VH Dance Center Summer Camps

VH Dance Center Summer Camps offer weekly theme-based summer dance camps that include games, crafts, dancing, and more. Camp themes include Fairy Tale Ballet & Jazz, Pop Star Dance Camp, Under the Sea Dance Camp, Superhero Dance Camp, Enchanted Garden Dance Camp, and Toy Box Adventure Dance Camp. Specific activities across the camps include ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, themed activities and crafts, dress-up, learning fun routines, playing games, creating pop star accessories, creating underwater-themed crafts, sea treasure hunts, creating superhero inspired crafts, obstacle courses, superhero training games and crafts, whimsical storytelling and movement, flower crown crafts, fairy fun, imaginative dance and storytelling, and toy-themed crafts and games.

• Ages: 3–9 years old
• Schedule: 3-day camps held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings for 6 weeks throughout the summer
• Price: Ages 3–5 yrs 9:00–10:00a Cost 1 Camp $60 2 Camps $120 3 Camps $175 4 Camps $230 5 Camps $285 6 Camps $340. Ages 6–9 yrs 10:00a–12:00p Cost 1 Camp $90 2 Camps $180 3 Camps $260 4 Camps $345 5 Camps $430 6 Camps $515.

VH Dance Center Summer Camps are part of VH Dance Center, the school of the Chicago Festival Ballet and a member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts. The school’s leadership includes Kenneth von Heidecke, founder and chief choreographer of Chicago Festival Ballet and School, and Rachel Quinn, the school’s director. VH Dance Center states that it specializes in professional ballet training, offers classical ballet and multiple other styles of dance, promotes positive body image, builds self esteem, and describes its program as ideal for dancers looking to pursue a professional career in ballet. Dancers from the school perform in The Nutcracker, spring productions, and community outreach events, sharing the stage with professional artists from Chicago Festival Ballet. Families are instructed that campers should wear comfortable clothes, tie back their hair, and wear socks if they do not have dance shoes.

Last updated February 5, 2026.