Inlet Dance Theatre offers a variety of dance class options for students of all skill levels. Classes are designed to give all students well-rounded and developmentally appropriate training. Each class combines Modern Dance techniques with creative problem solving instruction. Inlet’s classes are taught by the professional dancers of Inlet Dance Theatre. Care is taken to ensure that dance curriculum links to National Standards of Dance Education and the Ohio Department of Education’s Dance Standards.

Just like Inlet’s longstanding Summer Dance Intensives, SDI Jr focuses on creating a supportive community for young dancers ages 6-12, exposing students to the collaborative dance-making process, increasing technical and performance skills. This 1-week intro camp includes improvisation-based movement games, modern technique, creating new choreography and more.

Inlet’s annual Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) is the perhaps the best example of the company’s mission of “using dance to further people”. Students of various ages from 16 and up, races, skill sets and socioeconomic backgrounds travel to Cleveland from international & regional locations to learn about dance, alongside local talent. Inlet’s award-winning educational model is renowned for instilling lessons in teamwork, trust, respect, empathy, self-discipline, social interaction and self-confidence within students.