Element Dance Arts Summer Programs

Element Dance Arts Summer Programs include daily dance classes in various styles, traditional camp games, dance games, themed activities, daily crafts, outdoor play, and a water play day. Programs and classes feature interactive activities, team-building challenges, hands-on projects, and work on acrobatic moves and tricks such as cartwheels and back handsprings. The studio also offers drop-in dance classes, private and semi-private lessons, and classes in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acrobatics, Musical Theatre, Hip-Hop, Jumps and Turns, Lyrical, and Stretch and Strength.

• Ages: 18 months–18 years old
• Schedule: Half-day and full-day weekly summer programs, 2-day workshops, 3-day intensives, and mini sessions from July 2025–June 2026, with additional summer drop-in evening classes
• Price: Program and class options starting around $19+HST per class and ranging through weekly camps and seasonal programs with specified non-refundable deposits and remaining balances due two weeks before start dates

The Half Day Dance Program for ages 3–5 runs Monday to Friday from 9am–12pm and is offered per week. The Summer Day Camp for ages 5–7 and 8–11 runs 9am–4pm per week, with optional Before Care from 7:30–9am and After Care from 4–5pm available for an additional weekly fee. The Leadership Summit for ages 11–14 runs 9am–3pm as a 2-day workshop, the Level Up! 3-Day Summer Intensive runs 12:30–4pm, and the Train INSANE! 3-Day Intensive runs 10am–4pm.

Summer Acro Programs are offered for the 2025–2026 season (July 2025–June 2026) with a one-time registration fee, and are described as being for all skill levels. Summer Mini sessions for ages 18 months–5 years also run for the 2025–2026 season with a one-time registration fee, beginning the week of July 7th, 2025. These mini sessions include Movers & Shakers (18 months–3 years, parent and tot) on Tuesdays from 10–10:30am, Creative Movement (2.5–3.5 years, independent) on Tuesdays from 5–5:30pm, and Kinder Dance (3.5–5 years, independent) on Tuesdays from 5:30–6:15pm.

Summer drop-in classes are available on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout July and August on a pay-as-you-go basis. The studio lists that dancers wishing to be considered for the 2025/2026 competitive team must participate in a minimum number of required classes. Element Dance Arts also notes that it offers dance, fitness, performing arts, competitive and recreational programs, open classes, summer camps, birthday parties, adult classes, custom dance choreography for weddings and special events, and specialized classes for athletes.

The owners of the studio are Michele and Stephanie. The studio states that its professional faculty is committed to inspiring students by offering an encouraging, fun-loving and versatile dance experience in a family friendly environment, with a focus on providing a strong technical background and fostering a love for dance. The studio’s stated hope is to bring joy and inspiration to every dancer that walks through its doors, and it describes its approach as “Quality Dance Education That is FUN For Everyone.”

Parent testimonials describe the faculty as inspirational, dedicated, loving, organized, caring, skilled, and family oriented, and refer to the environment as welcoming, fun, and filled with laughter. Parents mention that the owners Michele and Stephanie are approachable and that the studio has an open-door, family-oriented feel, with some families referring to Element Dance Arts as a “second home” and a “dance family.” Testimonials also mention that teachers are enthusiastic and encouraging, that staff go above and beyond the instruction of dance, and that families feel proud to belong to the Element Dance Arts community.

Last updated January 11, 2026.