NEW Partnership Program with
The Dance Institute, The University of Akron’s pre-professional dance program and Akron’s only professional equity theatre company, Rubber City Theatre, are teaming up to offer high quality dance training for your performer.
The Dance Institute at The University of Akron is a pre-professional ballet-based program founded in 1967, nationally recognized for its curriculum which prepares students for careers in both dance performance and dance education. Directed for 28 years by Gena Carroll and for 14 years by her daughter, Lana Carroll Heylock, Dance Institute established a heralded reputation for training and performance excellence. The University of Akron is an institutionally accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD). Please visit their website to learn more and enroll: Click Here to Learn More Questions: sbailey1@uakron.edu |
Summer Arts Classes
We are now an official service provider for the Ohio ACE Program. Click here to apply.
New! Summer Arts Camp! Ages 6-12
- Immerse your child in the arts this summer on campus at The University of Akron. Your child will spend their time exploring movement and dance with our staff at The Dance Institute and the University of Akron’s School of Dance. Next, they will head to art class with the Mary Schiller Myers School of Art and the staff of the Art Institute. Ready for some drama? Your student will join our friends at Rubber City Theatre as they learn what it takes to be an actor. Finally, the Music Institute and the University of Akron’s School of Music will help your budding young musician explore music. Explore and learn with The Arts Academy at The University of Akron. You can choose to attend just one session or come to both! Each week will feature a special campus experience like attending a ballet, getting a backstage tour of E.J. Thomas Hall, or visiting the Emily Davis Gallery!
- Registration opens March 15th
- Summer Session I: June 10th-June 14th
- Ages 6-12
- 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
- Price: $300
- Registration Fee: $25
- Summer Session II: June 17th-June 21st
- Ages 6-12
- 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
- Price: $300
- Registration Fee: $25
- Click here to view the Arts Camp flyer