Summer Dance Immersion

The Summer Dance Immersion is a unique audition based dance intensive designed to bring together serious dancers in grades 7-12 from studios across the region to develop artistic growth, cultivate existing dance technique, and challenge new technical development. Dancers will work with industry leading instructors, challenge their technical development, and experience new dance styles to deepen their love of dance through their versatility and accomplishment. This dance experience will be a gathering place of excellence in dance, designed to complement, enhance, and further students’ own studio training. Dance Immersion is designed for pre-professional dancers looking to pursue dance at the collegiate or professional level. 

Students will live on the Baldwin Wallace University campus and participate in a variety of dance and social activities. Dance Immersion will allow the students to foster lasting connections and powerful friendships with other dancers.

Dance Immersion is not to be missed!

Note: Dance Immersion has a limited number of participants. We recommend registering as soon as possible to ensure participation. There will be no exception to the number of dancers allowed at the Summer Dance Immersion.

Dance Immersion is designed to be a bridge to the industry combining exemplary technical education with training beyond the dance floor to prepare dancers for the next level of dance. 

The curriculum for the Dance Immersion will include classes in ballet, jazz, modern, musical theatre dance, contemporary, acro, hip hop, ballroom, choreography composition, bollywood, K-Pop music videos, and improvisation. This curriculum is designed to give dancers exposure to a variety of genres while also giving them elite technical tools to bring back to their own studio training.

Students will also study nutrition, kinesiology, audition prep, and social media marketing for dancers. Students can expect to take 4-5 active dance classes per day and 1-2 lecture-style classes per day. In addition, dancers will have a daily evening activities designed to promote friendship, fun, and bonding among the dancers. Camp activities include movie nights, photo shoots, bonfires, and more!

A typical daily schedule might look like this:

8:00-8:45 a.m. Breakfast
9:00-10:25 a.m. Ballet
10:30-11:55 a.m. Musical Theatre Dance
12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. Bollywood
2:00-3:30 p.m. Jazz
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Contemporary
5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Dinner 
6:15 – 8:00 p.m. Kinesiology Workshop
8:30 p.m. Bonfire at BW’s Circle of Warmth
10:30 p.m. Lights Out

Expert faculty are at the core of the CAS Summer Dance Immersion. Faculty will consist of current BW University faculty, BW Community Arts School faculty, and guest instructors from across the country. These master instructors will bring unparalleled knowledge and cutting-edge material to the dance floor.

All dedicated dance students with a willingness to learn are encouraged to audition for Dance Immersion. This is a pre-professional program designed for dancers looking to pursue dance at a pre-professional level. While we will have a lot of fun during the week, students must be focused on growing their technique, learning new skills, and developing their artistry.

Through an audition process, students will be accepted into Dance Immersion and placed in classes based on their individual ability level. We want to be sure that every student is placed in classes that will benefit them the most and enable the greatest opportunity for personal growth.

Audition videos must be received by the deadline to be considered. You may register for the Summer Dance Immersion to reserve your spot early and send in your placement materials later, but all materials must be received by May 31, 2026.

Dance Immersion is a residential camp. Dancers will have the opportunity to live in dormitories on the beautiful Baldwin Wallace University campus.

Dancers will be placed in rooms with other campers of a similar age. Dancers may request a specific roommate. We do our best to accommodate requests but cannot guarantee all requests.

We make every effort to keep camp as affordable as possible. Tuition covers all housing and meals as well as the core curriculum dance instruction.

Dance Immersion Costs:

• Base Tuition: $1,115/participant
• Optional Private Lessons: Base Tuition +

Fees include a non-refundable deposit of $100, which will be applied toward the total amount. The deposit must accompany the application for registration to be considered complete. Flexible payment plans for the remainder of camp fees are available. Please select a payment plan during registration.

Through generous support from the Nord Family Foundation and Nordson Corporation Foundation, limited tuition assistance opportunities are available to Lorain County residents for Dance Immersion. To apply, students should complete the online registration (when open) and indicate they are interested in tuition assistance.

Students will be notified of their award on a rolling basis beginning in March 2026.