Welcome to ADTC’s TX Dance Camp!
At our TX dance camp, you’ll take 4 – 5 dance classes per-day, Mon through Fri. Classes are taught by our professional choreographers. The core dance disciplines you’ll take are contemporary, hip hop and jazz (styles vary and may include Bwy or lyrical). Elective dance classes include ballet, tap & world dance.
No matter what your dance level or background, our TX dance camp curriculum is designed to challenge you. You’ll be organized into groups by age & ability and get to perform in a big Friday Show.
Life @ ADTC in Texas
Our TX dance camp home is St. Stephen’s, a beautiful, fully accredited boarding school located in the heart of Austin. This vibrant campus and the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country provide an ideal atmosphere for you to unwind between dancing and summer adventures.
At ADTC “ULTIMATE Hill Country” in Texas, campers and staff live together in a traditional residence hall. Each room houses two campers who share a bathroom in the hallway. Rooms & hallway blocks are organized by age and ADTC’s staff is housed in rooms on each floor, providing campers with 24-hour supervision & support.
TMI offers everything you need to unwind between dancing and summer adventures: community lounges (for doing arts & crafts and hanging out), laundry facilities, and a Dance Canteen for basic supplies, snacks, ADTC apparel and souvenirs.
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Our handle is @danceadtc. Use the hashtag #adtctexas or #adtckerrville for a REAL behind-the-scenes look at life at our TX dance camp!
AWESOME ACTIVITIES AT OUR TX DANCE CAMP
At our ULTIMATE Hill Country TX dance camp you can enjoy awesome activities & extras like swimming, horseback riding, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, a trip to a waterpark, escape room, girl’s night out, arts & crafts & more!
Just Some of Our Amazing TX Dance Camp Staff
Ellen Mihalick
Ellen Mihalick grew up dancing at NJ Ballet and the NJ Dance Theater Ensemble. She live in NYC where she has been a Radio City Rockette since 2013.
In addition to performing at Radio City, Ellen’s professional dance credits include the Broadway National Tours of An American in Paris and South Pacific.
Other favorite career moments include West Side Story (Graziella/DC), Shrek the Musical (ensemble/DC), TV appearances on Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and HBO’s Succession, as well as walking in NY Fashion week.
When not performing, Ellen is a personal trainer, barre teacher & choreographer. Her recent choreographer credits include Matilda The Musical!
Ellen has been an Instructor & Director at ADTC summer dance camps in California, Colorado, Texas & Maryland since 2017. She’s an #adtcidol and wants to inspire other girls to stay true & believe in themselves. “Dream BIG because hard work pays off.”
Outside of dance, Ellen’s loves include her cat Toni, her six nieces and nephews, and traveling the world… 29 countries and counting. You’ll always see Ellen with her coffee in hand and lots of energy!
Delight Moore
Shanik “Delight” Moore is an artist and educator based in Atlanta, GA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education from Brenau University, and is currently working on her Ph.D in Organization & Management.
Delight founded her dance company, Dancing With Delight LLC, in 2017 and is the CEO and Artistic Director. Delight is trained in ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, hip hop, and West African. She has over thirteen years of performance experience and has traveled to Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
In addition to performing, Delight has been teaching and choreographing for over ten years. Her emphasis as a dance educator is to create an environment that encourages self-expression and provides opportunities for self-discovery.
Delight has been on staff at ADTC in North Carolina, Maryland & virtually since 2018. She can’t wait to be back!
Lauren Goodman
Lauren Goodman Lauren Goodman grew up dancing mostly ballet in Ohio and was Valedictorian of her High School class. She was in the Gem City Ballet Pre-Professional Company for 5 years, trained by Barbara Pontecorvo, Dan Duell and Nilas Martins, before joining the Dayton Ballet Company.
As a Dance Major & Merit Scholarship recipient at Wright State University, Lauren began exploring more genres (modern, jazz, contemporary, improv, etc.). After her sophomore year, she was accepted into Alonzo King Lines Contemporary Ballet Company’s trainee program in San Francisco and moved there to further expand her dance training.
Lauren is currently on the Dean’s List at Northern Michigan University where she is pursuing a degree in Exercise Science with a Minor in Dance. Her favorite dance roles include Black Swan in Swan Lake, Cinderella in Cinderella, and Balanchine’s Serenade.
Lauren has been an Instructor-Counselor & Assistant Program Director at ADTC dance camps in California, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois & Maryland since 2021.
CJ Johnson
Christina Johnson (“CJ”) is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. CJ fell in love with dance back in the 1900’s in Oregon.
CJ began dancing professionally with BodyVox, Bent, and Kinetic Images in Portland, then moved to Seattle, where she spent quality time learning and performing with many prominent dance companies and choreographers, including Cheronne Wong; BetterBiscuit; XODO; Alethea Adsitt; Fusion; and Seattle Jazz, to name a few.
In 2003 CJ co-founded her own eclectic modern dance company, Jerboa Dance, where she choreographed, co-directed, co-produced, and starred in many successful shows, including a special guest appearance with Dance Masters of America.
CJ joined the NYC dance scene in 2005 and is proud to have shared the stage and performed all over the world with The Love Show and Shir Dance Theater, She also choreographed and produced the Jerboa Dance NYC premier “Back from the Brink.”
CJ’s choreography has been featured on Fox 5, America’s Got Talent, and “Loosen My Tie” video. She has also performed for P Diddy, Beyoncé, Martha Stuart, and was an opening soloist for Diana Ross.
CJ has directed and taught at ADTC locations in California, Colorado, Vermont, Texas, New Jersey, Maryland & Wisconsin since 2010.
Joule Valdez
Joule Valdez is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in Victoria, Texas. She has a degree in Business with a minor in Dance from Victoria College.
Joule has extensive training in many styles, but she specializes in Hip Hop & Acro. She has trained with Matt Steffanina & Marty Kudelka in Dallas, and danced with Pro Action & Nappy Tabs in Las Vegas. Joule is also the Executive Director for the Calhoun South Texas Strutters in Port Lavaca, TX.
Joule has worked at ADTC in Colorado, Texas & Maryland since 2017, starting as a Jr. Instructor and working her way up to Asst. Program Director. She loves children & sharing her passion for dance. When not dancing, Joule is a preschool teacher, but her goal is to own her own studio one day!
April Lorenzi
April Lorenzi is a dancer, choreographer and teacher based in New York. She graduated with a dance major from the Long Island High School for the Arts and has a BA in Psychology & Minor in Dance from SUNY at Fredonia NY. April recently published her first book, The Secret Dance Technique, which explores training the mind in the same way we train our bodies – Amazon book link.
April has also trained at Ballet Long Island, the Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory in NYC and the University of the Arts. She has danced throughout the world, most recently onboard the MSC Seashore cruise ship.
Prior to her cruise ship contract, April played a lead rose in one of the stage shows at Motiongate Dubai Theme Parks. April was also a performer at Walt Disney World in Florida for three years. She received Disney’s Hollywood Studios Entertainment Quarterly Award in 2019.
Some favorite performance credits for April in Florida were dancing with Emotions Dance Company & FrediDance Project, as well as performing in the Ultimate Experience Barracuda Show, and Teatro Martini Dinner Show. She also taught dance at Russion Ballet Orlando and Studio K Orlando.
April joined the ADTC Team as an Instructor-Counselor in California and Texas in 2023. April has worked very hard to get where she is in dance today and she wants to inspire others to also live out their dreams!
Brynne Loberger
Brynne Loberger is from Fort Worth, Texas. She recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Dance.
At UNT, Brynne received the Katherine Margaret Altermann Scholarship her Sophomore year, and the Jonathan Bostick Memorial Dance Scholarship her Senior year. She was also on the Dean’s list and a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Brynne has extensive dance training and teaches all levels Hip Hop & Contemporary. She was an Elite Dance Company Member at Dance by Emily Studio in Hewitt, Texas before becoming an Assistant Teacher & Solo/Team Choreographer.
Brynne started as a Junior Instructor Counselor (“JIC”) at ADTC in North Carolina & Texas in 2018. She’s also been an Instructor Counselor in North Carolina, Wisconsin & Illinois, and was Asst. Program Director (“APD”) in North Carolina & Maryland in 2022.
Jordan McBee
Jordan McBee is a dancer & choreographer in Texas. She is pursuing a degree in Dance at University of Mary-Hardin-Baylor where she is a member of the Saderbelles Dance Team.
Jordan began dancing at the age of four under the direction of Emily Cadell at Dance by Emily in Hewitt, TX. She was invited to the Jazz Company at nine and progressed through the Junior, Senior and Elite groups.
Jordan began teaching classes at the dance studio when she was eleven and she became the Assistant Director of the Junior company at fourteen. She led the Elite Company when she was eighteen.
Jordan has been an Instructor at ADTC in Texas since 2022.
Ashley Sartell
Ashley Sartell is a professional dancer, choreographer & teacher based in Los Angeles, California. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from CalArts.
Ashley grew up dancing competitively at Pat Barton Dance Studio in Iowa where she also was a teacher for 6 years. Ashley’s dance teaching experience includes Ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and pointe.
Ashley has been an Instructor-Counselor at ADTC dance camps in California, Texas & Maryland since 2021. She wants campers to learn that dance is fun and shouldn’t cause any frustration. “We are all here to celebrate our love of dance and have fun making new friends.”
Erica Messonnier
Erica Messonnier is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Dallas, Texas. She has a BFA in Dance from Point Park University.
Some of Erica’s performance credits include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Principal Dancer Season 5), Disney’s Descendants (Audrey), Holiday Inn (Lila Dixon), Grease (Ensemble/ us Marty), Once Upon A Time (Aerialist/Dancer), Invitation to Dance (Ballroom Dancer), Shrek The Musical (Duloc Doll, Fairytale Creature), Seussical the Musical (Bird Girl) both shows at Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and Miracles (Dancer) at Busch Gardens Christmas Town.
After traveling the world as the Principal Dancer on Viking Ocean Cruise Line’s first ship, the Viking Star, Erica continued her travels across oceans performing in Grease with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. She has also traveled all over the U.S. as a featured dancer and swing with the national rout of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
When Erica is not on stage, you can find her teaching & choreographing for dance studios around the country, or coaching fitness classes. Erica has been an Instructor-Counselor at ADTC in Maryland, Vermont and virtually since 2017. She wants to help girls push themselves to be the best they can be.
Hayley Venner
Hayley Venner is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher from Leander, TX and currently based in Austin. She earned her BA at Texas A&M where she was a member of the Fade to Black Dance Ensemble.
Hayley began training as a gymnast at age 6 before transitioning into the dance world at age 13. While at A&M, Hayley’s hip hop choreography earned many awards for her students at On Our Toes Dance Studio & Expressions Dance and Music in College Station. She currently teaches dance at Center Stage in Leander and also teaches 8th grade U.S. History at Stiles Middle School!
Hayley has been teaching dance to children ages 2 – 23 in a studio and drill team setting for 10+ years. She’s studied ballet, hip hop and lyrical in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Miami, and has also performed numerous halftime shows for UT basketball games and the Dallas Mavericks.
Hayley has been on staff at ADTC in Texas since 2017. She wants girls at camp to learn how to truly love someone as a friend… she believes this is an important trait to be successful in today’s world!
Inspiring TX Dance Camp Testimonials from Our Parent-Camper Surveys
We invite you to read the ADTC TX dance camp testimonials below (submitted by parents through our post-camp survey). Most testimonials below include an email for the alumni parent at the end of their review – please feel free to contact parents for more feedback about their ADTC experience.
Overall rating: 5 out of 5 based on 17 reviews.
So happy with absolutely everything!
“My daughter was so happy with absolutely everything she learned at the camp. ADTC provided adventure, friendship and courage to get out of her comfort zone! She met new friends and was very sad to leave at the end of just one week! She was even happy they took her phone away. She believes if they had their phones no one would have talked to each other and it made them communicate and get to know each other. I was surprised to hear this from her because she was dreading having to give up her phone! She is already planning for next year and can’t wait to go! chotabrenz@yahoo.com”
~ Brenda N., Tucson, AZ
Perfect balance of dance & summer camp activities!
“ADTC is an amazing summer camp that is the perfect balance of summer camp activities and dance classes! It helps promote self confidence, helps teach new dance skills, and the staff create a fun learning environment for all of the girls. Our daughter had the most amazing week and wants to sign up for 2 next year. She may even try to be a counselor/leader herself one day. This is such a positive and supportive environment and we have recommended the camp to so many others. Read More
Our daughter gained so much confidence and made so many new friends. I really appreciate the no cell phone policy. It is refreshing to have a space where you foster relationships and friendships while doing what you love to do! Thanks for creating such an amazing experience for these girls!! laura.jordan2774@gmail.com”
~ Laura J., Kyle, TX
Can’t stop talking about it!
“My daughter loved this camp so much. She had no negatives to say. It was just amazing, safe, helpful and she can’t stop talking about it. She was pushed and I saw her dance like she has never danced! She made friends instantly and grew as a person and dancer! armywifems82@yahoo.com”
~ Melissa S., Long Grove, OK
Loved Every Minute!
“The camp was a great experience for my dancer. She loved every minute. It was a good balance of dance, social events, and other experiences. She can’t wait to come back next summer!”
~ Christine A., Richardson, TX
Great Opportunity!
“This was my daughter’s second summer at the Texas location. The camp and employees are always great!!!!! I’d describe ADTC as fun, exciting, and a great opportunity.”
~ Amber W., Arlington, TX
Fabulous Second Summer!
“Our 13 year old had a fabulous second summer at the TX dance camp. Not only did she learn a lot, but she made new friends too. The staff continually met her needs and showed genuine interest in sharing their passion for dance. She was also happy with the social opportunities. krisn57@yahoo.com”
~ Kristin H., Texas
From Moscow to Texas
“My daughter loved the camp. From Moscow to Dallas and then from there to Kerrville, TX, it was at times logistically challenging, but with some amazing support from ADTC staff, it all worked seamlessly. Thank you to everyone for making it happen and giving my daughter a great camp experience, where she not only got to the thing she loves most in life, dance, but also was able to make some good friends and spend time with some real professionals. Thank you ADTC Texas!”
~ Daria C., Moscow, Russia
This camp was GREAT!
“Our daughter loves dance so much. You rarely see her NOT dancing, running choreography, finding new music to dance to, or learning a dance from YouTube. When we found this camp and realized how well it would work with our summer plans it was decided we would try it out. We came into camp with really no expectations. From check in to check out we saw big smiles on the faces of everyone. We watched our daughter fall in love with dance in a way she hadn’t up to this point. Read More
Our daughter originally signed up for one week and I knew Friday night when we went to watch the performance that she was not coming home the next morning. She begged to stay the 2nd week and without hesitation we agreed. Watching our daughter dance is seriously one of my very favorite things to do…ever. So, watching her perform so many pieces that were taught each week during camp was fantastic. Sleep away camp is always good for children, but this camp was GREAT! She learned lots about dance, but even more about herself. Thank you for helping shape our daughter this summer. We cannot wait for her to attend next summer. ThePaxtons2017@gmail.com”
~ Lacee P., Ingram, TX
Very Encouraging
“My daughter attended ADTC Texas for the second summer this year. The camp is very encouraging – she loves all the staff, team-building, and variety. jrhymes@bellsouth.net”
~ Allison R., Greenville, TX
Amazing Experience!
“Everything went smoothly, great communication. She loved all the teachers. My daughter already asked to go back next year, it was an amazing experience for her! minnieporras@hotmail.com”
~ Minnie P., Monahans, TX
Friendly Atmosphere
“My daughter attended the TX dance camp for two weeks this summer. The staff kept the girls busy, and provided a friendly atmosphere. Great excursions & dances – very impressed with the camp. reneeheflin@att.net”
~ Renee H., Monahans, TX
Very Fun
“ADTC was very fun and everyone was engaged in the learning and teaching process. shaley31@gmail.com”
~ Sara H., Houston, TX
Unplugged & Empowering
“The communication prior to attending camp was fantastic. Also, we had an issue arise and had to switch weeks. ADTC was accommodating and did not charge any additional fees for transferring. I would describe ADTC as rewarding, unplugged and empowering. brandypiner@gmail.com”
~ Brandy P., San Antonio, TX
Thank you for everything!
“My daughter loved camp! Everything about it! I like that you guys have reflection time…my daughter doesn’t do enough of that at home. Thank you for everything you did! jaclynlhults@gmail.com”
~ Jaclyn H., Lufkin, TX
ADTC was awesome!!
“My daughters experience with ADTC was awesome!! This was her first year going and she loved it!! Communication with me via email about the events leading up to camp was great! If I had a question it was answered in less then 24hrs. The teachers and staff were very kind and sweet. All around my daughter had an awesome time!! We can’t wait for next year!! gbetty95@yahoo.com”
~ Betty S., Snyder, TX
Blown Away!
“This was my ten year old daughter’s first year at ADTC and she attended at Kerrville. We were blown away by the showcase Friday night and her growth as a dancer. Since she has been home, we have been astounded by her growth as a young woman. I cannot say enough about the quality of the program, the program director and the counselors. She has already asked to return next year. koneill@txkusa.org”
~ Kelly O., Texarkana, TX
A home run.
“My 9yo daughter had an amazing experience at ADTC last summer. All she talks about is going back next year! The staff is so caring and attentive, the dance instruction is top-notch, and the extracurricular activities – horseback riding, kayaking, etc. – really made the week a home run. I would recommend this camp to any family! hfwhitfield@icloud.com”
~ Hilary W., Austin, TX
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The perfect home-based jazz dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We’ll hone our jazz & traditional ballet technique while dancing to an upbeat, popular song in this challenging & fun 1-hr class. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
The perfect home-based hip hop dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We’ll explore a mix of street dance styles in a highly energetic, challenging & fun 1-hr class. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
The perfect home-based contemporary dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We’ll hone our technique & explore creative expression in this 1-hr class while energizing movement with emotion. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
The perfect home-based jazz dance class for beginners! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We layer jazz style over traditional ballet technique & dance to upbeat, popular songs in this fun 1-hr class. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
The perfect home-based hip hop dance class for beginners! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We’ll explore a mix of street dance and hip hop foundations in a highly energetic & fun 1-hr class. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
The perfect home-based contemporary dance class for beginners! This is an open class and does not require a longer commitment. Drop-in anytime! We’ll explore the fundamentals & wide variety of techniques in contemporary dance in this fun 1-hr class. Fresh technique & choreography every time we meet!
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