Wednesday, July 7, 2010

How To Find a Modern Dance Summer Camp

To keep your child or young adult busy during summer, there are various kinds of summer camps offered all over the country, including summer dance camps that aim to provide your children opportunities to learn life skills, develop their character, discover new interests and make new friends.

Finding a Modern Dance Summer Camp for your child is equally as important as finding the right college to enroll in. Consider the following tips in choosing a Modern Dance Summer Camp.

1. Ask your local dance studio if they provide a dance summer camp or can recommend a dance summer camp program for you to look into.
2. If your child has attended or is attending dance classes, ask the dance instructor or the other parents of your child’s classmates for modern dance camps they can recommend. Your child will enjoy attending a camp where there are children they already know.
3. Search the Internet for listed modern dance summer camps in your area that you can visit and inquire from. Those listed in the Internet usually can initially give you a description of the programs they offer and the fees they charge.
4. Inquire from your child’s school, the local colleges and other private schools near you that may have summer programs in dance. Most private schools offer full day summer camp programs while, the colleges usually have residential and children’s day camp programs. The Fine Arts Department of the colleges or universities usually would have the information regarding dance camp programs.
5. Look for summer camp programs that regularly offer a variety of dance classes. You may look into general arts camps as well but their programs would usually have classes for modern dance that are less intense than camps especially designed for modern dance. Your child will be exposed not only to styles and techniques for modern dance but will also have classes on other dance styles and other related activities.
# Decide on whether you prefer your child to attend and experience a residential camp or a day summer camp. Talk to your child to determine if he or she is ready to be away from the family for an extended period of time or he or she prefers a day camp that would allow him or her to go home at the end of the day.
# If your child is a little older, you may want to consider letting her attend summer intensives or overnight dance camps where the young pre-professional dancers join in to learn modern dance. The classes last up to eight hours everyday and the instructors are leading professional dancers and instructors. This type of dance camp lasts for 2 to 6 six weeks and requires the participants to pass an audition. Some auditions can be sent by videotape while others are done in person.
# After looking into your choices and options. Carefully compare what the various dance camps have to offer. Determine if the environment your child will be in matches the personal goals you have for your child.
# Consider your child’s eagerness and willingness to join the dance camp before making a final decision.
# As much as possible scout around and enroll your child early since dance camps often have limited number of students per class and have waiting lists for those who have registered an interest to join. Pre-register if you can and as summer draws near, confirm your child’s participation in the program.

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