Canyon Concert Ballet’s Youth Dance Intensive will offer students access to internationally renown dance instructors for a full week of training, community and creativity. Our program will offer a diverse array of dance forms from local and visiting artists.

Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20

9am-4pm

Ages 8-15

DanceFORT gathers together the Northern Colorado dance community for a time of research, exposure and creative practice. Boasting of elite faculty in both the contemporary and classical sphere, our one-week summer program will serve aspiring professionals and working artists.

Monday, June 23-Friday, June 27

9am-4pm

Ages 16+

Children will experience the joy of dance through themed movement and music. Camps will include ballet, song, storytelling, acting, crafts, and creative games based on the weekly themes.

June 16-20

July 7-11

July 14-18

Ages 3-6 years old

Children will explore dance and creative movement with an emphasis on social and emotional learning. Participants will learn basic dance vocabulary while experiencing the freedom of movement.

Ages 3-5 from July 21-25

Ages 5-7 from August 4-8

Ages 7-12 from July 7-11

In addition to our intensives and camps, Canyon Concert Ballet offers both youth and adult classes for a 4-week session each summer.

All ages from July 7-August 1

Monday through Thursday

This summer camp will offer participants the opportunity to explore introductory acrobatics in a safe and supportive environment. Participants will practice somatic-based approaches to floor acrobatics with mats and movement education centering around play.

July 21-July 25

9am-Noon

Ages 7-12

Melissa Corr is a native New Yorker. She began her training with Russian Prima Ballerina Liana Hausler. She eventually joined her company, Genesee Civic Ballet and later Hausler and Company, where she enjoyed many solo roles in the Classics.

Upon arriving in Colorado, she continued her dancing with Denver Civic, now Colorado Ballet.

Through the years she became very interested in pedagogy,  and continued to study again in NYC , taking vigorous classes with such greats as Melissa Hayden, Patricia Wilde, Basil Thompson, Nadine Ravine, Zena Romett and  Gelsey Kirkland.

Returning to Colorado and rekindling her admiration and love for her Russian training, she studied and danced for Misha Tcherpakova, Meelis Pakri, Pavel Rotaru, Jilliana, Lorita Travaglia, and  Dmitre Roudnev.Melissa has been a pillar in the Fort Collins ballet community, working with the Chamber Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony,  Fort Collins Opera, and the theater companies as well. She has taught and performed throughout the United States and Canada for over 50 years. She has been a member of CCBs fine staff since 1979.

Melissa retired from Colorado State University Music Theater and Dance Department in 2010, where she was the intermediate and advanced ballet technique professor.. She restaged many classic works and also choreographed numerous works of her own during those many years.

For the last 6 years she has taught during the spring semester for Escuela Profesional de Danza De Mazatlan,Mexico, a 4 year dance degree program, and also company class for Delfos, a world renown contemporary company. She has been invited to teach in several states in Mexico and also the National School of Ecuador.

Owner, Lead Pilates Instructor
Certified through Power Pilates since 2004
BFA Dance Performance, SUNY Purchase

Pilates has been a part of my life since I was 12 years old.  I had the unique opportunity of training on a Pilates reformer and studying the technique while attending a pre-professional ballet program at the Cincinnati Ballet.  From that young age and throughout my adult professional dance career I experienced the difference Pilates made in my overall ability to connect to and create balance in my body.  After my professional dance career came to a halt due to arthritis, it was a natural transition to begin a career sharing all I had learned over the years and helping others connect to their bodies through the systematic training of classical pilates. I got my certification through Power Pilates and began teaching in 2004.  I had my own business in New York for 10 years, moved to Colorado and had the honor of initiating and managing a successful Pilates program at the Fort Collins Country Club from 2014-2021. In 2021, I was given the opportunity  to open up my own studio, Pilates Connection, here in Fort Collins. It has been a joy over the years witnessing how "pilates works" for so many different people.  From young aspiring athletes to clients in their 80's, seeing clients through pregnancies, helping rehabilitate clients post spinal, knee, and hip surgeries, seeing clients improve their overall health and physique, I have seen how pilates can and has changed lives!  It is truly a gift to connect with others through sharing this special practice!

Brandon Welch is a dancer, teaching artist and creator with a passion for utilizing movement as a catalyst for social change. He holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance with a semester on exchange at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts. His performance career includes being a company member of Momix Dance Illusionists, Doug Varone and Dancers, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Helanius J. Wilkins/SALT and Gibney Dance Company. During his time with Doug Varone, Brandon participated in Dance Motion USA’s cultural diplomacy program to South America and performed in Les Troyens at the Metropolitan Opera.

As an Artistic Associate of Gibney Dance, Brandon facilitated movement workshops for survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with guidance from Clinical Advisor Beth Silverman-Yamm. In 2017, he began bringing his movement practices into public schools as a teaching artist with the 92nd Street Y, home of the Dance Education Laboratory, and Columbia College Chicago. In 2020, Brandon created Moving Meditations in collaboration with Abby Corrigan, which offered continuing education credits for incarcerated men through the Denver University's Prison Arts Initiative.

Brandon currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado and is a dancer, co-conspirator and community engagement coordinator forThe Conversation Series: Stitching the Geo-Political Quilt to Re-Body Belongingwith Helanius J. Wilkins. His guest artist teaching includes DOCH University (Stockholm), Mimar Sinan University (Istanbul), HIGHFest Masterclass (Yerevan), MuDa Africa (Dar Es Salaam) and Dance Ensemble Singapore. Recent creative commissions include the Lamont Opera Theatre, Mariposa Collective and Whitney Center for the Arts.

A Pittsburgh native, Sarah attended Point Park University and graduated with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Theatre. After graduating she moved to New York City, where she worked with the NYC Metropolitan Opera, Doug Varone, Jessica Taylor of DamageDance, Awakening Movement, ZviDance, Caleb Teicher & Company, Lorena Egan, Michael Mindlin, Gibney Dance GRIT, and Shining Light. Other credits include: National Tour of The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, Starlight Express, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West Side Story as Anybodys and company dancer with Attack Theatre for 8 years. In addition to extensive theatrical training, Sarah is dedicated to teaching and sharing movement studies to all levels through dance, Pilates, the GYROTONIC MOVEMENT SYSTEM® & is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Pennsylvania. www.sarahzielinski.net

Celia was born in Barbados and completed a B.F.A. in Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She pursued a career as a freelance dancer, choreographer, actress and  teacher in the Caribbean, U.S., United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland and The Netherlands. She  has worked with the likes of Tony award winning choreographer Wayne Cilento and Rafael  Bonachela, Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, and was a founding member of  London’s renowned ‘Ballet Black’. 

Along her dance journey, Celia has had the pleasure and honor of dancing for Antonia  Franceschi, Irek Mukhamedov, Stephen Sheriff, Denzil Bailey, Sheron Wray, Union Dance  Company and Kim Brandstrup in the U.K.; Sanne van der Put, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and  Jennifer Hannah in the Netherlands; Nishida Yukio in Japan; and Gus Solomons, Michael Mao  and Monte/Brown Dance in the U.S..  

Celia was the founder and director of, and choreographed for ‘The Movement Network’ in  Amsterdam. Her choreography has also been commissioned for and performed at The Place  Prize, Resolution!, the Bridewell Theater, National Youth Dance Wales and the HIP Dance  Festival, in the U.K.; Biennale de Danse in Martinique; L’Artchipel en Danse in Guadeloupe; the  Rode Loper festival, Open Ateliers Jordaan and Podium Mozaïek in the Netherlands; Boulder  Arts Outdoors and The Mariposa Collective’s 30th Anniversary ‘Emergence’ performance in  Boulder, Colorado.  

As a film maker, Celia’s films have been selected for several festivals, including the Sans Souci  Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder Ballet Dance Film Festival and The Nederland International  Film Festival, and have won awards of Best Choreography at Indiedance Film Festival, Best  Short in Bridge Fest and Best Film at the Feedback Romance and Relationships Film Festival. 

Carly Hambridge began dancing at age seven in Charlotte, NC, and graduated from Butler University in 2014 with a BA in Dance Pedagogy with honors. Upon graduation, Carly joined Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate Program on scholarship, performing alongside the company. In 2015, she joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and then BalletMet 2 in 2016, performing works by George Balanchine, Edwaard Liang, James Canfield, and Michael Pink. Now, in her 8th season with Boulder Ballet, Carly has been featured in roles including Giselle, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in works by Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Paul Taylor, Amy Seiwert, Gregory Dawson, Sidra Bell, Andrea Schermoly, Caili Quan, and Ben Needham-Wood. Additionally, Carly teaches ballet to dancers of all levels and is a licensed trainer in the GYROTONIC® Method.

Dancers will experience the movement and music of Mary Poppins with guest artist Sarah Zielinski. Join us for a week of learning, dancing and singing as we work together to share musical numbers at the end of the week.

June 16 – June 20 from 9:00am – 2:00pm

Price: $300

Deposit: $50

Ages 6-9

Campers will learn vocal skills, dancing, projection techniques, stage directions, theater games, and will work scenes to create a musical. This camp is always a summer favorite!

July 14 – July 18 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Price: $415

Deposit: $50

Ages 7-12

*Returning students receive $50 off tuition

Participants will explore a musical history surrounding The Wizard of Oz, including The Wiz and musical sensation Wicked. Join us for a week of learning, dancing and singing as we work together to share musical numbers at the end of the week.

August 4 – August 8 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Price: $415

Deposit: $50

Ages 8-14

*Returning students receive $50 off tuition