Summer Dance Camps

Summer Dance Camps includes time to learn about ballet, take ballet classes, and explore other more contemporary dance styles such as Creative Ballet, Jazz, and Improvisation. Camp days include simple crafts, ballet-related crafts, making props for their dances, and painting scenery for the ballets. The program also includes freedom of movement and dancing in groups, with each week built around a themed camp such as Cinderella or Alice in Wonderland, and each week using different themes, routines, choreography, and crafts.

• Ages: 4–10 years old
• Schedule: Each session runs Monday through Friday for one week (June 15–19, 2026 or June 22–26, 2026), with camp meeting approximately 8:45 am–12:00 pm and an optional lunch from 12:00–12:30 pm, and a Friday mini recital at 11:30 am
• Price: Summer Dance Camp Tuition $210 per week; One Total Week $210; Two Total Weeks $420

Southern California Ballet was founded in 1983 as Black Mountain Dance Center and is led by Artistic Directors Martha Leebolt and Toby Batley. Its mission is to empower aspiring dancers to reach their full potential and to elevate the community through educational programs and imaginative performances. Southern California Ballet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and offers a comprehensive dance curriculum to students ages four and up, with performance-oriented training that includes opportunities for three productions per year: The Nutcracker, a spring story ballet such as Cinderella, and an all-academy performance. Southern California Ballet runs community outreach programs that include adaptive dance programs, outreach performances and workshops, and library classes.

For camp clothing, girls are recommended to wear a leotard, tights, and ballet slippers, and boys are recommended to wear a white or black shirt with tights or shorts and ballet slippers, though any flexible, reasonably fitted clothing is welcome.

Last updated June 24, 2026.