Description
🌿 Camp Balboa Bern 2026
A DanceMode Summer Retreat
📍 Bern, Switzerland
📅 July 27 – August 2, 2026
Registration:
https://forms.gle/msPL1JJyXeyMWK5t8
More information:
https://www.campbalboa.com/
Camp Balboa is a week-long summer dance retreat devoted to Balboa, Bal-Swing, movement education, community, and summer adventure.
Spend a week immersed in dance while enjoying one of Switzerland's most beautiful cities. Train during the day, swim in the river, dance outdoors in the evenings, and connect with an international community of dancers from across Europe and beyond.
✨ What to Expect
• Daily Balboa & Bal-Swing training
• Spirit Alive! movement sessions
• Technique, rhythm, musicality, connection, and social dance skills
• Guided practice sessions and specialty workshops
• Outdoor Blues, Jazz & Slow Bal dancing
• Rhythm Rebels social dance
• Outdoor Swing dancing in Bern
• River swimming in the Aare
• Lake Day excursion
• Camp BBQ & House Party
• Plenty of time for rest, community, and exploration
🌿 Daily Rhythm
10:00–11:00 Movement & Body Education
11:00–13:00 Dance Training
13:00–15:00 Lunch & River Break
15:00–17:00 Dance Training
Evenings devoted to social dancing, outdoor events, community activities, and summer adventures.
🏡 Camp Life
Camp Balboa is intentionally designed to balance learning, rest, connection, and fun.
We offer:
• Shared housing options
• On-site lunch and snack package
• Small group learning environment
• Personal attention from instructors
• Opportunities to connect with dancers from many countries and backgrounds
💛 Teaching Team
• Brenda Jean Russell
• Gregory Dyke
• Lea Wenger
• Gabriel Huot
• Anthony Carusiello
🌊 More Than a Workshop
Camp Balboa is a chance to step away from daily routines and immerse yourself in movement, music, friendship, and summer.
Dance. Move. Swim. Connect.
Join us in Bern this summer.
✨ Join us for a Balboa summer holiday in Bern.
Registration is open https://forms.gle/msPL1JJyXeyMWK5t8, www.CampBalboa.com - website is up!