Brant Lake Dance Camp

If you have expertise in a particular area – sports, art, drama, music etc. – and look forward to sharing this expertise with others, BLDC offers a great opportunity for you to develop and share your skills.

During the First session of BLDC, Enchoreo is our student choreography program in which girls learn how to choreograph their own pieces. The program brings girls through all the phases from choosing the music, theme, how many dancers, thru rehearsal and a presentation of the work in progress.

Tap Classes emphasize the development and strengthening of basic tap technique and terminology highlighting the importance of rhythm and sound. Tap focuses on rhythms and intricate footwork, creating a percussion instrument out of the dancer’s feet.

An exciting and ever evolving dance form full of rhythm, syncopation, passion and life. Jazz can be powerful and percussive or expressive and lyrical. Ever evolving, jazz dance is taught with the music of today together with the classical jazz of yesterday.

A high-energy class that uses the latest sounds in rap, R&B and pop music together with movements influenced by some of today’s hottest video choreographers. Hip hop encompasses movement that has elements of poppin’, locking, and breaking as well as freestyle movement. Hip hop is urban, it’s street, it’s diverse and forever changing.

Develops strong creative dancers through the study of technique and improvisation with a focus on musicality, dynamics, floor-work and artistic expression. Classes focus on problem-solving skills and the tools needed to create unique dances for a group or individual.

Ballet is the classical dance form that can be mastered by itself or used as a technical base or supplement to other dance forms. All of our Ballet teachers are ABT or RAD certified teachers and follow the ABT curriculum. Classes focus on overall body alignment and awareness with emphasis on proper usage of feet and legs and execution of turnout.

A 30 x 40 foot fully mirrored studio specifically designated for Tap dance instruction.

A 62 x 40 foot studio with a padded Marley floor and mirrors. This studio is used for Contemporary, Jazz, Hip-hop and Enchoreo classes, as well as performance.

A 60 x 30 foot mirrored dance studio features barres overlooking a picturesque wooded area. This space is used primarily for Ballet instruction.

Three professional instructional/rehearsal studios are available for various dance styles including Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap and Enchoreo.

Linsey will focus on all dance classes, workshops, teachers, student works, mentoring and mentors and performances. She loves to teach and share her passion with dancers and students worldwide.

Linsey O’Neal was hired her first summer as the tap and Jazz instructor. She has become part of the heart and soul of Brant Lake Dance Camp.

One of our favorite and most fun evenings are our Lip Sync Competitions. Each bunk plans/ choreographs and then performs their Lip Syncs for the other campers and our panel of judges (our dance faculty). A rolicking fun and good humored evening where everyone’s a winner but only one bunk gets crowned as the champs.

Sass’s love of across the floor combinations can be felt as you hear her enthusiastic voice call out for “9:30 Classes!”. She is a fantastic role model and advocate for campers and staff.

Sundays feature two periods of special workshops as well as Enchoreo/choreography mentoring. At 2PM the camp gathers in the girls’ clubhouse for healthy snacks. Then we all go down to the lake for a co-ed afternoon which begins at the waterfront then continues to a lakeside cookout at 4PM.

Learn How to Choreograph at Dance Camp.

Providing dance instruction to make campers better and stronger dancers while still being able to have the full camp experience. Loved having a place to dance in a pressure free environment while still getting the silly, comfy, exciting pieces of going to camp.

Featuring all the genres, classes and levels, takes place during the last few days of Dance Camp and showcases the instruction and hard work that has taken place over the course of the 4 1/2 week session.

Dance classes daily in Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet and Tap. All classes are small and campers are separated into ability levels to provide the most effective and personalized instruction.