Ballet Wichita Academy

Two weeks out. 🩰

The Ballet Wichita Academy Summer Intensive starts July 27 — and if you've been on the fence, now's the time to get off it.

Two tracks. Two weeks. Guest faculty from professional companies and universities across the country, right here in Wichita.

✨ Full Summer Intensive — Intermediate to Advanced
$500 both weeks · $300 one week

🩰 Pre-Pointe & Beginning Pointe Intensive — Morning sessions
$210 both weeks · $120 one week

No audition required.

Register at https://balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/

Here's what a day at the Ballet Wichita Academy Summer Intensive actually looks like.

For Full Intensive dancers, your morning starts at 10:30 with a combined warm-up and conditioning session. From there, the day moves through ballet technique, pointe, and elective classes — contemporary, jazz, musical theatre, variations, choreography, classical repertoire — led by guest faculty from professional companies and universities across the country. You wrap at 4:00.

For Pre-Pointe and Beginning Pointe dancers, your morning runs 9:00 to 11:30 — focused, intentional work on technique, conditioning, strength, and alignment, with teachers who know exactly what a dancer's body needs at this stage.

Every day builds on the last. Two weeks go by fast!

July 27 – August 7, 2026 · Wichita, Kansas

Full Intensive: $500 both weeks · $300 one week
Pointe Intensive: $210 both weeks · $120 one week

Register at thttps://balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/

Two weeks of training. One stage to show for it.

✨ Register at https://balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/

The Ballet Wichita Academy Full Summer Intensive closes with an informal student showcase — a chance for every dancer in the program to perform the work they've built over two weeks, in front of the people who matter most to them.

A room full of dancers who worked hard for two weeks, performing the work they built. That's what the showcase is.

July 27 – August 7, 2026 · Wichita, Kansas

Full Summer Intensive: $500 both weeks · $300 one week

If your dancer has been talking about the Ballet Wichita Academy Summer Intensive, here's what you should know.

This program was built specifically so that serious dancers in this region don't have to travel out of state — or spend out-of-state money — to get training that actually moves the needle. Guest faculty from professional companies and universities across the country, two weeks of focused daily training, and an environment designed to challenge dancers at every level.

👉 Full Summer Intensive: $500 for both weeks · $300 for one week
👉 Pre-Pointe & Beginning Pointe Intensive: $210 for both weeks · $120 for one week

No audition required. Space is limited. July 27 – August 7 in Wichita.

Register at balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/

Some choreography you learn in class. Some you get to perform.

This summer, Daniel Blake of Ballet Corps Minnesota joins us for the final week of the Full Summer Intensive — leading ballet technique and setting original work that students will perform at the end-of-intensive showcase.

Daniel's career spans Dance Connecticut, The Kansas City Ballet, and The Minnesota Ballet, with leading and soloist roles in works by Balanchine, Cunningham, and Tudor. He's been on that stage. Now he's bringing that experience into the room with your dancers.

📅 Full Summer Intensive: July 27 – August 7
Both weeks: $500 | One week: $300
balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/

Summer is closer than it looks. 👀

If you've been thinking about signing up for summer classes at Ballet Wichita Academy, now's the time. Spots fill up — and the schedule is packed with options for every level, from Creative Movement for little ones to Adult Intermediate Ballet and Barre Fit for grown-ups who just want to move.

Classes run Monday through Saturday all summer long at 1600 W Douglas Ave.

Full schedule and registration at the link in bio — or visit balletwichita.com/summer-classes.

We're growing our faculty for the 2026–27 season!

If you teach ballet, pointe, jazz, modern/contemporary, or conditioning — and you want to help shape dancers from their first class through pre-professional training — we'd like to hear from you. You don't need to teach every style. Strength in one is enough.

A few details:
→ Part-time, hourly ($18–30/hr), with paid opportunities for rehearsals, choreography, and outreach
→ Teaching across studio classes, community programs, and summer intensives — based on your strengths, not all of them
→ Bachelor's in dance or equivalent experience, plus a few years of teaching

Full details and how to apply: https://balletwichita.com/employment/ 🩰

Some of the best dance educators in Kansas are right here in Wichita — and this summer, they're all in one room. 🩰

Meet the Wichita faculty joining us for the Ballet Wichita Academy Summer Intensive, July 27 – August 7. Swipe to get to know each of them.

Amy Baker Schwiethale · Megan Bascom · Denise Celestin · Mina Estrada · Gigi Gans Russell · Regina Klenjoski · Sarah Knapp · Rebecca Reavis · Rile Reavis

📅 July 27 – August 7, 2026
Full Intensive: $500 / both weeks · Pointe Intensive: $210 / both weeks
Register at balletwichita.com/summer-intensive/