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Belvoir Terrace
Lenox, MA
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413-637-0555
winter number 212 580 3398
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Belvoir Terrace
80 Cliffwood St
Lenox, MA 01240
WINTER (OFF-SEASON) OFFICE ADDRESS:
Belvoir Terrace 101 W 79th St 15B New York, NY 10024
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CAMPER AGES: 8 - 16
TYPE OF CAMP: Overnight/Sleepaway. Residential.
CAMPER GENDER(S): All Girl Campers.
BRIEF CAMP DESCRIPTION: Belvoir is an exciting summer program, offering girls an opportunity to explore visual arts, dance, music, theater and individual sports with professional caring staff. Belvoir is exciting and fun for girls beginning in the arts and sports or those more experience and skill. Camp fun, trips to nearby shows at Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theater Group, Jacobs Pillow and more - all add to the excitement and fun of a Belvoir summer. New campers are welcome in all age groups! Belvoir empowers young women as they have fun, learn in their classes of choice, and make lifelong friends.
CAMP INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFERED:
Dance, Theater, Musical Theater, Music/Band, Fine Arts/Crafts, Video/Filmmaking/Photography, Weightloss, Soccer, Horses/Equestrian, Swimming, Tennis, Waterfront/Aquatics, Volleyball, Team Sports, Academics, and more. Excellent Professional Tutoring Is Available For Individual Campers.
CAMP LOCATION: Belvoir is located in Lenox, Massachusetts a cultural summer resort area which includes the the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Shakespeare and Company and the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. It is just three hours from New york City and two hours from Boston with easy transportation from each major city. The Berkshire Hills have been a magnificently beautiful resort area since the nineteenth century.
CAMP FACILITIES: The main building at Belvoir is a historical mansion built in 1886, one of the Lenox great estates landscaped by Olmstead who created central park in New York City. There are now eighteen buildings on the site including four modern dorms subdivded into bunk rooms, four dancing studios, fifteen art studios, twenty two music studios, five theaters, two pools, six tennis courts, lawns, wooded paths, gardens, and all with a view of the Berkshire hills.
CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Belvoir is an individualized six week educational summer program with excellent teaching in all program areas. The fifteen MFA art teachers offer small classes in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fibers, black and white and digital photography and jewelry. Girls can elect one or many studio classes. The dance faculty teach graded classes of ballet, pointe, modern, jazz and tap. Belvoir has an appropriately challenging and fun dance class for every girl and all dancers enjoy performance opportunities. The large graduate music faculty offer twice weekly music lessons in all instruments and voice. There are opportunities for recitals, chamber music, opera, and orchestra.
Belvoir has a large theater program. Classes are offered in acting, musical theater and Shakespeare, with many large, quality performances in 4 theaters (2 indoor air-conditioned theaters). The department also offers writing, costuming and all aspects of technical theater. Campers enjoy high level sports instruction in tennis, swimming and riding. Archery, volleyball and basketball are also offered at Belvoir. The totally choice program, the supportive welcoming staff and campership make Belvoir a unique opportunity for young women excited about learning in the arts. Belvoir campers learn in their classes, enjoy camp events, parties, evening activities, trip-days, and make life-long friends!
CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: The campers have opportunities to learn leadership skills from an early age. Belvoir's program is based on each individual camper's choice. Through this individual programming, each camper is learning leadership skills. Also, various age groups have opportunities to lead part of, or the entire, evening activity. Learning how to work together, come up with a common theme, and structure the event adds to the leadership experience.
CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Limited number of scholarships available.
FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Belvoir offers a Three-Day Family Weekend following the closing of camp.
YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: Belvoir hosts an adult chamber music program in late August as well as weddings in late May, early June or September.
OTHER CAMP INFO: Belvoir has been owned/directed by one camp family - since it's beginning over 65 years ago. The current director, Diane Marcus, is third-generation director, holding a Bachelor's Degree from Oberlin, Masters Degree from The Juilliard School, and a doctorate from CUNY.
CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please see "Dates & Rates" on the website at: Our Camp Website Link: www.belvoirterrace.com
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