Rikud Studio Announces Summer Camps

Rikud Studio announced today their 2026 summer camp offerings, running nine weeks from June 15 through August 14. The studio is located in Prospect Heights, at 607 Vanderbilt Avenue, reimagining dance education through street and club dance and challenging the long-standing assumption that ballet must be the starting point of children's dance education. Rikud Studio focuses exclusively on street and club dance forms including breaking, hip-hop, and house. Located roughly a ten-minute walk from Barclays Center, the studio has enrolled more than 165 students in its first two months and now offers 30 weekly classes serving children, teens, and adults. Rikud operates on an intentionally alternative model with no mirrors, no ballet, and no recitals.

Camp hours are 8:30AM-3PM, with extended day options available from 3-5PM for additional charge. Three and six month payment plans are available to parents with a $1,000 deposit; payments can also be made weekly with a $350 deposit. For more information about signing up for camp, please visit here.

The Rikud Studio Summer Camp is rooted in street and club dance culture. Each week, campers rotate through breaking, hip hop, and house, alongside visual arts experiences inspired by graffiti and movement.

Campers are grouped by age for developmentally aligned programming:

Ages 5–7: Play-Based Immersion

Our younger dancers build foundations through rhythm stations, mini cyphers, movement games, and obstacle courses. Dance labs introduce breaking, hip hop, and house through playful technique and guided exploration. Creative blocks include graffiti art, name design, and street-art inspired projects. Outdoor time features playground visits, sprinklers, and neighborhood mini-walks. Afternoons include choice-based exploration in dance, art, or building activities, ending each day in a closing circle.

Ages 8–14: Cultural Lab + Skill Development

Older campers deepen technique through focused training blocks in breaking, house, and hip hop. They rotate through choreography lab, freestyle development, groove drills, and conditioning. Cultural sessions explore the roots of street and club dance, while art + design labs investigate letter structure, tag evolution, and creative expression. Neighborhood immersions and guest workshops expand their understanding of movement within the community. The day culminates in crew rehearsal, mentorship, and battle strategy.

Rikud does not position itself as an authority on hip-hop culture, but rather as a hub and convener. The studio’s location places it in proximity to many of hip-hop’s most historically rich neighborhoods. Clinton Hill was the childhood neighborhood of The Notorious B.I.G., while nearby Bedford-Stuyvesant’s is the childhood home of Jay-Z. Public spaces such as Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park have long served as gathering places for dancers.

Rikud’s summer camp is a collaboration with HereNow Cultural Space in Bed-Stuyvesant. They will connect campers directly to the area’s cultural history through neighborhood tours, graffiti arts, hip-hop, breaking, and DJ instruction. Rikud serves longtime Brooklyn residents, young families, and newcomers. The studio also hosts breaking battles and community dance events throughout the year, including an upcoming kids breaking battle in partnership with the New York Collective and a family dance party with local-legends Saint James Joy.

About Caila Moed

Caila trained for over twenty years and worked professionally as a dancer, with credits including Nicki Minaj, So You Think You Can Dance, Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, and performances with leading Bollywood and R&B artists. Before launching Rikud, Caila spent more than a decade in finance and philanthropy at Goldman Sachs, Lincoln Center, The Jewish Museum, Spoleto Festival, and the Anne Bass Family Foundation. She holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (500RYT). Caila is a Brooklyn mom who loves her community—and she loves to teach.

About Andrew Carter (aka Dr. Ew)

Andrew Carter, known to students as “Dr. Ew,” is a highly respected dance educator with teaching experience at Joffrey Ballet School, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance, and several K–12 schools and youth programs across New York City. Andrew is trained in breakdancing, popping, waving, gliding, and foundational hip-hop movement. He brings more than a decade of professional training and performance experience to every class, with a teaching style that is fun, structured, and confidence-building. Andrew serves as both the master teacher, setting pedagogy for all breaking and hiphop classes, and as a creative and strategic advisor.

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