TEEN PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE PROGRAM (TPIP)

Students will begin to learn the skills required for musical theater style singing, including; reading music, part singing, and how to warm-up their voice properly. They will also begin to build a repertoire of songs that they feel comfortable singing for auditions and have the opportunity to practice singing by themselves in the front of class.

Students will learn how to apply Musical Theater skills into the flow of performance. They will learn how to act lyrics, transition from a scene or monologue into a musical number, and study the art of the duet. Students will also learn how to stage numbers and scenes, as well as how to research a musical and study a character.

Students in ballet will build the foundation of solid ballet technique that is vital to becoming a well rounded dancer and musical theater performer.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End. In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Students will learn how to use their physicality to support written or improvised material. They will learn specific movement techniques to help them communicate emotions and actions to an audience. Curriculum will include mime work, mask work, Laban, Alexander Technique, stage combat, and more.

Students will learn how to efficiently articulate and communicate text. They will study the art of connecting their voice to given material in order to tell stories with excitement and clarity. Curriculum will include IPA, dialects, breath support, vocal safety, and more.

Students in ballet will build the foundation of solid ballet technique that is vital to becoming a well rounded dancer and musical theater performer.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students in this class will learn the fundamentals of interpreting and applying scenes, monologues, and songs that they are seeing for the first time. They will also learn to understand the basic skills necessary to prepare for, film, and edit their own audition self-tapes. These techniques are extremely important in today's entertainment industry.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students in tap will learn the proper execution of basic steps, sounds and technique. They will then be challenged to put them together in combinations as they advance in their study.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End. In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End. In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Teen Performance Intensive Program (TPIP) students run their own children's theater company, Tales and Treats. They perform in the shows, serve as the creative team, and also work alongside Technical Theater and Design Program students to produce family-friendly, short-length musicals that are free of charge for children at the Gargaro Theater in the West End.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students in tap will learn the proper execution of basic steps, sounds and technique. They will then be challenged to put them together in combinations as they advance in their study.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students in tap will learn the proper execution of basic steps, sounds and technique. They will then be challenged to put them together in combinations as they advance in their study.