you don't want to lose it!

Maintain technique. A lot of dance training relies on muscle memory! When you are in class all year working on certain skills, you are training your muscles so they can start to go on "autopilot" — allowing you to add on more difficult elements, like more challenging arms or more turn rotations! Without regular class, muscle memory can be lost and you might find yourself re-learning skills you had already mastered.
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Embrace the lack of distraction! Even though the summer is our shortest season, we often see the BIGGEST amount of growth in our students during the summer! This is because dancers have less distractions (school work, other activities, weekend rehearsals...) and are able to focus on their training in a totally stress-free manor. Camps in particular have proven to be incredible for huge growth in a super short period of time!
Summer is the time we can spend more time doing extra things related to dance. For younger children, we love having themed camps so that the children can experience dance, movement, learn a story or ballet and do crafts related to the story. It’s a fun, relaxed time for them to experience different aspects of the arts that we don’t always have time for during the regular season. Slightly older students can learn about famous ballets, learn terminology and history, and variations or new choreography. Learning in longer time periods in consecutive days can help dancers progress and grow exponentially!

Try something new! Summer is the perfect time to try out a new style of dance without the commitment of joining a full-year class. Some of our summer studies offer jazz and/or contemporary, and we’re offering partnering in the Intermediate/Advanced intensive.

We hope to see you in the studio this summer!! Check out our summer schedule, and invite a friend!