Summer Camp Theme:
Camping
Suggested Classes
Happy Campers – Are you ready to go on a bear hunt? In this camp, students will have fun exploring dance through a camping theme. Ages 4-6
Jazz Production – Students will have the opportunity to express their individuality and creativity in this summer class as they learn and perform The Ugly Duckling. Ages 7-11
Ballet Repertoire - In this class, students will be transformed into forest spirits and learn choreography from a Bournonville ballet: La Sylphide. This choreography is especially beneficial to students who have achieved pointe shoes. Level 3+
Music List
Themed Activities/ Technique
Bear Hunt Obstacle Course- Take students around the room using different movements going on a bear hunt.
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Use rocks and large sticks from yard to make a fire pit
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Use Christmas trees to make a forest backdrop
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A blue tarp/table cloth makes a great river or lake
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Portable ballet barres draped in grass skirts (found at the $1 Store) transform into a fun cave
Forest Dance Drums – Universal Africa Dance & Drum Ensemble
Forest Dance – Salted
Camp Granada – Allan Sherman
I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons
Prairie Fire – Acers of Lions
Time of Your Life – Green Day
All of the Stars – Ed Sheeran
Fireflies – Owl City
Summer Nights –John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (Grease Soundtrack)
Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran
Counting Stars – OneRepublic
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Young Kids
And the Green Grass Grew All Around - Jewel
Bear Hunt – Denise Gagne
A Camping We Will Go – The Kiboomers
Down By The Bay – Raffi
Camping – Larry Groce & Disneyland Children’s Sing-Along Chorus
Forest Dance – Maple Leaf Learning
Happy Campers – Macmillian Education ELT
The Moose Song – Aaron Vande Wege
Sitting Around the Campfire – Teresa Jennings
5 Green Speckled Frogs - Kidzone
Ballet
Eventyr (Fairy Tales) Op. 107 V. The Ugly Duckling By Ludvig Schytte – Played By: Tomoko Takanashi
Aus Andersns Marchen ( From Andersends Fairy Tales) Op 30: X The Ugly Duckling By Sergei Bortkiewicz – Played By: Tomoko Takanashi
La Sylphide Act II Sylph Scene Divertissement By Herman Severin Lovenskiold – David Garforth & Royal Danish Orchestra
La Sylphide Act I: Pas de Deux - Reel By Herman Severin Lovenskiold – David Garforth & Royal Danish Orchestra
A Midsummer Nights Dream Op. 61 Incidental Music No 1 Scherzo – Felix Mendelssohn Judi Dench Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra