Destination Dance 2025

Give your child the ultimate summer vacation! We help kids find community, connection, and enhance their self-esteem through dance. Each week offers fun and inspiration for ages 5-teens, plus our STEP Accelerated Program helps intermediate and advanced dancers reach their goals while deepening their passion. Select weeks offer our famous Mini Camps for kiddos ages 3-5. All of our camps are Monday-Thursday* and culminate in a weekly performance!

*We observe Juneteenth. Therefore Week 1 of camp will run Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri this year.

INSTALLMENT PLANS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

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Boppin’ Summer Classes coming soon.

Already enrolled in Boppin’? You will receive an email from Maria laying out your summer options!

Mini Morning Camp

Imagine their morning starting with a radical welcome, face paint, and new friends! 

Mini Camps introduce young dancers to the magic of dance in a safe and fun environment. Campers explore their self-expression in fun ways. Dancers will learn new skills while learning a routine! Dance games and themed activities are always campers favorites!  Each group is led by a professional instructor who is background checked and CPR certified. Imagine their morning starting with a radical welcome, face paint, and new friends!  Mini camps work toward our weekly performance held in our large indoor performance space on Thursdays from 3:15pm - 4pm (you will bring them back at 3pm to get ready for the show!).  All performances will be filmed and uploaded to your special camp portal along with photos and video memories from their week at camp.  Experienced teen dancers assist teachers with each camp, and are incredible mentors and heroes to these young dancers.  Camp begins at 9am with free drop off as early as 8:30am and pick up is at noon  Each dancer will take home a themed goodie bag! Groups are 7-12 dancers with a 2:1 staff ratio.

Disney Dance Camp: Open the castle door into a magical land of fun!  Your dancer will enjoy creative storytelling, dress up, and fun games while introducing jazz and ballet basics.

Puppy Patrol: Help your child find their special gift through the magic of dance from the treasured cartoon family of Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chilli Heeler and our favorite Paw Patrol heroes!!

Youth Full-Day Camps

Imagine their morning starting with a radical welcome, face paint, and new friends! 

Dancers will learn new skills while having fun learning a routine, dance games, and themed activities. Campers will break for snacks and lunch. During the afternoons, campers will enjoy crafts, games, movies, and time at the playground. Led by a professional instructor who is background checked and CPR certified. Imagine their morning starting with a radical welcome, face paint, and new friends!  Youth camps work toward our weekly performance held in our large indoor performance space on the last day of camp from 3:15pm - 4pm.  All performances will be filmed and uploaded to your special camp portal along with photos and video memories from their week at camp.  An afternoon snack will be provided along with regular breaks. Experienced teen dancers assist teachers with each camp, and are incredible mentors and heroes to these young dancers.  Each dancer will take home a themed goodie bag and a themed shirt for the week! Groups are 7-20 dancers with a 2:1 staff ratio. Camp begins at 9am with free drop off as early as 8:30am. Pick up is at 4pm. Please use our pick/up drop off drive-thru zone on Salsipuedes or park and walk your dancer inside.

Hip Hop Camp: Help your tiny dancer find their funk in Hip Hop themed camp. They will learn rhythm while enhancing their performance skills as they prepare an age-appropriate routine for our weekly performance! 

T Swift and Tumbling takes two of our favorite things: dancing to Taylor Swift and Tumbling with our Swiftie friends. Get into your DANCE AND ACRO ERA with themed crafts games and activities. Don’t forget to rock your Swiftie Swag!

Wicked Camp: Experience the magic of Oz and the Emerald City and learn Broadway style dances to the unforgettable Wicked soundtrack. Pink and green dance gear encouraged!

Pop Star Camp will help bring out your child’s inner superstar. They will learn the basics of jazz and hip hop from their favorite pop stars.

Youth Camp ConfiDANCE: Campers will build confidence, make friendships, and learn from professional instructors! Daily ConfiDANCE class will focus on essential skills needed both on and off the dancefloor- including: mindfulness, yoga, body positivity, public speaking, team building and more.

Tween/Teen Camp ConfiDANCE All campers will build confidence, make friendships, and learn from professional instructors! Dancers will learn Jazz, Hip Hop, and Ballet each week while getting a chance to experiment with different styles such as Acro, Broadway, and Ballroom with a few Tik Tok challenges for fun!  Daily ConfiDANCE class will focus on essential skills needed both on and off the dancefloor- including: mindfulness, yoga, body positivity, public speaking, team building and more.  This camp is geared towards beginning level dancers and  works towards our weekly performance. NO DANCE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.

Tween/Teen Intensive Camp:  The Tween Intensive gives our eager emerging dancers the chance to take their training to the next level. They will get the chance to spend part of the day with our STEP dancers working at a faster pace with visiting and local instructors. Our STEP program is geared towards intermediate and advanced level dancers who want to deepen their passion and perfect their craft (level 2+ in Jazz and Ballet)!  From building strength and focusing on fundamentals with our highest level faculty members, dancers will push and grow with challenging choreography from guest artists and master teachers we hire from Los Angeles and beyond. All of these are included in your intensive price! This experience will provide a balanced approach to helping your dancer push themselves, while also learning the discipline and patience needed to grow in their craft. In addition to jazz, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop, daily ConfiDANCE class will focus on skills to support them on and off the dancefloor: mindfulness, yoga, body positivity, public speaking, team building and more, pedagogy, chorography, and, improv. Dancers are recommended to have taken at least 1 year of dance in jazz or ballet, but this is not required.

Dance In The Air Camp (a collaboration with Elevated Dreams Aerial Arts):
Let your dreams take flight! All campers will build confidence, make friendships, and learn from professional instructors in aerial arts and dance. This exciting collaboration joins two SB art and dance institutions known for quality programming. Campers will spend their mornings learning the basics of Jazz and Hip Hop hop and their afternoons enjoying the thrill of aerial arts while learning key safety skills in this exciting artistic genre! Our shared mission and values believe in the transformative power of expression through aerial arts, dance and acrobatics. We empower your camper with strength and confidence while they make lasting friendships in our supportive and nurturing community.

Placement Week: This is for dancers dancing with us in the fall that would like to be assessed to see if they are ready to move up in our advanced STEP classes. Dancers ages 8+ can be assessed for STEP levels. See placement details and schedule. Placement can be confusing for a first timer, so we are here to help! Text us at 805-970-4422 or email hannah@sbdancearts.com .

STEP students: look in your email for registration code. No Code needed for PLACEMENT CAMPS

New to SBDA but are an experienced dancer? Complete a self assessment to gain access to STEP Camps

STEP Basics: Our STEP program is geared towards intermediate and advanced level dancers who want to deepen their passion and perfect their craft!  Our highest level faculty members will focus on building strength on the fundamentals in our STEP Basics Weeks.  Instructors grow dancers skills with more challenging choreography and exciting guest artists, giving dancers a balanced approach to helping achieve their dance goals.  In addition to jazz, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop, daily ConfiDANCE class will focus on skills to support them on and off the dancefloor: mindfulness, yoga, body positivity, public speaking, team building and more, pedagogy, choreography, and,  improv. Dancers must be in Jazz 2a at SB Dance Arts or scan the QR code on our flier to complete an online assessment. Dancers work towards our weekly performances held in our large indoor performance space on Thursdays from 3:15pm - 4pm.

STEP Intensives: Our STEP program is geared towards intermediate and advanced level dancers who want to deepen their passion and perfect their craft!  From building strength and focusing on fundamentals with our highest level faculty members, dancers will push and grow with challenging choreography from guest artists and master teachers  during our STEP IT UP weeks. This  experience will provide a balanced approach to helping your dancer achieve their dance goals.  In addition to jazz, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop, daily ConfiDANCE class will focus on skills to support them on and off the dancefloor: mindfulness, yoga, body positivity, public speaking, team building and more, pedagogy, chorography, and,  improv. An afternoon snack is provided. Dancers must be in Jazz 2a at SB Dance Arts or scan the QR code on our flier to complete an assessment. Dancers work towards our weekly performance held in our large indoor performance space on Thursdays from 3:15pm - 4pm.

Placement Week: See below

TEAM DANCERS TAKE NOTE: afternoon placement hours DO NOT COUNT toward your team summer training requirements.