Summer Dance Series 2026
The Department of Theatre and Dance's popular Summer Dance Series (SDS) offers free community dance classes to App State faculty/staff/students and the local community throughout the month of June. Classes are held Tuesdays through Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. in the department’s Varsity Gym dance studios.
This year’s SDS kicks off on Tuesday, June 2, with an African Dance class taught by App State dance faculty member Sherone Price. Other planned classes throughout the month include sessions in modern dance, Pilates, ballet, Latin dance, musical theatre dance, flamenco basics, creative movement, and movement games. All levels of students ages 10 and up are welcome to participate in classes, and dancers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
All classes take place in the Varsity Gym Dance Studios on the App State campus. A full schedule, including workshop descriptions, can be found here.
PARKING: Plan to park in the Rivers Street Parking Deck, then make the brief walk across the pedestrian bridge (over Rivers St.) and left through Central Dining Hall to the rear entrance to Varsity Gym. As you enter the doors to Varsity Gym (adjacent to the dining hall entrance), you'll see a wall of dance photos on the left. Go down half a flight of stairs there, and you'll see the dance studio common area in front of you, down a short hallway.
If you are interested in learning more or being added to the SDS email list, please contact Regina Gulick at jamesrg@appstate.edu.
2026 Schedule at a Glance
WEEK ONE
Tues June 2 Sherone Price, African Dance (with drumming)
Wed June 3 Sam Stone, Family Dance: Creative movement
Thurs June 4 Phillip McRorie, Modern Dance
WEEK TWO
Tues June 9 Wendy Crowe, Line Dance
Wed June 10 Regina Gulick, Ballet
Thurs June 11 Emily Daughtridge, Latin Dance
WEEK THREE
Tues June 16 Ray Miller, Musical Theatre Dance
Wed June 17 Laurie Atkins, Pilates
Thurs June 18 Claudia Palta, Fosse Jazz
WEEK FOUR
Tues June 23 Yoggs family, Movement Games
Wed June 24 Emily Daughtridge, Flamenco Basics
Thurs June 25 Taryn Griggs, Beginning Modern
WEEK FIVE
Tues June 30 Diane and Ada Blanken, Contra Dance