Discover the wonderful world of dance at Colburn!
Led by a renowned faculty made up of some of the most exceptional former professional dancers in the industry, the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute is dedicated to developing the individual gifts and talents of each of our students, from pre-school children discovering the joy of dance for the first time, to adults in our Adult Dance program.
Advanced dancers aged 14 to 17 can enhance their ballet training and experience life in the Colburn Dance Academy in our two-week Dance Academy Summer Intensive.
Our Youth Ballet Intensive, Teen Modern Intensive, and Colburn Taps In offer serious young dancers an opportunity to continue their training over the summer on our beautiful campus in Downtown Los Angeles, led by our exceptional faculty and guest artists.
Young beginner and intermediate dancers can explore ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and hip hop in our two-week Discover Dance Camp, which is a fantastic introduction to all of Colburn’s dance genres.
We have also designed a four-week ‘Summer Saturdays’ program which runs on selected Saturdays in June and July. This program offers weekly classes for students ages 4+ across ballet, modern, tap, and hip hop. If you’ve ever wondered if Colburn School is right for your child, then this is a fantastic opportunity to experience a taste of Colburn Dance ahead of the new semester.
Registration for summer 2026 is open now! Explore our full range of summer camps and programs below. If you have any queries, please contact dance@colburnschool.edu
A two-week immersive repertory workshop for dancers ages 12–18 years. Taught by Colburn’s modern dance chair, Tamsin Carlson, a former dancer with Lucinda Childs and Rudy Perez.
A daily modern technique class with morning and afternoon sessions of repertory will culminate with an afternoon studio showing Friday 27, to which family and friends are invited.
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Enhance your ballet training and experience life on the beautiful Colburn campus during this two-week intensive. Students will grow through close work with Colburn’s distinguished faculty and special guest teachers.
Classes will include but are not limited to ballet technique, contemporary and partnering. Dancers will get to further explore their art form through discussion and special artistic excursions.
This is a two-week comprehensive study of Colburn’s dance genres including ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and hip hop for beginning and intermediate dancers ages 7-14. Dancers will be divided by age and level.
This immersive summer program brings together working tap artists, choreographers, directors, and musicians to explore the artistry of rhythm, movement, and storytelling through film. Students will conceptualize, storyboard, and film a tap dance captured specifically for learning the craft of pre-production, choreography for camera, and post-production sound, including Foley and tap rhythm scoring.
This is a two-week comprehensive study of Colburn’s dance genres with a ballet emphasis for students ages 9-14. Dancers are divided into two age groups and take daily morning classes in ballet technique, pre-pointe/beginner pointe, ballet variations, and afternoon offerings ranging from modern, tap, jazz, hip hop, and stretch/strength. This is an opportunity to enhance a student’s beginner or intermediate training experience with Colburn’s resident faculty.
Existing students can join us for four Saturdays beginning June 20 to keep up their training over the summer, and new students are welcome to register for this four-week program to try out classes before registering for the fall semester. Classes will include Creative Dance, Ballet, Modern, Tap, Jazz, and Hip Hop for all age groups.
Further details and class registration will be available in Spring 2026.
Dates: Monday, June 15 through Sunday, August 2 (no classes June 29–July 5)
Adult classes will be available in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, and Hip Hop. Further details and class registration will be available in Spring 2026.