Ages 6+
Whether your student is looking for a fun summer activity or training on a pre-professional level, we have something for everyone. Check back in soon as our summer schedule updates all winter/spring!
Summer Dance Intensive
June 20-23, July 5-8, July 18-21, August 1-4
9:00am-2:00pm
1 WEEK: $240 | 2 WEEKS: $460 | 3 WEEKS: $660 | 4 WEEKS: $840
A camp unlike any in the area: train with our elite staff, guest teachers, learn choreography, and end each session with a fun event (glow party, pizza party, ice cream, etc...)! Students will train in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, musical theater, and more.
Ballet Masterclasses
June 6th, 8th, 13th, & 15th
4:00-5:30pm
$15/class
Join us for twice a week ballet technique classes taught by both local and guest instructors.
Acro Masterclasses
June 6th, 8th, 13th, & 15th
5:30-6:30
$15/class
Taught by Acrobatic Arts certified instructors, acro masterclasses will focus on conditioning, flexibilty, strength, limbering, and tumbling, with fun new skills and variations to practice. Please wear a leotard or sports top with snug-fitting shorts or leggings, hair in a low bun, and bring plenty of water.
Under the Sea Acro!
June 10th
4:00-6:00pm | ages 6-10
$50
Wear colors of the ocean and get ready to move like a fish! Dancers will explore the world of acrobatics and acrodance with Acrobatic Arts certified instructors. Attire is snug-fitting athletic clothing (leotard and shorts or a sports top and leggings), clean bare feet, hair pulled back into a low bun or ponytail. A water bottle is also recommended.
Contemporary Masterclass
(Christina Belinsky)
June 10th
4:00-5:30pm ages 11+
$25/dancer
A class based in contemporary that will explore ways to expand the dancers movement vocabulary through improvisational exercises. In our center combo, building upon what we have gathered through improv exercises, we will focus on tapping into our musicality and use of texture to help inform our storytelling, character and movement quality.
Elite Dance Team Auditions
June 23rd
3:00-5:00pm ages 6-10
5:00 ages 11+
FREE
Dancers ages 6 and up are eligible to audition for Maine Dance Center's Elite Dance Team. The auditions are completely free, but we ask dancers still register online in order to receive relevant information via email. If you'd like to talk more about whether the Elite team is the right fit for your family/dancer, send us an email!
Auditionees should wear a leotard, pink tights, hair in a low bun, and bring all of their dance shoes and plenty of water. Dancers that wish to audition for a solo should prepare 30 seconds of their own choreography, or choreography from a class or performance.