Aerial & Dance Arts

Ages 8 – 12

We are excited to introduce our new Camp Terrier Aerial and Dance Arts Program! Our camps are for dancers and aerialists for all levels ages 8-12. Students will hone their aerial and technical dance skills in a fun and supportive environment, collaborate with our teachers to learn and create choreography and improve their performance skills for the culminating informal showing on the final day. The two-week sessions will culminate in an informal performance on the aerial apparatus as well as choreography by counselors and campers, themselves. The one-week session will have a final “photo shoot” where campers can show families what they have worked on in class. The mornings will be dedicated to dance styles, with contemporary, hip hop, jazz, ballet, and choreography finishing with a daily recreational swim period. Weather permitting, lunch will be eaten outdoors. The afternoons will be dedicated to aerial skills and acrobatics with one of the BU Dance program’s aerial instructors. Other fun activities include gym time, games, and costume projects.

Two week sessions:
Sessions 4 & 5, 7/7 – 7/18
Sessions 6 & 7, 7/21 – 8/1

One week sessions:
Session 8, 8/4 – 8/8
Session 9: 8/11 – 8/15

Example Day
8:30 – 9:15 am Drop-off/gym time
9:15 – 10 am Class #1 (dance styles)
10 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11 am Class #2 (dance styles)
11 – 12 pm Free/recreational swim (pool time starts at 11:15 am)
12 – 1:15 pm Lunch and gym time
1:15 – 2:15 pm Class #3 (aerial and acro)
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:30 pm Class #4 (aerial and acro)
3:30 – 3:45 pm Daily wrap-up
3:45 – 4 pm Dismissal
4 – 6 pm Extended Day*

*Extended Day requires additional registration. Campers at Extended Day will have access to a diverse range of activities from 4 – 6 pm, including arts & crafts and gym games. Climbing may also be offered depending on the availability of the space.

 

This camp must comply with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (105 CMR 430.000) and be licensed by the City of Boston Board of Health.

 

Camp Terrier Dance Director:

micki-200x200Micki Taylor-Pinney is the daughter of dance teachers. Her mother attended Sargent College when there was a Physical Education major. After attending University of Massachusetts, Amherst for her BS and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro for her MFA, Micki returned to Boston.

Since 1985, she has directed the dance program, advising the student dance company, Dance Theatre Group, and more recently, co-directing the dance minor program in CFA and Reach, a summer outreach program for urban youth. She started dancing with Boston Dance Collective in 1986 and was an artistic director from 1998 to 2006.