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Saturday Musical Theatre Explorations (Code 111)
with Anna and Trina
Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 1st to 4th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
Song and dance are front and center in Musical Theatre Explorations! Children who love to belt tunes in the car or follow along with the latest online dance trends will love this class. Young people will get new perspectives on songs from their favorite musicals and movies when they are paired with teaching artists’ original choreography. Students will also gain experience in acting by working with a script and learning popular improv games.
In addition to expanding confidence in musical theatre, students will also practice multi-tasking, taking artistic risks, and memorization. Teamwork is also emphasized as students learn how to work as an ensemble. At the end of this course, youth will share musical theatre songs for a small audience of friends and family. No two semesters are the same, and students often enjoy taking this course more than once!
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*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Liz Earnest
Stand-Up Comedy 101 (Code 111)
with Nadine D.
Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 11:00AM to 12:30PM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 5th to 8th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
This introduction to stand-up comedy is designed to get the creative juices flowing! Over the course of this twelve-week class, youth will explore ways to unlock ideas, practice writing those ideas with a joke structure, and try out a few lines of material to share with friends at family at the end of the semester. Stand-Up 101 celebrates the positive, personal side of comedy and will focus on spreading joy one joke at a time.
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*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Tom Topinka
Dance Explorations (Code 111)
with Trina J.
Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 11:30AM to 12:30PM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 1st to 4th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
Youth who have a strong interest in Broadway dance will love this new class! Over the semester, young people will learn and practice various dance styles to build their confidence and experience in musical theatre.
In Dance Explorations, each young person will develop an understanding of the healthy habits that build and sustain a dancer's practice. The class will learn stretching and warm-up techniques and understand basic choreographic terms and concepts as they rehearse. In practicing dance, youth will build skills like conveying emotion through movement, building endurance and coordination, functioning as an ensemble, and retaining patterns of choreography over time. At the end of the semester, the youth will perform what they have learned for a small audience of friends and family through an in-class final share.
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*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Jim Hale
Stage Combat (Code 111)
with Emily T
Date/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to March 8) from 12:30PM to 2PM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 8th-12th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
This class will cover the basics of choreographed fight sequences for the stage. Youth will learn how to keep themselves and others safe while creating the illusion of drama for an audience. Plus, this class will offer a helpful foundation for those who are cast in SPARC’s winter play, She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition!
When in any type of physical class that requires partner work, it is essential that students follow ALL safety protocol set in place by the instructor(s). While this class is open to all experience levels and abilities, we encourage families to consider what it means to use arms, legs, elbows, and objects in close contact with other students and the maturity level that might be needed before registering. Participants will be asked to sign a safety waiver on the first day of class.
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*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Tom Topinka
The Puppeteer's Process (Code 111)
with Laine W.
Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to March 8) from 12:30PM to 2PM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 8th to 12th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
In this brand new technical theatre class, students will gain hands-on skills in both the construction of puppets and their implementation on the stage. Did you know almost anything can be a puppet? The Puppeteer's Process will dive into how to create characters from shapes, buzz words, and texture, while working as a group to literally bring a story to life. Topics of instruction include but are not limited to: marionettes, hand and rod puppets, shadow puppets, and bunraku.
Students who show extra interest in building puppets may be invited to lend their skills to construction for our spring play, She Kills Monsters.
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*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Tom Topinka
Dance Studio Spring Session (Code 111)
with Trina J.
Dates/Time: Mondays (March 9 to April 28; no class 3/31 and 4/21) from 6:45PM to 7:45PM
Location: In person at SPARC
Grades: 5th to 8th
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.
Youth who have a strong interest in Broadway dance will love this new class! Over the semester, young people will learn and practice various dance styles to build their confidence and experience in musical theatre.
In Dance Studio, each young person will develop an understanding of the healthy habits that build and sustain a dancer's practice. The class will learn stretching and warm-up techniques and understand basic choreographic terms and concepts as they rehearse. In practicing dance, youth will build skills like conveying emotion through movement, building endurance and coordination, functioning as an ensemble, and retaining patterns of choreography over time. At the end of the semester, the youth will perform what they have learned for a small audience of friends and family through an in-class final share.
Interested in scholarships? Read this page first
*Teachers subject to change.
Photo Credit: Courtney Thompson