MARQUETTE — Superior Arts Youth Theater will offer acting and dance camps this summer. Camps are open to youth interested in performing who would like to expand their abilities and meet new friends. Acting camps are open to preschool age to 12 years old. Dance camps are open to ages 6 to 18 and will focus on building skills in preparation for SAYT’s 2019 spring production of Newsies.

The week-long dance camps, focusing on jazz and tap, will be taught by Jill Grundstrom at the Northern Michigan University Dance Studio in McClintock room 125. Youth will learn dance combinations, proper technique, and terminology. A free final performance open to the public will be presented by each session at the NMU’s Panowski Black Box Theatre in McClintock room 105 on the Friday of each camp. All are Eastern times.

Girls dance camps are offered the week of July 9-13, at the following times: ages 6 to 7, 9 to 10 a.m.; ages 8 to 12, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; ages 13 to 18, noon to 1:30 p.m. Boys dance camps are offered the week of July 16 to 20, at the following times: ages 6 to 8, 9 to 10 a.m.; ages 9 to 11, 10 to 11 a.m.; ages 12 to 18, 11 a.m. to noon.

A co-ed camp will be offered Aug. 20-24, at the following times: ages 6 to 8, 9 to 10 a.m.; ages 9 to 11, 10 to 11 a.m.; ages 12 to 18, 11 a.m. to noon.

Acting camps will take place Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to noon at the Marquette Hope Connection Center, 927 W. Fair Ave., and are open to youth interested in acting and dance. A free public performance will be presented on the Friday of each camp from noon to 1 p.m., again in NMU’s Panowski Black Box Theatre. Acting camps will focus on building confidence and performance skills through improvisation, acting games, and character development.

Each acting camp session will work with a different script. Campers are encouraged to register for multiple sessions. Session One will be Aug. 13-17; Session Two, Aug. 20-24; and Session Three, Aug. 27-31. Registration is $75 per week. Financial aid is available for all SAYT summer programming. Register at www.saytheater.org/events2018.

SAYT is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving the central Upper Peninsula that seeks to empower young people ages 3 to 18 through educational, performance, and technical theater opportunities. To learn more about SAYT, go to saytheater.org or like Superior Arts Youth Theater on Facebook.