Specialties of Dancs
The International Summer Ballet Camp Dancs is certainly special as it is different from the most summer ballet intensives organised around the world.
Although in the Elementary Advanced Course of Classical Ballet the participants also conduct a ballet technique workshop, all other activities goes to preparations for the staging of two or three performances, which the participants will present in 2025 on the big stage of the open air theater – Amphitheater of the Auditorij Portorož-Portorose.
In the principle The Advanced & Professional workshop of classical ballet offers four different options on choice. Mostly two more workshops in addition to daily ballet training are in program, the Classical ballet repertoire – Corps de Ballet and solo and workshop: variations, pas de deux …. and preparations for the performances are taking place within both.
Three weeks camp – many performances or Two weeks camp – three performances!
In 2025, the Participants of Dancs who choose the Option one in Advance & Professional workshop will perform in three public performances of Dancs and at least in three more full evening ballet performances in the frame of The Association of Ballet Artists of Slovenia. The participants who will choose one of other options instead Option one will perform in three public performances of Dancs when they apply for entire duration (one performance in first week, two performances in second week). All performances will take place on the big stage of the Amphitheater Auditorij Portorož-Portorose (in case of bad weather on indoor stage).
After the end of the first week of the camp, on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 9 pm the First Dancs Ballet Evening will take place, featuring all participants in the first week of Dancs 2025. In the second week of Dancs 2025 a full-length Ballet performance or Divertissman (August 8, 2025), and the Final Dancs Ballet evening (August 9, 2025) will take a place.
Thus, the International Ballet Camp Dancs 2025 does not offer the same process of work as dancers have during the Theatre season or School year, since activities are focused on preparing public events – two ballet concerts and one full-length ballet performance. On that way Participants gets new knowledge and also new stage experiences.
Choose OPTION ONE in Advance & Professional workshop of Classical ballet in Application form of Dancs 2025 and dance also in other full-length ballet performances staged by the Slovenian Ballet Artists Association in the summer and you will be exempt from paying the registration fee for participating in most of Dancs workshops!
The Association of Ballet Artists of Slovenia (DBUS) offers those interested who are willing to participate in the Advance & Professional Workshop of Classical Ballet as part of its activities for additional education of young ballet dancers to apply under OPTION 1 for possible participation in ballet performances which will be staged during the International Summer Ballet Camp Dancs 2025. If you are willing to participate you must mark this in Application form to Dancs. If you are then selected to participate, you must be in Dancs location on July 18, 2025 but you are also exempted from paying the registration fee, so you attend all the workshops, except the Workshop variations, pas de deux…* for free, and you only cover the costs of accommodation and food. (*If you also want to attend the Variation Workshop, pas de deux… you have to pay the registration fee for it).
Dancs also offers many additional individual summer activities, from swimming in the sea, socializing with participants, visiting ballet performances, evening walks and sitting and on the streets of Portorose or Piran, making new friendships and so much more.
