CHARLOTTE BALLET 2025 SUMMER ACADEMY AT CAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Join Charlotte Ballet and Cain Center for the Arts for a unique summer experience. All classes will be held at Cain Center for the Arts in downtown Cornelius, NC.
Please contact Charlotte Ballet at 704-372-0101 or at frontdesk@charlotteballet.org if you have any questions.
Click HERE to view Charlotte Ballet’s Dress Code and item’s needed for camp.
Cornelius residents do not receive a discount on Charlotte Ballet camps.
CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Ages 3-4
5 weeks: June 14 – July 2, 2025
Saturdays, 9 AM – 9:45 AM
Tuition: $140.00
Fees: $50.00
In a fun and encouraging environment, students explore musicality, rhythm, creativity and movement
through space. This class introduces age-appropriate stretching, basic strengthening, balance, motor
skill development and coordination. Students meet once per week for 45 minutes. No prior dance
experience is required.
DRESS CODE
- Pink or skin tone color tights (worn under the leotard for female identifying dancers)
- Solid color leotard
- Skin tone/pink ballet slippers
- Hair slicked back and secured in a bun, French twist or so there are no loose ends
PRE-BALLET & TAP COMBO
Ages 4-5
5 weeks: June 14 – July 29, 2025
Saturdays, 10 – 10:45 AM
Tuition: $140.00
Fees: $50.00
This class introduces classical ballet & tap vocabulary, emphasizing musicality and individual creative expression in an innovative, fun and easy-to-learn manner. Class time is divided into half ballet and half tap. Students meet once per week for 45 minutes. No prior
dance experience is required.
Dress Code
- Pink or skin tone color tights (worn under the leotard for female identifying dancers)
- Solid color leotard
- Skin tone/pink ballet slippers
- Hair slicked back and secured in a bun, French twist or so there are no loose ends
BEGINNING BALLET & TAP COMBO
Ages 6 – 8
5 weeks: June 14 – July 19, 2025
Saturdays, 11 AM – 12 PM
Tuition: $180.00
Fees: $50.00
The Beginning Ballet level is the start of a more structured ballet class which includes French Ballet terminology and tap training. Class time is divided into half ballet and half tap. Class meets once per week for 60 minutes. No prior dance
experience is required.
Dress Code
- Pink or skin tone color tights (worn under the leotard for female identifying dancers)
- Solid color leotard
- Skin tone/pink ballet slippers
- Hair slicked back and secured in a bun, French twist or so there are no loose ends
CHILDREN’S BALLET PLUS
AGES 7-10
5 weeks: June 14 – July 24, 2025
Tentatively scheduled time: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5:30PM – 6:45 PM
2 days per week with the option to do a 3rd flex day. Parents must pay for 2 or 3 before the start of the program.
Tuition: $435.00 (2-day), $562 (3-day)
Fees: $50.00
Explore dance through a variety of classes during the five-week summer session. Dancers ages 7-10 who have taken 1-2 weekly classes over the past school year are best suited for Children’s Ballet Plus. Students continue to increase their technical proficiency in ballet and play dance games to develop improvision and musicality. The Academy is closed on June 19 & July 4.
Dress Code
- Pink or skin tone color tights (worn under the leotard for female identifying dancers)
- Solid color leotard
- Skin tone/pink ballet slippers
- Hair slicked back and secured in a bun, French twist or so there are no loose ends
DANCE CAMP – A SWIFT DANCE PARTY THROUGH the ERAS!
AGES 3-6
June 23 – June 28, 2025
9:15AM – 12:15PM
Tuition: $220.00
Fees: $50.00
Calling all Swifties! Join our youngest dancers at A Swift Dance Party Through the Eras Camp! Each day, campers will experience dance class, themed arts and crafts, obstacle courses, story-time, games and glow in the dark dance parties! On the last day of camp, parents will be invited into the studio for an informal showing of all their students have learned throughout the week! No dance experience required.
Dress Code
- Ballet Slippers
- Clothes they can move in, leotard and tights not required (no jeans or dresses)
- Packed lunch
DANCE CAMP – A WICKED FUN DANCE PARTY CAMP
AGES 3-6
August 4 – August 8, 2025
9:15AM – 12:15PM
Tuition: $220.00
Fees: $50.00
We invite all your witches, wizards, and munchkins to join us for a week of fun and creativity at our Wicked Fun Dance Party Day Camp this August! Campers will enjoy a magical day of activities to spark and cultivate their imagination. Each day, campers experience dance class with expert faculty, themed arts and crafts, obstacle courses, story-time, games and more! On the last day of camp, parents will be invited into the studio for an informal showing of all their students have learned throughout the week! No dance experience required.
Dress Code
- Ballet Slippers
- Clothes they can move in, leotard and tights not required (no jeans)
