Perry-Mansfield Summer & School-Year Programs

Perry-Mansfield Summer & School-Year Programs include equestrian programming, a summer day camp, Emerging Artist Camps, and Professional Dance Intensives. The program also offers community-based academy programs, the Perry-Mansfield Players, and historic walking tours that focus on the history of America’s oldest performing arts camp. Programs are described as innovative, inspirational, and immersive.

• Ages: 5–18 years old

Perry-Mansfield was founded in 1913 and is the oldest continuously operating performing arts camp in the United States. It was founded by Charlotte Perry, Portia Mansfield, and Charlotte (Kingo) Perry, and its history is supported by historian Karolynn Lestrud. The organization has a pioneering influence in the development of modern dance, choreography, and performing arts education. Its mission is to provide young people superior arts training in body, heart and mind and to promote creativity, a sense of the close association of the arts, and the values of a way of life close to nature. The Academy offers year-round programming in dance and theater in Steamboat Springs and is involved in the community through academy programs, the Perry-Mansfield Players, and work with schools.

Last updated February 23, 2026.