Summer Institute for
Performing Arts
NMH Summer’s four-week Summer Institute for Performing Arts offers middle and high school students advanced arts training with a rigorous academic curriculum.
You’ll spend half the day in your chosen track and the other half in interdisciplinary courses and workshops. You’ll engage with professional performing artists through field trips and visits from guest artists and presenters.
Program Dates
July 3 to July 31, 2027
Choose Your Track
For advanced dancers ready to take their training to the next level
Challenge yourself, build your confidence, and grow as an artist. Our immersive approach combines technique, choreography, body awareness, career preparation, and performance.
Dance
Theater
For actors ready to deepen their craft and step confidently into their potential
Push your creativity, strengthen your skills, and develop your unique voice as a performer. This immersive program explores scene work, character development, audition technique, improvisation, industry preparation, and performance.
For singers ready to strengthen their vocal performance, expand their artistry, and perform with greater confidence
Develop vocal technique, musical expression, stage presence, and performance skills in a focused environment. Through hands-on training and personalized guidance, you’ll discover new ways to use your voice, connect with an audience, and prepare for opportunities on and off the stage.
Voice
Professional Experiences
Throughout the summer, we’ll take trips to see professional productions in musical theater, dance, theater, and vocal performance. We’ll also welcome NMH alums working in the performing arts back to campus for guest artist classes, workshops, and conversations. These experiences will provide meaningful opportunities for you to learn from industry professionals, gain insight into the field, and build connections within the performing arts community.
Interdisciplinary Afternoons
Each afternoon, students from all three performing arts tracks will learn together in interdisciplinary courses.
Anatomy for Performing Artists: Develop greater body awareness and a stronger understanding of how to care for your body through discussion, observation, lab work, and movement-based activities. You’ll explore how the body works and how its systems support movement, alignment, strength, flexibility, and injury prevention to improve performance and stay healthy throughout your performing arts career.
Careers in the Arts: Performer, stage manager, art historian, producer, and director are just a few of the professional possibilities in the arts. This course will give you a glimpse into these diverse opportunities by connecting you with working professionals. We’ll focus on developing professional materials, including a resume and headshots.
Musical Theater: In this high-energy workshop, you’ll combine dance, theater, and voice to develop a musical theater presentation for the final showcase. You’ll have the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and try many aspects of performing arts.