Several great programs to choose from
camps and classes
3 Great Camps
Summer Ballet Intensive 4 Weeks from June 19 to July 14, 2023, from 9:30 - 3:30 PM
Children Dance Camp Dance Camp 8 Weeks ages 6 and up, June 19 to August 11 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM
Young Children Camp ages 3-5 4 Weeks from July 24 to August 18 from 9:30-11:30 AM
Many wonderful weekly classes
Beginner/Intermediate Adult Teen Tap In-Person & Online, 6-week series on Tues 6:30 to 7:30 PM June 20 – July 25.23 Beginner Adult Ballet 8-week series on Tuesdays 7:30-8:45 PM June 20 – August 8, 2023
Intermediate/Advance Ballet 8-week series on Wednesday 6:30-8:00 June 21-August 9,2023
Intermediate/Advance Ballet 8-week series on Thursday 6:30-8:00 June 21-August 10, 2023
Latin Jazz/ Teens and Adults 8-week course, Thursday 5:30-6:30 from June 22- August 10, 2023
Adult and Teen – Open Intermediate and Advanced Ballet Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 11 AM
Beginner/Intermediate Youth Ballet Ages 8-14 Wednesday 5-6:30 PM 8 weeks one day a week. June 22 – Aug. 10, 2023
Pre-Ballet Age 3-5 8 Week series on Tuesday 3:30-4:30 June 20 -August 8, 2023
Pre-Ballet Age 3-5 8 Weeks Series on Thursday 4:30-5:30 June 22- August 10, 2023
Summer Ballet Intensive
4 Weeks June 19 to July 14, 2022
Children Dance Camp
Dates – June 19 - August 11, 2022
Time - 9 AM to 3:30 PM
Fees - $200 per week Closed - July 4, 2023.
A special camp for children ages 6 and up who want to dance and have fun this summer. We finish the week with showcases every Friday for family and friends and a different theme each week!
8 action-packed weeks of camp. Kids can come for 1 or 8 weeks. Children will learn the basics of Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Choreography, and social dances in a fun and creative atmosphere. Each day will include a Ballet Class, Jazz, or Contemporary class. We will also do dance-related games and activities to prepare for our weekly showcase. Themes will include Broadway stars, At the Ballet, In the Movies, Fairy Tale fantasy, Pirate fever, superheroes, Under the sea, and Candy land
Faculty will include WDA Faculty and guest.
Young Children Camp
Ages 3-5
4 Weeks from July 24 to August 18 from 9:30-11:30 AM
This camp encourages students to explore their creativity and imagination during activities that develop gross motor skills, coordination, strength, flexibility, and balance. Students are introduced to the structure of dance in a fun environment. Students use props, balls, and rhythm sticks to focus on musicality. Students learn ballet steps, and short choreography for a performance done weekly for family and friends. Students get a strong foundation for future ballet training.
Weekly classes
Latin Jazz for Adults
Taught By the Director of WDA and Choreographer of the Philly Latin Phenomena La GuaGua 47 Christina Castro-Tauser
Students will explore the fusion of Latin social dances and jazz dance. Move to music such as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, and Ritmo Lab and get your Latin groove on! No experience necessary. Each class consists of a short, upbeat warm-up with a bit of cardio and strengthening work; includes large traveling movements across the floor; and ends with a phrase of linked steps.
8-week course
Thursday 5:30 – 6:30
June 22- August 10, 2022
$144 for 8-week or $75 for 4-weeks
Caliente and New! Dance to Latin music and experience the fusion of Latin Social Dance and Jazz Technique
Christina Castro-Tauser earned her MFA at Temple University and was the recipient of the Rose Vernick MFA Choreographic Achievement Award. Excerpts of her Thesis ¿Que Pasa Ahora? were showcased at the ACDA 2018 Mid-Atlantic North Conference, and as part of the Artist Bash at the Barnes Foundations. Recently her essay “Embodiment in the Public Art of Jody Pinto” was published in Dancer-Citizen. Christina is also the founding director of Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble, adjunct faculty at Temple University and Teaching Artist for Taller Puertorriqueno. Prior to her years in Philadelphia, she was the Director of the Gainesville Ballet Junior Company and an Instructor for the Gainesville School of Ballet for eight years. Christina received her BA in Dance from Point Park University. She was an apprentice at the Colorado Ballet where she choreographed Cafe con Leche for the Colorado ballet studio Company. She has trained with Laura Alonzo at Centro Pro Danza Havana Cuba, Minnesota Dance theater and Milwaukee Ballet Summer Intensive.
Adult and Teen – Open Intermediate and Advanced Ballet
Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 11 AM
ongoing
$18 per class or $175 for a class card of 10 classes
Elena Tiuriakulova instructor
Stay in shape…. Study this beautiful art form with WDA’s highly trained professional faculty
Elena Tiuriakulova graduated with excellence in 1975 from the world-famous Vaganova Choreography School (Kirov School) in St. Petersburg, Russia. She received her practical training at the Mariinski Theater of Opera and Ballet. She became Principal Dancer at the Kygyz State Theater of Opera and Ballet, dancing the lead roles in all of the major ballets for twenty years, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Kitri in Don Quixote, Aurora inSleeping Beauty, Nikia in La Bayadere and many more. She received many honors including “Honored Artist of Ballet of the Kyrgyz Republic” in 1982 and “Laureate of the Prize of Youth Union of Kyrgyzstan for Excellence in performance” in 1980. Elena joined the WDA faculty in 2003.
Beginners Adult Ballet
Beginner Adult Ballet 8-week series on Tuesdays 7:30-8:45 PM June 20 – August 8, 2023 $144 for 8 weeks and $75 for 4
Have you always wanted to try ballet, or did you take it as a child? This beginning to intermediate ballet class is an opportunity to begin, resume, or continue ballet, stay in shape, and have fun! You will learn ballet vocabulary and through the traditional sequence of exercises at the barre and in the center, you will improve balance, coordination, and flexibility. Enjoy exploring this beautiful art form with creative and inspiring instructors experienced in teaching adults and meeting them at their level. This class is for ages 14 and older. Please wear comfortable dance/athleticwear and ballet shoes.
Taught by WDA Faculty
Beginner / Intermediate Adult Teen Tap (In-Person and Online)
A six-week series of tap classes
Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 PM
June 21 – July 26, 2022
$102 for the six-week session
Taught by Master Teacher, Corinne Karon
For six weeks over the summer, adults and teens will have fun exploring the great American Art form, Tap Dance. This class will be for adults and teens who have had little or no experience in this style of dance. We will introduce the basic steps of tap while allowing the more advanced students to build on the technique they already have. Each class we will do a center warm-up, travel across the floor, and work on a combination. Combinations can be done through "Poly-rhythms" so that each dancer is able to work at their own level and at their own pace.
Corinne Karon, a professional tap dancer and dance teacher, graduated from The University of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Modern Dance in 1996. Since then she has danced on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Corinne is executive director of Tap Team Two and Founder and Artistic Director of Uniting Colleges Through Tap. She is an active presence in the international tap community and hosts open discussions about the history of Tap in Philadelphia as well as teaching classes and performing. Corinne teaches on a regular basis at the University of the Arts, Rowan University, Bryn Mawr College, the Chester Valley Dance Academy, and the Wissahickon Dance Academy.
Intermediate/Advance Ballet
Intermediate/Advance Ballet 8-week series on Wednesday 6:30-8:00 June 21-August 9,2023
$144 for 8 weeks and $75 for 4 weeks Taught by WDA Faculty and Guest Teachers
Intermediate/Advance Ballet 8-week series on Thursday 6:30-8:00 June 21-August 10, 2023
$144 for 8 weeks and $75 for 4 weeks Taught by WDA Faculty and Guest Teachers
Beginner/Intermediate Youth Ballet
Ages 7-14 Wednesday 5-6:30 PM
8 weeks one day a week. June 22 – Aug. 10, 2022
$144 for 8-week program or $18 per class on a drop-in basis
Keep developing your ballet skills and enjoy learning choreography
Christina Castro-Tauser instructor
Pre-Ballet
Pre-Ballet Age 3-5 8 Week series on Tuesday 3:30-4:30 June 20 -August 8, 2023
Pre-Ballet Age 3-5 8 Weeks Series on Thursday 4:30-5:30 June 22- August 10, 2023
Creative Movement /Pre Ballet ages 3-5
This class encourages students to explore their creativity and imagination during activities that develop gross motor skills, coordination, strength, flexibility, and balance. Students are introduced to the structure of dance in a fun environment. Students learn ballet steps, short choreography for a Show Case for family and friends during the last week of class. Students get a strong foundation for future ballet training.
Christina Castro-Tauser earned her MFA at Temple University and was the recipient of the Rose Vernick MFA Choreographic Achievement Award. Excerpts of her Thesis ¿Que Pasa Ahora? were showcased at the ACDA 2018 Mid-Atlantic North Conference, and as part of the Artist Bash at the Barnes Foundations. Recently her essay “Embodiment in the Public Art of Jody Pinto” was published in Dancer-Citizen. Christina is also the founding director of Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble, adjunct faculty at Temple University and Teaching Artist for Taller Puertorriqueno. Prior to her years in Philadelphia, she was the Director of the Gainesville Ballet Junior Company and an Instructor for the Gainesville School of Ballet for eight years. Christina received her BA in Dance from Point Park University. She was an apprentice at the Colorado Ballet where she choreographed Cafe con Leche for the Colorado ballet studio Company. She has trained with Laura Alonzo at Centro Pro Danza Havana Cuba, Minnesota Dance theater, and Milwaukee Ballet Summer Intensive.