Summer Intensives

Summer Intensives – Register NOW

Mankato Ballet Company offers a wide variety of summer sessions and classes for all ages and styles of dance. These can be a great way for new students to try MBC for a few weeks or for current students to stay up on their technique.

There is no registration fee for summer classes and no formal dress code. We hope that you will enjoy your classes with Mankato Ballet Company and we look forward to welcoming you to the studio this summer.

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Summer Intensive Dress Code

Dancers attending for summer sessions do NOT need to purchased a class leotard and if they are new students we will be using the summer to place them for the fall. Our dress code is more lax in the summer, but we do prefer that all dancers taking ballet are in a leotard of some kind, tights and ballet slippers. Hair should be pulled off the face and in a bun for intermediate and advanced classes. Skirts are optional and dancers should have pointe shoes if able to dance on pointe.

Youth Intensive

The July summer intensive are geared towards the level you have COMPLETED Ballet 1A/1B/2A/2B. Please enroll for the correct summer intensive based on your fall 2025 level.

July 2-Week Intensive from July 13-23 for dancers currently in Ballet 1A/1B/2A/2B. (Can register for individual weeks)

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Monday-Thursday from 9:00am to Noon.

Dancers should have their hair in a bun and wear a leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes. If they have tap or jazz shoes they should wear those in the corresponding classes. Boys Black pants, short, tights with any solid color shirt.

Advanced Intensive

The July summer intensive are geared towards the level you have COMPLETED Ballet 3A/3B. Please enroll for the correct summer intensive based on your fall 2025 level.

July 2-Week Intensive from July 13-23 for dancers currently in Ballet 3A/3B. (Can register for individual weeks)

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Monday-Thursday from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

Dancers should have their hair in a bun and a leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes. If they have tap or jazz shoes they should wear those in the corresponding classes. Boys Black pants, short, tights with any solid color shirt.

Pre-Professional Intensive

The July summer intensive are geared towards the level you have COMPLETED Ballet 4A/4B/5. Please enroll for the correct summer intensive based on your fall 2025 level.

July 2-Week Intensive from July 13-23 for dancers currently in Ballet 4A/4B/5. (Can register for individual weeks)

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Monday-Thursday from 9:30am to 4:00pm.

Choreography Course

This, MN State Arts Board funded program, we titled “Rooted and Reaching” is to help bring MN choreographers in touch with students and Southern, MN communities for performance opportunities.

This July summer course is geared towards the level you are ENTERING for fall of 2026. Ballet 3A/3B/4A/4B/5.

Runs Monday-Thursday from 9:30am to 4:00pm, July 27-30 and will conclude with a student showcase at the end.

CLICK HERE for the Full July Intensive Schedule. – Subject to Changes and Updates

NOTE: DOES NOT COUNT AS A WEEK OF INTENSIVE FOR ENSEMBLE OR COMPANY

For the first time, MBC is hosting a week-long summer choreography workshop July 27th-30th. This grant-funded opportunity through the Minnesota State Arts Board is to learn and perform new repertoire and is open to the public. Each day consists of class, rehearsal, student choreography time, and journaled reflection. The week concludes with a choreographic showcase at MBC for anyone curious about what we’ve been up to!

Dancers will be divided into two groups. Possible dance styles include jazz, contemporary ballet, and modern. Our choreographers are: Maile Hashimoto, Benjamin Johnson, Leah Walter, Megan Marcy. Some works by Kay Englert will be restaged by Eryn Michlitsch and Rebekah Selvey.

Part of our grant is to focus on bringing the works of local artists and choreographers to the community of Southern MN. For this reason we have four performance dates to keep in mind before you register. These performances are free to the public and geared towards serving populations that may have limited access to the arts.

Dancers signing up should try to be available the following dates*:

Thursday, July 30th at 5PM (Parent showcase at MBC)
Friday, August 21st at 1PM (State Street Theater in New Ulm)
Tentative date: Thursday, August 20th (MBC kick-off event)
Tuesday, August 25th at 1PM (VINE in Mankato)

*Dancers can miss a performance, but should attempt to be available for as many as possible and should communicate which performances they can NOT attend but the first day of the workshop.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.