Summer 2026
Progress doesn’t take a summer break. Let this season be where you grow the most!
Updated 2/10/26
Ages are only a suggestion, determined on prior experience and ability.
Tiny Dancers Summer Camp (Ages 4–7)
✨ 4 Days of Dance, Creativity & Fun! ✨
Join us for a magical 4-day summer dance camp designed especially for our youngest dancers! Each day is filled with ballet, tap, creative movement, crafts, games, and lots of imagination. Campers will explore movement, build confidence, and make new friends in a fun and nurturing environment.
At the end of the week, dancers will perform a short in-studio showcase for family and friends!
- Dates: July 20-23
- Time: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
- Ages: 4–7
- $195
What to Bring:
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Dance shoes (ballet / tap/ socks)
What’s Included:
- Daily dance classes
- Crafts & props
- Mini performance
- Certificate + surprise gift
✨Explore Dance: Performance Workshop
Join us for a high-energy summer workshop designed to introduce dancers to a variety of styles. Dancers will explore tap, jazz, musical theatre, hip hop, contemporary, modern improv, and acro — making this the perfect opportunity to try something new or expand existing training.
Throughout the week, dancers will learn contemporary dance choreography and end each day with guided stretching and conditioning.
The workshop concludes with a Friday performance, with an additional featured performance at Celebrate Erie on August 14.
- Ages: 7+
- $300
- No dance experience required
- Dates: July 20–24
- Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 5:00–9:00 PM
- End-of-Week Performance: Friday, 6:30 PM
- Additional Rehearsals: August 12 & 13
- Celebrate Erie Performance: August 14
- Two levels will be offered if enrollment allows
A welcoming experience for beginners and an exciting opportunity for experienced dancers to grow and perform.
✨ Train with intention. Perform with confidence. ✨
Summer is where dancers refine technique, gain confidence, and experience the kind of focused training that creates real growth.
Our Summer Ballet & Contemporary Intensives offer full-day instruction, performance opportunities, and a pre-professional environment for dedicated dancers.
1-Week Ballet Intensive
- July 27 – 31
- 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- $285
- Ages 7+ with minimum 2 years’ experience
- Includes a Solos & Duets Performance July 31
2-Week Ballet & Contemporary Intensive
- August 3 – 14
- 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- $590
- Ages 7+ with minimum 2 years’ experience
- Includes a Celebrate Erie Performance on August 14
A free leotard for dancers enrolled by June 1.
Ballet Workshop for New Dancers
✨ Join us for our Ballet Workshop for New Dancers — a welcoming and elegant introduction to classical ballet at Sovereign Ballet ✨
- Ages 7–14
- August 17–20
- 6:00–7:30 PM
- $90 for the full workshop
- No experience necessary
Dancers will learn foundational ballet positions, movement, musicality, and classroom structure in a fun, encouraging environment.
Perfect for students who:
- Are curious about ballet
- Are considering joining for the school year
- Want to build confidence and coordination
- Love to move and express themselves
Attire: Comfortable clothes with socks or ballet shoes.
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WHY SHOULD YOUR DANCER TRAIN DURING THE SUMMER?
Something to keep in mind…
Summer is a great time for focusing on training.
Benefits to summer dance training that parents (and our children) probably don’t realize:
- Muscle Memory – dancers utilize and strengthen very different muscles than what the body uses for other activities, even active ones like swimming, hiking, and biking. Don’t give up the family vacation! Just plan your trip at more ideal times. There’s plenty of space in the schedule for everyone to enjoy their summer (especially us parents who need to get away from the crazy driving schedule J)
- Spurts in Growth and Skill – children go through growth and skill spurts at different times could be in the summer. You definitely don’t want your child to miss out on the opportunity to use new talents after something suddenly clicks. And if they go through a sudden and noticeable growth spurt, it will take time to regain balance and build new muscle memory, it may be frustrating to re-train a body their not used to dancing in.
- Ability to Try New Styles of Dance – due to time or affordability, your dancer may not have had a chance to explore other dance genres. This may be a perfect time for your dancer to experience Contemporary Dance; and find out they LOVE it!
- A Demonstration of Commitment – if your child speaks seriously about dance and is anxious for a promotion (or looks even farther into the future and feels certain to dance professionally), taking a break over the summer might not communicate that enthusiasm.
- Friendship Building – your child most likely has friends in your neighborhood, at church, and/or from school. However, there’s really something to be said for having a friend who know what it’s like to pirouette through the halls or does developpe while brushing teeth. Not only will your dancer have the opportunity to meet new dancers over the summer, they’ll create an even stronger bond with the friends they already have.
- Parents Need Their Sanity – I’ve got kids, so I can attest…we are much better parents when we’ve had a break! Would you rather have your kids sitting around playing video games, watching T.V., and fighting with each other, or would you rather they get out of the house to learn, socialize, and expend that abundance of energy?
(excerpts from Laura Gohl, Colorado Ballet Society)
And if your kid comes home from a 5 hour day and they’re still dancing around the house, you’ll know you made the right decision!