2024 Summer Camp

Age 8-10

Introduction

This is a fun but focused program at RMSB that will teach your child(ren) age 8-10 to love ballet (if they don’t already do so). RMSB faculty will pay rigorous attention to posture, balance development, stretching, strength, and movement coordination. They will also learn musicality, which is an essential ingredient in bringing dance to life. This program will culminate with an in-studio performance on Fridays, 

  • Ballet Technique 

  • Male Ballet Technique

  • Stretching Class

  • Pantomime & Improvisation

  • Classical Ballet Repertoire & Variation

  • Studio performance on Fridays with costumes/tutus

Please reach out to the school if you have any questions. 

Sessions

Session A: 6/17-6/21, 9:00am-1:00pm

Session B: 6/17-6/21, 1:30pm-5:30pm

Session C: 6/24-6/28, 9:00am-1:00pm

Session D: 6/24-6/28, 1:30am-5:30pm

Tuition

1 session: $775

2 sessions: $1,250

3 sessions: $1,700

4 sessions: $2,100

Registration fee: $80

Ramon Moreno / Summer Camp Faculty

Founder and Artistic Director
Professor of Dance Pedagogy

Ramon Moreno danced with Ballet San Jose as a Principal Dancer from 1999 until his retirement in 2014. He received his ballet training at the famed Escuela Nacional de Artes (National Art School), in Havana, Cuba, and was awarded the title of Professional Dancer and Professor of Dance Pedagogy. Ramon is also a graduate of the American Ballet Theater (ABT) National Training Curriculum (for teachers) from Primary to Level 5.

Following his training in Cuba, he participated extensively in competitions worldwide, winning seven medals, four of which were gold. He was a member of the National Ballet of Cuba under the direction of Alicia Alonso. Ramon later joined the Classical Ballet of Havana under Laura Alonso, Alicia Alonso's daughter, and toured internationally.  Through his participation in the 1998 IBC in Jackson, Mississippi he was awarded a contract with Cleveland-San Jose Ballet under the direction of Dennis Nahat. In 2000, he followed the company to San Jose until his retirement in 2014. His repertoire includes Apollo, Carmen, Who Cares?, The Four Temperaments, Flower Festival at Genzano, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Involucion. He won an Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Performances for the Ballet San Jose 2008-2009 season. Mr. Ramon was on the faculty of Ballet San Jose School's Summer Intensive Program, as well as a number of Bay Area ballet schools including Santa Clara Ballet and Bayer Ballet Academy.

Mr. Ramon is currently teaching the Youth Program, Summer Programs as well as Open classes. He is a gifted, inspiring instructor who is highly sought after for coaching and training for competitions and performances.

Kiko Funaki / Summer Camp Faculty

Born in the Bay Area, Kiko began dancing at the age of 4. She began training in the Cuban-Vaganova technique under Mr. Ramon in 2016 and Mr. Ramon has been a guiding light in her ballet life ever since.

Under the instruction of Mr. Ramon, Kiko has been awarded multiple competition awards throughout the years including 1st place at YAGP SF Semi-Final 2018, Best Female Technique Overall at Dance Open America 2020, 1st place the Classical and Neoclassical Categories at CDC 2021. With extensive competition participation, Kiko has also participated in international final rounds with YAGP and WBC and also has received scholarships to prestigious summer and year-round programs with schools such as the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, École de danse de l'Opéra national de Paris, the Orlando Ballet School, the San Francisco Ballet School and more. Kiko has also attended known summer programs on scholarship with the Paris Opera Ballet School in 2018 and the San Francisco Ballet School in 2019, 2020, and 2022.

Apart from dancing at competitions and abroad programs, Kiko has also been lucky to be able to perform countless principal and soloist roles at RMSB. Kiko danced “Clara” in the Nutcracker in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and “Sugarplum Fairy” in the Nutcracker in 2019 and 2022. She has also danced as “Kitri’s Friends” in Don Quixote, 2018 as well as Don Quixote’s “Grand Pas de Deux” in 2021. In spring, 2023, Kiko danced her first full-length 3-act ballet as “Swanhilda” in RMSB’s Coppélia.

Outside of ballet, Kiko fosters her love for learning and teaching through her nonprofit organization, Hello Languages, which she founded in August, 2021. She is also a full-time academic student and enjoys connecting with other students through language and culture.