Summer Programs

Train All Summer. Arrive Ready.

Specialized intensives, workshops, and experiences designed to challenge, inspire, and prepare dancers for what comes next.

With Miss Isabella

Pre Comp Intensive

Get ready for an exciting new season with Miss Isabella and her specialized Pre Comp Intensive. This week-long intensive is designed for dancers ages 6+, and will prepare dancers for CaRu's pre competition team through strengthening technique and performance skills.

Dancers will learn a new combination each day in styles such as lyrical, jazz, contemporary, and musical theater while also focusing on flexibility, turns, leaps, and overall performance quality.

The week culminates in a mock audition and showcase experience, giving dancers the opportunity to perform, bolster confidence, and start the season feeling prepared and inspired.

August 10–14 · 4:30–7:00 p.m. · $355/dancer

Questions? Email [email protected]

A Signature CaRu Experience for Dance Teachers & Former Professionals

The Return Experience

The room has missed you.

For years, you've poured your heart into everyone else's dance journey. You've inspired, encouraged, corrected, created, and celebrated the dancers who have walked through your studio doors.

Now it's time to return to your own.

THE RETURN is an intentionally curated experience created exclusively for current dance teachers, former professional dancers, choreographers, studio owners, and industry artists who are ready to reconnect with the part of themselves that first fell in love with dance. This isn't simply a day of dance. It's an experience designed to move you, challenge you, inspire you, and remind you what it feels like to dance purely for yourself again.

For one afternoon, you won't be the teacher. You won't be the choreographer. You won't be the coach. You'll simply be the artist.

The Experience Includes: Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Performance, Film & Camera — alongside meaningful conversation, creative collaboration, and connection with fellow dance educators and former professionals who understand your journey.

Whether you've been teaching for years, stepped away from performing, or simply miss the feeling of dancing for yourself… This is your invitation to return.

August 16 · 12:00–4:00 PM

Questions? Email [email protected]

Join The Return

Tribe 99 × UDA

College Dance Team Prep Class

CaRu Entertainment is excited to officially introduce a brand-new summer training opportunity for dancers aspiring to perform at the collegiate level!

This summer, CaRu Director Cassie Russo-Sweeney will be leading an exclusive Collegiate Dance Team Prep Series, designed to give dancers an authentic collegiate recruitment experience while developing the skills today's college dance team coaches are looking for.

Open to dancers ages 12+, this intensive training series is perfect for those looking to elevate their technique, performance quality, confidence, and professionalism as they begin preparing for future collegiate dance team opportunities.

Advanced Pre-Prep dancers (ages 10–11) may be accepted by instructor approval following the submission of training credentials via email to [email protected].

Space is intentionally limited to provide individualized coaching, personalized evaluations, and meaningful recruiting-style feedback throughout each class.

Preparation creates confidence. Confidence leaves an impression.

August 17 · 6:00–8:00 PM · *Additional dates announced soon! · $65 per session

DM "PREP" to reserve your spot

Competition Intensive

The Next Step

THE NEXT STEP, hosted by CaRu's Cassie Russo-Sweeney, is a high-level training experience for intermediate and elite competitive dancers ready to push beyond their comfort zone and elevate their craft.

Dancers will train through advanced technique, choreography, conditioning, and performance-based instruction in a focused and supportive environment designed to build confidence, versatility, artistry, and discipline heading into the new season.

Session I: August 18 & 19 · 5:00–9:00 PM · Session II: August 25 & 26 · 5:00–9:00 PM

Questions? Email [email protected]

Questions about summer programming?

We'd love to help you find the right fit for your dancer.