Berewick Summer Circus & Dance CampÂ
Berewick Summer Circus & Dance Camp
at Berewick Recreation Center in Steele Creek
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July 1 - 26
6pm - 8pm
No Classes on July 4
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Tuition: FREE!
Ages 6 - 18​
16 max per class
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Berewick Recreation Center is located in Berewick Elementary School
5910 Dixie River Rd., Charlotte, NC 28278
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Our circus & dance camp is recreational with no experience required. Campers will have instruction in dance, acrobatics, and aerial dance.
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There will be a short show and tell performance at 7:30pm each Friday where campers can show what they have learned and you can take photos and video.
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This event is sponsored by Culture Blocks, a community partnership funded by Mecklenburg County.
What will be taught?
Each camp week will include high-quality training in aerial silks and a dance style. The dance style will be either hip-hop, contemporary dance, jazz or breakdancing. The schedule will be announced June 1.
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Pick Up/Drop Off
Drop Off and Pick-up at the front door. Camp will start promptly at 6pm and end promptly at 8pm.
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Medication/Special Needs
If medication is being sent with your child, please provide clearly written instructions for dispensing and in the original container.
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If there is anything that you would like us to know about your child/children such as allergies or behavior, please email us prior to the camp start date so our staff can be aware.
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What to wear
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Clothes that fit to the body that you can move in. Leggings and tank tops are great or leotards and tights if you like.
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Hair pulled back neatly out of their eyes.
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What NOT to Wear
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Jewelry (small stud earrings are fine) and watches
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Long finger or toe nails (it tears the silks)
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No baggie t-shirts or running/gym shorts
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Expectations
We want to make sure all students have a fun experience. We expect students to follow instructions of the teachers and treat other students with respect. They are also expected to participate in all activities to the best of their ability.
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We do not tolerate bullying. Please read about our Bullying Policies and Procedures here.
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Registration Policy
If you sign up, we expect you to attend. If you cannot attend, please notify us via email at info@cltcirquedancecenter.org 1 week in advance. ​​
Caroline Calouche (She/her) grew up in Gastonia dancing at Gaston Dance Theatre and then earned two BFA degrees in Ballet and Modern Dance at Texas Christian University. She has performed with Contemporary Dance Fort Worth, Contemporary Ballet Dallas and then lived in Rome, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; and Salzburg, Austria performing and choreographing. She is a graduate of the post-graduate International Choreographic Exchange program at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria. She began her circus training in aerial dance in 2008 at the age of 27, when she produced an Aerial Dance Concert as part of the Charlotte Dance Festival, which she founded and directed from 2007 - 2022. Her first aerial dance and circus discipline was rope & harness and aerial silks, which she now has expanded to lyra/aerial hoop, duo trapeze, duo lyra, Spanish web, partner acrobatics and German Wheel. She has teaching certifications in Nimble Arts Aerial Silks and Trapeze and German Wheel 1 from the U.S. Wheel Gymnastics.
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In 2006 Caroline established the non-profit professional dance and circus performing company, Caroline Calouche & Co., and added the school to the organization in 2017 called the Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center. She is a founding board member of the Dance Artist Alliance CLT.
Mikayla Prushik (She/her) grew up in New York and participated in both gymnastics and dance. She first became involved with aerial circus when she and her sister were in a professional circus performance at 11. Currently, Mikayla is a junior at Florida State University studying psychology and criminology and is a part of the FSU Flying High Circus, where she performed on the Spanish Web in the Spring 2023 and Spring 2024 shows.
Nicole Muse-Dennis (She/Her) is originally from Queens, New York where she began dancing at the age of 3. Nicole has studied tap, jazz, ballet, modern/contemporary, pointe, and African forms of dance. Nicole’s teaching and choreography first began as a teenager where she was given the opportunity to choreograph & instruct a class of her peers at her high school. Nicole continued this into college where she was the principal dancer and choreographer for the Association of Rhythmic Talent on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. Nicole also served as the assistant to the director of The Artistic Studio in Winston-Salem, NC. She taught for the Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, NC. Nicole’s resume is full of guest teaching tenures at studios, schools, churches, and workshops. Her performance experience includes theatrical dance performances including being cast as Mary in the National Black Repertory Theater’s production of the Black Nativity and Chris Thompson and the Cultural Ensemble.
Nicole is the mother of two daughters. She is a licensed teacher for the State of North Carolina. Her passion is in helping dancers reach new heights by actualizing the beauty and power that they have in themselves.
Matthew Sanchez (He/Him) A Bboy from the Bronx NY that now resides in Charlotte NC. His classes are made to get you moving, build confidence, pass history, and to give students a new form of expression. He's been breaking since 2009 when he found his first community of dancers. He had rocked the floor before but it wasn’t until he met his first mentor that he learned the culture behind the dance. As he got older, he went on to compete, perform, and share the floor with amazing dancers across the country and even across the globe. In his journey, he found that sharing my love for the dance was just as exciting as the days when he first learned. So now his goal is to share that same feeling with the future bboys and bgirls of the world.