It’s time to start locking in those summer activities, and we have some brand new summer programs on the calendar at Turning Pointe! Why? We prioritize student safety through ongoing training, cross training, and intentional periods of rest. Which is exactly why we think summer is a great time to refine your focus and set some new goals! Want to master that pirouette before classes start back up in the fall? How about getting all the way down in those left splits? Even if it's as simple as building strength in your ankles or improving your turnout, summer is the perfect time to work toward those milestones in a low pressure, low commitment atmosphere—not to mention there are fewer distractions, less homework, and no recital choreography to remember!
Ready to keep dancing? Here’s a look at all the exciting programs coming up this summer at
Turning Pointe Dance!
1. NEW This Summer!
Summer Dance Intensives: This NEW summer class option is the perfect way to keep growing while keeping your calendar flexible. Dancers will train four days in ballet technique, jazz, and contemporary, with rotating instructors and focused sessions like floorwork, turns, improv, and combos. With a variety of instructors and fresh perspectives, classes stay exciting and challenging while giving students valuable summer training hours!
● Age 12+
● Levels teen, 3, 4, & 5
● First session: June 8-11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
● Second session: June 22-25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Exclusive Summer Session Classes: These are opportunities you only get in the summer, so get ready to take advantage! Build your resume the only chance you have, or just mix up your routine and try something new.
● Switcharoo Classes: Two styles. Two teachers. One awesome hour! In Switcheroo class, dancers start with one style, then halfway through—switcheroo!—they change teachers and styles. It keeps class exciting, gives students more variety, and lets them learn from multiple instructors every week.
● Fight Choreography/Stage Combat Class: Have you ever watched a movie or play and wondered how the Jedi fight so fluidly or how a pair of samurai exchange sword blows and never even hit each other? The answer: fight choreography! Come learn how to safely swing a sword, duck a blow, and make it look real!
● Swing Dance: Swing dancing is a fun, social dance that involves easy to learn movement, exciting steps and great music. It dates all the way from the Jazz Age, the 1920s, and has continued to be a popular form of dancing. There are many different styles of swing dancing, each has its own tempo, steps and tricks. In this class, we will be learning the basics of East Coast, Lindy and Charleston styles. Come join us as we dance the summer away by learning this fun style of social dancing! Bring a partner, or show up solo.
● Country Swing/Line Dancing: A high-energy class that mixes classic line dances with partner-style country swing. Dancers build rhythm, coordination, and confidence while having a boot-scootin’ good time! No partner needed!
2. Summer Dance Camps/Workshops
Summer workshops and camps are a great way to dance over the summer, especially if your calendar is already filling up. Turning Pointe Dance offers options for every dancer age 3 to adult, from your first time in the studio to advanced intensive sessions.
For our youngest dancers: Sign up for a three-day mini camp featuring your favorite characters from “Frozen,” “Bluey,” “Encanto,” “Moana,” and more! Perfect for students itching to stay in dance, or budding ballerinas too nervous to dive into the full school year session just yet.
For Level 1, 2, and teen dancers: Spend your summer inspired by the stage with the STARZ Theater Young Performers Summit, or theater camps for Mary Poppins and High School Musical. Or dive into ballet history and technique with Tutus and Timeless Tales, or the Turn it Out Workshop with Turning Pointe owner Ms. Tina!
For advanced students: Try your hand at aerial silks, a Young Performers Summit, or challenge your ballet technique in the Turn It Out Workshop. The Ignite Dance Intensive is always a highlight of the summer, providing students with a week of highly challenging and nurturing instruction from TP alumni and professional guests from across the country. Sign up for Broadway Bootcamp to spend your summer Finding Neverland, or head Back-to-the-Barre every Tuesday in August.
3. Six Week Summer Class Session
Running June 8-July 16, 2026, this option is perfect for students looking to keep consistent movement and training in their summer schedule. Classes run on a fresh/fun summer curriculum, and are consistent with school-year session genres and levels. (Current students should enroll in the same level as their school year class—promotions begin in fall!) Enroll in classes you’re already loving, or try something totally new. Afterall, it’s only six weeks! Love your new style? Add it to your school-year session with six weeks of knowledge to your credit.
The Bible tells us in Romans 12:1 that our bodies are temples. As dancers, they're also our tools for worship. Summer classes are a great time to focus on the care and maintenance of your temple, whether that's maintaining progress in a Ballet class, re-energizing your heart in a worship class, or unwinding after a long season with a fun new style or improv concept class. Retain muscle memory, minimize muscle soreness and chance for injury, increase flexibility, strength and technique so you don't miss a beat in September when our school year session begins! Whether refining technique or trying something completely new, summer dance keeps dancers moving, motivated, and inspired.