TACAW Summer Camps
The Arts Campus at Willits, 400 Robinson St, Basalt, CO 81621
About
TACAW Summer Camps offer one-week sessions in acting, filmmaking, songwriting, and movement, including a summer dance camp and theater program. Campers can take part in contemporary dance, breaking, hip hop, K-pop, African dance, musical theater, and dance history. Film camp activities include operating the camera, manning the boom mic, editing the final cut, and using green screen technology, props, and special effects, while theater campers create an original short play and learn breathing exercises and the theme song “Breathe with Oniya.”
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week sessions with camps running 9am–3pm
• Price: Songwriting Workshop for Teens: $375. The Dance Lab W/ Dance Initiative: $375. Make Movie Magic! WITH ASPEN FILM: $450. “Breathe, Bison” Theater!: $375.
The Songwriting Workshop for Teens runs June 15–19 from 9am to 3pm. The Dance Lab W/ Dance Initiative runs July 13–17 from 9am to 3pm. Make Movie Magic! WITH ASPEN FILM runs July 20–24 from 9am to 3pm and is described as a one-week, all-day immersive dive into the world of filmmaking using state-of-the-art equipment, with bilingual instruction and a small student-to-teacher ratio. “Breathe, Bison” Theater! runs July 27–31 from 9am to 3pm, and campers create an original short play based on the book “Breathe, Bison,” performed at the end of the week with a live audience invited to join breathing exercises and learn the theme song “Breathe with Oniya.”
TACAW’s summer camps let Roaring Fork Valley kids explore the performing arts in one-week sessions in acting, filmmaking, songwriting, and movement. Dance Lab @TACAW is a summer dance camp for kids and teens who want to move, try new styles, and spend time creating together. Scholarships are available for summer camps on a rolling basis.
Eric Lamb has over 14 years of teaching experience, from public schools to his current role at Colorado Mountain College, and serves as a post production instructor at the Colorado Film School. Nikki Beinstein is a Colorado Book Award-winning author with degrees in Psychology and Business and a Colorado Teacher’s license in English Language Arts for Grades 7–12. Matt Baxter is a Denver-based filmmaker specializing in post-production whose work has aired on Rocky Mountain PBS numerous times and who serves as a post production instructor at the Colorado Film School. The Colorado Film School has been nationally recognized as one of the top film programs in the country.
The Arts Campus at Willits was organized as a 501c3 in 2015, secured a 99-year lease for the Arts Parcel and access to RETA funds in 2017, opened The Temporary as an interim home for the arts in September 2017, completed The Temporary’s run after more than 240 performances in April 2019, began the TACAW 2020 capital campaign in summer 2019, began construction of The Arts Campus at Willits in spring 2020, and opened The Arts Campus at Willits in summer 2021. The Arts Campus at Willits is a 10,000-square-foot, net-zero venue and the nation’s first sustainable, all-electric performing arts facility that functions at or near net-zero energy usage throughout the year. The Arts Campus at Willits presents performing arts, cultural events, and thought-provoking programming that sustain a connected, engaged, and inspired community.
TACAW is a proud nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet and continues collaborations with the Rocky Mountain Institute, CORE, and Holy Cross Energy to create a hub for artists, speakers, and thought-leaders. TACAW’s summer camps let Roaring Fork Valley kids explore the performing arts, and Dance Initiative states that it aims to make dance accessible to all, regardless of background, income, religious perspective, gender identification and expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political leaning, or physical and mental capability.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week sessions with camps running 9am–3pm
• Price: Songwriting Workshop for Teens: $375. The Dance Lab W/ Dance Initiative: $375. Make Movie Magic! WITH ASPEN FILM: $450. “Breathe, Bison” Theater!: $375.
The Songwriting Workshop for Teens runs June 15–19 from 9am to 3pm. The Dance Lab W/ Dance Initiative runs July 13–17 from 9am to 3pm. Make Movie Magic! WITH ASPEN FILM runs July 20–24 from 9am to 3pm and is described as a one-week, all-day immersive dive into the world of filmmaking using state-of-the-art equipment, with bilingual instruction and a small student-to-teacher ratio. “Breathe, Bison” Theater! runs July 27–31 from 9am to 3pm, and campers create an original short play based on the book “Breathe, Bison,” performed at the end of the week with a live audience invited to join breathing exercises and learn the theme song “Breathe with Oniya.”
TACAW’s summer camps let Roaring Fork Valley kids explore the performing arts in one-week sessions in acting, filmmaking, songwriting, and movement. Dance Lab @TACAW is a summer dance camp for kids and teens who want to move, try new styles, and spend time creating together. Scholarships are available for summer camps on a rolling basis.
Eric Lamb has over 14 years of teaching experience, from public schools to his current role at Colorado Mountain College, and serves as a post production instructor at the Colorado Film School. Nikki Beinstein is a Colorado Book Award-winning author with degrees in Psychology and Business and a Colorado Teacher’s license in English Language Arts for Grades 7–12. Matt Baxter is a Denver-based filmmaker specializing in post-production whose work has aired on Rocky Mountain PBS numerous times and who serves as a post production instructor at the Colorado Film School. The Colorado Film School has been nationally recognized as one of the top film programs in the country.
The Arts Campus at Willits was organized as a 501c3 in 2015, secured a 99-year lease for the Arts Parcel and access to RETA funds in 2017, opened The Temporary as an interim home for the arts in September 2017, completed The Temporary’s run after more than 240 performances in April 2019, began the TACAW 2020 capital campaign in summer 2019, began construction of The Arts Campus at Willits in spring 2020, and opened The Arts Campus at Willits in summer 2021. The Arts Campus at Willits is a 10,000-square-foot, net-zero venue and the nation’s first sustainable, all-electric performing arts facility that functions at or near net-zero energy usage throughout the year. The Arts Campus at Willits presents performing arts, cultural events, and thought-provoking programming that sustain a connected, engaged, and inspired community.
TACAW is a proud nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet and continues collaborations with the Rocky Mountain Institute, CORE, and Holy Cross Energy to create a hub for artists, speakers, and thought-leaders. TACAW’s summer camps let Roaring Fork Valley kids explore the performing arts, and Dance Initiative states that it aims to make dance accessible to all, regardless of background, income, religious perspective, gender identification and expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political leaning, or physical and mental capability.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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