Build your foundation and dance with confidence.

ArtsBridge Summer Dance 101 is a 1-Week, Add-On intensive designed for students who want to build confidence and foundational skills in musical theater dance before the 2-week ArtsBridge Summer programs begin. Through technique classes, audition and prescreen preparation workshops, and lecture-based sessions, students develop essential movement vocabulary and a clearer understanding of how dance functions within musical theater training.

This program is limited to accepted students only. Registration will open after the 2-Week program decisions are available.

Dates & Fees

Dates: July 12 – July 17, 2026

Location: Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio

Tuition: $3,150

Room & Board: $700

*Room & Board includes 5 nights in the dorms and 3 meals per day. Students will have continuous housing throughout Dance 101 and their 2-Week ArtsBridge Summer program.

*Need-based scholarship is available for tuition and application fee. You can learn more on our FAQ page. Contact us with questions at programs@artsbridge.com. Students must be at least 15 years old to participate.

Dance 101 Faculty

Ramone Owens, Boston Conservatory at Berklee 

Ramone Owens is an educator, artistic leader, and institutional collaborator whose work centers on developing durable, student-centered training environments in higher education. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Theater Division at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he contributes to curriculum design, faculty governance, student recruitment, and divisional strategy alongside his teaching and creative practice.

Grounded in a professional background spanning Broadway, national tours, and regional theater—including Beetlejuice, The Musical (Original Broadway Cast), Motown: The Musical (Broadway/1st national tour), and regional work at Papermill Playhouse—Ramone brings an industry-informed perspective to pedagogical practice, institutional culture, and curricular alignment. His directing and choreographic work across academic and professional contexts reflects a commitment to clear artistic vision, collaborative process, and a holistic approach to artistry that supports both creative excellence and long-term development.

He is currently an Ed.M. candidate in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he examines how institutional governance, policy, and program design operate within complex arts institutions and organizations, with a focus on building equitable, sustainable, and student-centered pathways.

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