• Contact Us
  • Events calendar
Entering Swellesley
Pinnacle, Wellesley

The Swellesley Report

More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.

  • Advertise
  • Business index
  • Contribute
  • Wellesley Square
  • Private schools
  • Camp
  • Eat
  • Schools
  • Top 10 things to do
  • Embracing diversity
  • Kids
  • About us
  • Events
  • Natick Report
  • COVID-19
  • Seniors
  • Letters to the editor
  • Live government meetings
Needham Bank, Wellesley
Write Ahead, Wellesley

LINX in Wellesley to become all summer camp-focused, all the time

May 7, 2021 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Anyone who has signed their kids up for LINX enrichment classes during the school year knows the drill. Pull into the Linden Square location’s parking lot, wind your way around the traffic cones system, drop off your crew for dance or theater class, and pick them up later, tired and happy. A similar scene of excited kids spilling out of cars on their way to summer fun plays out when LINX shifts to its day camp program.

With the child-centered company’s new strategic vision, however, LINX operations are slated to focus solely on its summer day camps as of June 21, 2021. All current classes will continue through their scheduled end date, along with year-end recitals and performances.

LINX, Wellesley
Joe Kahn, LINX owner and founder, during a closing day ceremony at LINX Camps

 

Part of this camps-focused future includes spinning off two businesses that have operated since 2005 under the LINX umbrella—its dance and theater divisions. Both those divisions will become independent companies at the conclusion of the current program year and will be run by veterans of LINX Dance Studio and LINX Theater.

One spin-off company will become Momentum Dance, to be launched and co-owned by LINX Dance Studio’s Heather Emley, along with Dannea Reali, an assistant dance Director at LINX Dance Studio and a former Boston Celtics dancer. A majority of the former LINX Dance Studio instructors have joined the Momentum Dance staff. The new studio will be located in Linden Square in Wellesley, on the CPK side, and is currently registering students for fall 2021 recreational and competitive classes.

“I am incredibly grateful for the trust and support I had to grow LINX Dance Studio into an award-winning dance program. Many of our first dancers are now in college and pursuing careers from passions they developed and deepened with us. I can’t wait for Momentum Dance to influence a new generation of dancers,” Emley said.

The other spin-off company, Community Theater Academy (CTA), will team with Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick starting fall 2021. CTA’s focus will be to bring students of all ages together to create and explore theater in an inclusive, diverse, and nurturing environment to perform small cast productions.

“We’re thrilled to be able to welcome more families excited about the arts to our campus in Natick. The LINX Theater spin-off to Walnut Hill School for the Arts Community Academy Theater is one more way students of all ages can connect on a deeper level with high-quality arts instruction in a safe and supportive environment,” said Antonio Viva, Walnut Hill’s Head of School.

Both Momentum Dance and Community Theater Academy will operate independently of LINX and will no longer have a business connection to the company. Most teachers and office staff have opted to continue their careers with either Momentum, CTA, or LINX.

LINX will continue to be headquartered at its offices in Wellesley where the team will work year-round on summer camp preparation.  Of the decision to devote company efforts exclusively to summer camp, LINX owner and founder Joe Kahn said, “Our 12-year track record of offering premier, innovative day camps will now set the focus for our future. Summer camp is more important than ever and we want to continue creating amazing experiences for each member of every family. LINX Camps embodies all of the attributes and hallmarks of the LINX experience. Even in a summer of unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, our phenomenal staff delivered programming that few other businesses could accomplish.”


  • Subscribe to Swellesley’s daily email
print
Share

Filed Under: Business, Camp, Kids, Theatre

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You have to agree to the comment policy.

Linden Square, Wellesley
Wonderful Wellesley

Tip us off…

Please send tips, photos, ideas to theswellesleyreport@gmail.com

 

Advertisements

Wellesley Square
Wellesley, Jesamondo
Cheesy Street Grill
Sexton test prep
Feldman Law
Fay School, Southborough
Wellesley Theatre Project
Volvo
Admit Fit, Wellesley
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Never miss a post with our free daily Swellesley Report email
Name: 
Your email address:*
Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

You can subscribe for free, though we appreciate any contribution that supports our independent journalism.

Click on Entering Natick sign to read our Natick Report

Entering Natick road sign

Most Read Posts

  • An hour in a Wellesley garden—a visit to Little Red
  • Congrats to all those sweaty, determined Pan-Mass Challenge riders
  • Upcoming political debates & forums
  • Wellesley readies for Pan-Mass Challenge 2022
  • Wellesley Mothers Forum kicks off new membership year

Upcoming Events

Aug 11
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Wellesley Neighbors, Open Lunch

Aug 11
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Style in the Golden Years

Aug 12
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Fay School admission information session

Aug 12
1:00 pm

Bach to Rock free instrument petting zoo

Aug 15
1:00 pm

Wellesley Neighbors, Open Lunch

View Calendar

Popular pages

  • Wellesley’s 7 official scenic roads

Recent Comments

  • Ellen S on The Underrated Cure: Gardening’s Effect on Mental Health
  • Mary Ann on First taste: Wellesley Square’s new Lockheart Restaurant
  • Mary Ann on First taste: Wellesley Square’s new Lockheart Restaurant
  • Michael Maggard WHS '85 on In remembrance: Martha ‘Martie” Cherry Fiske, award-winning Wellesley teacher who fought for job rights
  • Katherine Fellows on Wellesley outdoor watering restrictions to come with a bit of ‘enforcement’

Links we like

  • Great Runs
  • Jack Sanford: Wellesley's Major League Baseball Star
  • Taquitos.net
  • Tech-Tamer
  • The Wellesley Wine Press
  • Universal Hub
  • Wellesley Sports Discussion Facebook Group

Categories

  • 2021 Town Election (24)
  • Animals (418)
  • Antiques (49)
  • Art (580)
  • Beyond Wellesley (49)
  • Books (368)
  • Business (1,513)
  • Camp (11)
  • Careers/jobs (49)
  • Churches (81)
  • Clubs (229)
  • Construction (296)
  • Dump (127)
  • Education (3,123)
    • Babson College (251)
    • Bates Elementary School (16)
    • Dana Hall School (34)
    • Fiske Elementary School (9)
    • Hardy Elementary School (44)
    • Hunnewell Elementary School (43)
    • MassBay (55)
    • Schofield Elementary School (24)
    • Sprague Elementary School (19)
    • St. John School (2)
    • Tenacre Country Day School (11)
    • Upham Elementary School (35)
    • Wellesley College (609)
    • Wellesley High School (969)
    • Wellesley Middle School (204)
  • Embracing diversity (70)
  • Entertainment (792)
  • Environment (754)
  • Fashion (141)
  • Finance (14)
  • Fire (164)
  • Food (347)
  • Fundraising (615)
  • Gardens (160)
  • Government (564)
    • 2020 Town Election (47)
    • 2022 Town Election (14)
  • Health (853)
    • COVID-19 (200)
  • Hikes (4)
  • History (389)
  • Holidays (406)
  • Houses (156)
  • Humor (47)
  • Kids (854)
  • Law (8)
  • Legal notices (6)
  • Letters to the Editor (63)
  • Media (70)
  • METCO (4)
  • Military (11)
  • Morses Pond (108)
  • Music (571)
  • Natick Report (30)
  • Neighbors (273)
  • Obituaries & remembrances (76)
  • Outdoors (643)
  • Parenting (63)
  • Police (757)
    • Crime (386)
  • Politics (551)
  • POPS Senior Profile (10)
  • RDF (6)
  • Real estate (333)
  • Religion (132)
  • Restaurants (335)
  • Safety (151)
  • Scouts (2)
  • Seniors (123)
  • Shopping (148)
  • Sponsored (6)
  • Sports (986)
    • Athlete of the Week (6)
  • STEM (107)
  • Technology (164)
  • Theatre (395)
  • Town Meeting (23)
  • Transportation (232)
  • Travel (17)
  • Uncategorized (1,231)
  • Volunteering (347)
  • Weather (178)
  • Wellesley Election 2019 (21)
  • Wellesley Free Library (276)
  • Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend (19)
Deland, Gibson Insurance, Wellesley

© 2022 The Swellesley Report
Site by Tech-Tamer · Login