Dance & Performing Arts Internship – Summer 2027
About the Position
Spend your summer dancing, teaching, and helping campers build confidence at one of our overnight summer camps.
Our Dance staff lead and assist with dance programming throughout the summer. Depending on your experience and camp assignment, you may teach styles such as hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, ballet, musical theatre, or other forms of dance while helping campers of different ages and experience levels develop their skills.
This is an immersive camp position. Dance staff are part of the broader camp community and may have counselor and cabin responsibilities in addition to teaching dance.
Dance staff will:
- Teach and assist with dance classes for campers of different ages and skill levels
- Help campers learn technique, choreography, movement, and performance skills
- Create fun, age-appropriate routines and activities
- Help prepare campers for performances, showcases, and special events
- Encourage confidence, creativity, teamwork, and self-expression
- Serve as a positive role model and mentor
- Work closely with fellow instructors, counselors, and camp leadership
- Participate fully in camp life, including counselor and cabin responsibilities when assigned
- Follow all camp policies, procedures, and safety expectations
Qualifications
- At least 18 years old by the start of employment
- Experience in one or more styles of dance
- Comfortable demonstrating and sharing dance skills with children
- Previous teaching, coaching, choreography, camp, or childcare experience is helpful, but not required
- Energetic, patient, creative, dependable, and enthusiastic
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
- Excited to spend the summer living and working in a close-knit camp community
About Working at Camp
Working at camp is more than a summer job. Every summer, thousands of children come to our camps for a summer filled with fun, friendship, independence, and growth—and our staff become an enormous part of that experience.
We're equally invested in the growth of our staff. Over the course of the summer, you'll build leadership and communication skills, gain hands-on teaching and mentoring experience, take on new challenges, form friendships with people from around the country and the world, and become part of a community unlike a typical summer workplace.
There is something special about watching campers come out of their shells, master a new skill, make new friends, and become more confident throughout the summer—and knowing you helped make that happen.
Staff working at our overnight camps are required to live onsite at camp for the duration of the summer. Depending on the camp and position, Dance staff may live in a camper cabin and assist with cabin responsibilities or live in designated staff housing. All staff participate fully in the camp community throughout the summer.
Positions generally run from approximately the second week of June through the first week of August, with exact dates varying by camp and position.
Compensation is approximately $2,000–$2,700 for the summer, depending on position and experience. Housing, meals, a travel stipend, comprehensive staff training, and scheduled days off are also included.
How to Apply
Please apply directly through GreatCampJobs rather than through Handshake.
GreatCampJobs connects applicants with opportunities throughout the CampGroup network. After submitting your application, qualified candidates will be contacted regarding next steps and potential interviews with our staffing teams.
Apply at GreatCampJobs.com.