TACAW Summer Camps

TACAW Summer Camps offer one-week sessions where campers take part in acting, filmmaking, songwriting, and movement activities. Specific camps include a summer dance camp with contemporary dance, breaking, hip hop, K-pop, African dance, musical theater, and dance history, as well as a filmmaking camp that uses state-of-the-art equipment for operating the camera, manning the boom mic, editing the final cut, and using green screen technology, props, and special effects. In the “Breathe, Bison” Theater! camp, participants create an original short play based on the book “Breathe, Bison,” practice breathing exercises, and learn 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.

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 “Breathe, Bison” Theater! runs July 27–31 from 9am to 3pm. Make Movie Magic! Film Camp is a one-week, all-day immersive dive into filmmaking that offers bilingual instruction and a small student-to-teacher ratio. “Breathe, Bison” Theater! campers perform during Mountain Fair weekend, and the live audience is invited to join breathing exercises and learn the theme song “Breathe with Oniya.”

Natalie Spears is a local performer and music educator whose teaching style draws on private music instruction, outdoor education, and performance. Eric Lamb has over 14 years of teaching experience in settings including public schools and Colorado Mountain College, specializes in language teaching, and plays keyboards in two local bands, The Confluents and Typical Ghost. Matt Baxter is a Denver-based filmmaker specializing in post-production whose work has aired on Rocky Mountain PBS multiple times, who has collaborated with the National Governors Association, the Colorado Office of Economic Development, and the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, and who serves as a post-production instructor at the Colorado Film School, which has been nationally recognized as one of the top film programs in the country. Nikki Beinstein has taught people ages 4–64 in the valley for the past 10 years, is a Colorado Book Award-winning author, holds degrees in both Psychology and Business, and has a Colorado Teacher’s license in English Language Arts for Grades 7–12.

The Arts Campus at Willits presents performing arts, cultural events, and programming that focus on keeping the community connected, engaged, and inspired. TACAW is a nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet and collaborates with the Rocky Mountain Institute, CORE, and Holy Cross Energy. Dance Initiative, which partners on The Dance Lab, 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. TACAW’s summer camps let Roaring Fork Valley kids explore the performing arts, and scholarships for summer camps are available on a rolling basis.

Last updated February 23, 2026.