Dance Connection Summer Camps
Dance Connection Palo Alto, 4000 Middlefield Rd J1, J1, J2, J3, J4, L5, Palo Alto, CA 94303
About
Dance Connection Summer Camps offers themed dance weeks that include daily dance classes with technique, choreography, and style exploration, along with hands-on creative projects and a Friday Showcase. Camp themes and activities include K-Pop and KPOP Dance Camp, Hip Hop and Hip Hop Superstar Camp, Musical Theatre and Broadway Stars Dance Camp, Broadway Bound Musical Theatre Dance Camp, Ultimate Dance Camp, Ultimate Choreography Camp, Acrobatic Arts & Jazz Dance Camp, Superhero Hip Hop and Acro Camp, and Beach Party Dance Camp. Additional themed camps include LOL Surprise Dance and Craft Camp, Puppy Party Dance & Craft Camp, Fairy Princess Dance Half Day Camp, Sparkle Unicorn Dance Camp, Mermaid Adventures Half Day Camp, Elsa and Anna's Summer Spectacular, and Mermaid Adventures Half Day Camp, with activities such as ballet and jazz dances, arts and crafts projects, Frozen-themed arts and crafts, making props, learning different styles of hip-hop, learning fun tricks, superstar crafts, sparkly dress-up, and magical arts and crafts, as well as opportunities to explore choreography for jazz, contemporary, musical theater, hip-hop, and more and to choreograph individual pieces, plus learning special acrobatic tricks and various styles of jazz dance and acrobatics.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
• Schedule: Full- and half-day camps run June through August 2026, with options such as 9:00am–12:00pm half-day camps and 9:00am–3:00pm full-day camps, and some camps offering before care for half-day sessions and before and after care for full-day sessions.
• Price: Camps are listed at $375 for many half-day and some themed camps and $640 for many full-day camps, including specific prices such as $375 for LOL Surprise Dance and Craft Camp, Puppy Party Dance & Craft Camp, Fairy Princess Dance Half Day Camp, Elsa and Anna’s Summer Spectacular, Mermaid Adventures Half Day Camp, and Sparkle Unicorn Dance Camp, and $640 for Ultimate Dance Camp, Hip Hop Superstar Camp, Ultimate Choreography Camp, Superhero Hip Hop and Acro Camp, Musical Theatre Camp, Acrobatic Arts & Jazz Dance Camp, Broadway Stars Dance Camp, Broadway Bound Musical Theatre Dance Camp, KPOP Dance Camp, and Beach Party Dance Camp.
Dance Connection Summer Camps notes that camps are limited to a small group, that kids dance, create, and play in small groups, and that each camper receives a camp T-shirt as a keepsake and participates in a Friday Showcase to share progress in front of family. The program states that camps give kids ages 4–14 a place to try dance for the first time, explore a new style, or level up their skills, and describes its approach as “Creative camp THEMEs. Real skills. Non-stop fun.” Some camps offer before care for half-day sessions and before and after care for full-day sessions, and Hip Hop Superstar Camp overlaps with a ballet intensive by one hour, with a $75 discount for families registered for both.
Dance Connection’s mission statement is “Training exceptional dancers. Developing exceptional people,” and it describes a space where high standards, discipline, joy, and community fit together, with teachers supporting, challenging, and celebrating dancers at every stage of their dance journey. The leadership team includes Director Corie Tyson, Founding Director Cindy Ginanni, Performing Company Artistic Director Nikki Tavares, Ballet Company Artistic Director Peter Hershey, and Hip Hop Artistic Director Francis Tyrell. Instructor Jennifer received ballet training in San Francisco with the Academy of Ballet, Dancers' Stage, Lanova Academy, City Ballet School, and Boston Ballet School, has performed with Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Francisco Dance Theater, and Santa Clara Ballet, and performed in the San Francisco production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's “The Phantom of the Opera” for four and a half years; she has been teaching at Dance Connection since 2001.
The organization also presents a ballet performance called INCEPTIONS, featuring the Special Preparatory and Junior Preparatory ballet companies, in which Dance Connection dancers ages nine to sixteen perform classical works and original choreography by ballet teachers Peter Hershey, Jennifer Kulz-Smith, and Brooke Wertwijn. All proceeds from INCEPTIONS benefit the Palo Alto Dance Connection Youth Ensemble and support scholarships for dancers, and tickets are listed at $25, with kids under 5 free.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
• Schedule: Full- and half-day camps run June through August 2026, with options such as 9:00am–12:00pm half-day camps and 9:00am–3:00pm full-day camps, and some camps offering before care for half-day sessions and before and after care for full-day sessions.
• Price: Camps are listed at $375 for many half-day and some themed camps and $640 for many full-day camps, including specific prices such as $375 for LOL Surprise Dance and Craft Camp, Puppy Party Dance & Craft Camp, Fairy Princess Dance Half Day Camp, Elsa and Anna’s Summer Spectacular, Mermaid Adventures Half Day Camp, and Sparkle Unicorn Dance Camp, and $640 for Ultimate Dance Camp, Hip Hop Superstar Camp, Ultimate Choreography Camp, Superhero Hip Hop and Acro Camp, Musical Theatre Camp, Acrobatic Arts & Jazz Dance Camp, Broadway Stars Dance Camp, Broadway Bound Musical Theatre Dance Camp, KPOP Dance Camp, and Beach Party Dance Camp.
Dance Connection Summer Camps notes that camps are limited to a small group, that kids dance, create, and play in small groups, and that each camper receives a camp T-shirt as a keepsake and participates in a Friday Showcase to share progress in front of family. The program states that camps give kids ages 4–14 a place to try dance for the first time, explore a new style, or level up their skills, and describes its approach as “Creative camp THEMEs. Real skills. Non-stop fun.” Some camps offer before care for half-day sessions and before and after care for full-day sessions, and Hip Hop Superstar Camp overlaps with a ballet intensive by one hour, with a $75 discount for families registered for both.
Dance Connection’s mission statement is “Training exceptional dancers. Developing exceptional people,” and it describes a space where high standards, discipline, joy, and community fit together, with teachers supporting, challenging, and celebrating dancers at every stage of their dance journey. The leadership team includes Director Corie Tyson, Founding Director Cindy Ginanni, Performing Company Artistic Director Nikki Tavares, Ballet Company Artistic Director Peter Hershey, and Hip Hop Artistic Director Francis Tyrell. Instructor Jennifer received ballet training in San Francisco with the Academy of Ballet, Dancers' Stage, Lanova Academy, City Ballet School, and Boston Ballet School, has performed with Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Francisco Dance Theater, and Santa Clara Ballet, and performed in the San Francisco production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's “The Phantom of the Opera” for four and a half years; she has been teaching at Dance Connection since 2001.
The organization also presents a ballet performance called INCEPTIONS, featuring the Special Preparatory and Junior Preparatory ballet companies, in which Dance Connection dancers ages nine to sixteen perform classical works and original choreography by ballet teachers Peter Hershey, Jennifer Kulz-Smith, and Brooke Wertwijn. All proceeds from INCEPTIONS benefit the Palo Alto Dance Connection Youth Ensemble and support scholarships for dancers, and tickets are listed at $25, with kids under 5 free.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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