GiftedSummer

Campers explore the world of dance, step, theater, fashion, and music/spoken word weekly. Campers also enjoy indoor and outdoor recreational and team-building activities, as well as a uniquely blended artistic and educational experience based on the theme of the week.

Beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level camp performers are all welcome.

Stepping is an energetic percussive form of art that has been made popular by African American fraternities and sororities from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The rich tradition of stepping can be traced back to the 1880s where South African miners created the "Gumboot Dance" art form as a way to survive the isolation and secretly communicate with each other as they endured the weight of a migrant labor system and oppressive laws.

Our certified artistic instructors help our students explore the benefits of movement, as our students engegae in hip hop, African, Latin, and European dance technique. During this week, artists will learn steps and dance routines with the opportunity to create their own choreography. At the week's end, artists will present to the community.

Artists will have to opportunity to either create a musical track, record a song, write a song, create an original spoken-word piece or learn and perform an existing spoken word piece.

Artists will engage in lessons on styling, design, make-up, photography, and modeling on the runway. Artists will create and style fashion pieces and at the week's end, presenting a mini fashion show to the community.

Campers will have the opportunity to write and produce their own play. They will learn character development, set and prop design, and light engineering. At the end of the week, they will present their original play to the community.