Ballet Chelsea’s Summer Dance Intensive serves the serious ballet student by offering an intensive training process that nurtures personal growth through personal attention and training excellence. Students are exposed to  a broad curriculum that includes daily ballet technique, pointe, repertory, modern, contemporary ballet, and conditioning methods in addition to educational dance seminars. Students may choose to attend 1, 2 or 3 weeks. Dancers who are not currently working en pointe may take week I of our SDI and combine that with the Intermediate Mini Ballet Intensive.

Ages: week I: 8+ | week II & III: 10+
Date: July 28 – August 15; Monday – Friday | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

• Dancers who are at least 8 years old may attend SDI Week I, regardless of whether or not they are working en pointe.
• Dancers must be at least 10 years old, or obtain permission from the Artistic Director, to participate in Weeks II and III of SDI.

Registration & Tuition

• Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) will require a 20% non-refundable deposit at the time of registration to hold the dancers spot.
• The remaining SDI balance will be collected via auto-pay on Friday, July 11, 2025.
• Tuition is due in full for anyone registering after July 11th.
• Payment plans are available. Please contact Registrar, Annie Spellman, annie@balletchelsea.org to set up a payment plan BEFORE registering.

Financial Aid Information

Financial Aid are awarded to dancers based on financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Committee. Dancers will be considered for financial aid upon receipt of a completed Summer Dance Intensive Financial Aid application if they meet the following eligibility criteria: (1) dancer is a current Ballet Chelsea Studio student and (2) Ballet Chelsea’s Summer Dance Intensive will be the dancer’s sole intensive summer training and/or camp experience.

Application requests and questions regarding Financial Aid should be submitted to office@balletchelsea.org.

Additional questions should be submitted to office@balletchelsea.org.

How To Register

Registration for Ballet Chelsea is done through our online portal, Studio Pro. New dancers will need to create a profile to register for classes.

Curriculum

• Ballet Technique
• Pointe / Pre-Pointe
• Repertory
• Choreography
• Contemporary
• Jazz
• Character
• Workshop / Seminar
• Conditioning

Placement

• Decisions concerning placement will be made on the basis of technical level, dance experience, and age.
• Final placement is solely at the discretion of the Artistic Director.

What to Bring:

• Healthy food
• A full water bottle
• Mats or towels for conditioning and stretch class
• Regular dance gear and shoes

Female Dress Code:

• A leotard and pink or skin tone tights for ballet. Tights must be worn in shoes.
• A short skirt is permitted for variations and repertoire classes.
• Black tights or dance shorts are permitted for contemporary classes.
• Warm-ups are permitted in stretch and conditioning classes.
• T-shirts or baggy clothing are not permitted in any dance class.
• Hair must be up, completely pulled back from the face.
• No excessive jewelry is permitted.

Male Dress Code:

• Solid colored tights and tight fitting shirts.
• Warm-ups are permitted in stretch and conditioning classes.
• T-shirts or baggy clothing are not permitted in any dance class.

Entering and Leaving the Building: Dancers are not permitted to wear dance attire outside of the studio. This restriction applies whenever a dancer is outside of the studio, even if only for a short trip to a neighboring store in the complex.