The Healthy Dancer® Summer Intensive
Spend this summer building a supportive relationship with food, fueling, and body image.
The Healthy Dancer® Summer Intensive is a 6-week, fully virtual nutrition and mindset program designed to work alongside your existing summer training schedule, not compete with it.
Why this program
Build the foundation you'll carry into the next season.
Most summer intensives focus almost entirely on technique, performance, and physical training. But what happens when no one teaches you how to fuel that training, navigate food without rules, or feel more at home in your body?
Over six weeks, you'll work directly with Rachel to build the foundations for how you fuel, how you recover, and how you feel in your body, all on your own schedule. Practical nutrition education, guided reflection, and the support to build a foundation that lasts.
Holistic by design
Physical, mental, and emotional well-being addressed together — not nutrition in a vacuum.
Nutrition-focused curriculum
Evidence-based fueling for peak performance, recovery, and injury prevention through a demanding season.
Led by experts
Developed and taught by a credentialed dietitian, with workshops from dance-medicine professionals worldwide.
A community that thrives
Learn alongside driven dancers building sustainable habits — thriving in dance, not just surviving it.
The Framework
Six weeks, six stages to support your summer
The Healthy Dancer® Framework is built around six essential stages, each designed to help you create a healthier, more sustainable approach to food, your body, and your life as a dancer.
Dismantle Dancer Diet Culture
Reject the diet mentality and learn a non-restrictive approach to fueling the body.
Make Peace With Food
Remove the morality around food choices and build a calmer experience at mealtimes.
The Road to Body Confidence
Neutralize self-talk and appreciate what your dancing body can do.
Nutrition Without Obsession
Learn gentle-nutrition fundamentals and apply them without food running your day.
Implement Performance Nutrition
Fuel pre- and post-performance and support injury prevention and recovery.
Build Sustainable Habits
Carry your competence with food and body forward into the full year ahead.
Is this you?
The Summer Intensive is for you if…
- You want to elevate your summer training and make the most of an intense season.
- You're ready to sharpen your physical, mental, and emotional well-being — not just technique.
- You want to build supportive eating habits that energize your performance.
- You're ready to respect and nourish your body and finally enjoy your favorite foods without guilt.
- You want to stop the obsessive thinking about food that eats up your energy and focus.
- You like the idea of working alongside other dancers to build sustainable habits together.
Here's what you'll get
Six weeks, fully loaded
Everything is delivered virtually and on your own time, with live touchpoints whenever you want them.
30+ masterclasses & workshops
Covering body image, mental health, injury recovery, and more — plus dance masterclasses in ballet, pointe, conditioning, and beyond.
Exclusive content
Shared weekly across the six weeks, with daily accountability activities to move each concept off the screen and into real life.
Virtual video library
Exclusive access to recordings of every masterclass and workshop, so you can revisit anything on your own schedule.
Q&A sessions with Rachel
Live time with your dance dietitian, plus opportunities for individualized support and attention throughout the program.
A private forum
A dedicated question forum where you can connect for real-time nutrition support throughout your intensive.
Survival Guide + Recipes
A complimentary copy of The Healthy Dancer® Survival Guide: Summer Intensive Edition, plus additional access to exclusive recipes.
Meet your guest faculty
Learn from elite artists and educators
As a bonus, your experience includes access to a complete virtual library of masterclasses and workshops featuring an extraordinary lineup of guest artists from world-renowned dance companies, alongside leading dance-medicine and performance experts.
Explore new movement classes, learn from experts in the field, and dance from wherever you are, whenever it fits your summer schedule. You'll have the flexibility to build your own experience around the training you're already doing. Here are just some of the incredible artists and experts who have joined us.
In their words
Summer Intensive success stories
Enroll
Make this the summer it clicks
Built to complement — not compete with — everything else on your summer calendar.
Early-bird registration opens in April · $175 thereafter
- 6 weeks moving through all six framework stages
- 30+ masterclasses & workshops + 150+ pages of content
- Virtual video library + daily accountability activities
- Q&A sessions with Rachel + a private peer forum
- Survival Guide: Summer Edition + member discounts
Curious what a week looks like? See a sample schedule.
Register for the Summer IntensiveFAQs
Summer Intensive Questions
Once registered, you'll gain access to an online platform with your summer schedule and resources. Starting in July, you'll receive daily emails containing everything you need for that week's workshops and masterclasses. You'll also have 24/7 email support and a complimentary copy of The Healthy Dancer® Survival Guide: Summer Intensive Edition to help you prepare for your summer.
The entire 6-week program is $175. Early-bird registration opens in April at a discounted rate of $125 — quite possibly the most economical summer dance intensive out there.
Summer intensive season is busy — that's exactly why this program is completed on your own time. A flexible, guided approach lets you use it in a way that supports your schedule. Weekly workbooks help you unwind from a busy dance day, and all workshops and masterclasses are recorded so you can tune in whenever it suits you (tea in hand, from the comfort of your bedroom). Weekly office hours are live, but if you can't make it we'll schedule a follow-up to review what you missed.
Once you register, you'll receive your welcome packet and a preliminary schedule. The program begins at the end of June and ends in mid-August. Here's a sample schedule.
Refunds are reviewed case by case. My goal is for you to feel confident and supported, so if you decide it isn't the right fit you may request a refund within the first three days of working together. Approved refunds are subject to a processing fee. Elite-level coaching sessions must be used within six months of purchase.
The Summer Intensive is designed for dancers ages 15 and up. It's an ideal fit for:
- Pre-professional dancers enrolled in summer intensives
- Professional dancers on summer layoff
- Dance students on summer break
- Any dancer healing from a physical injury
- Any dancer navigating recovery in their relationship with food
Your best summer yet
Ready to fuel this summer with confidence?
Six weeks, on your schedule, with a board-certified dance dietitian and a lineup of guest experts in your corner. Reserve your spot at the early-bird rate.
Nutrition can support your summer
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