MAIN STREET CENTER FOR THE ARTS

124 S. Pomperaug Ave. • Woodbury, CT 06798 • (203)263-5107

        Entering Grades 4 - 5

    “Studio & Stage”

       Performance Workshop

Week One:   Aug 8  - Aug 12 (Mon-Fri)

9:00am - 12:00pm

During the morning, dancers will take dance class, explore dance forms such as jazz, enjoy crafts related to dance and expand their knowledge of dance through stories, videos, improvisation and dance history.  In the afternoon dancers will create an original Ballet and Theater production.  Dancers will be involved in choreography, costuming, set design and production culminating in a performance.  Past performances include "The Firebird", "Cinderella", and "Hansel & Gretel".

          Fee:    $375    (5 days)

$25 discount for payment in full received by May 15

$185 non-refundable deposit due May 15  --  Balance due June 1

                                       Entering Grades 6 & up

                                              “Ballet with Shakespeare”

                                             Dance & Acting Workshop

                                                                                                 Week One:  Aug 8 - Aug 12

                                                                             9:30am - 4:00pm

                                                                         Week Two: Aug 15 - 19

                                                                             9:30am - 4:00pm

                                                                                 Guest Artist, Vanessa Morosco

Dancers will participate in daily technique classes.  Afternoon classes will focus on variations class and theatrical portrayals of ballet.  Dancers will have theater classes under the guidance of  professional actress/guest teacher, Vanessa Morosco.  Dancers will learn tools used by an actor for character interpretation  and storytelling and learn  to develop and personalize exciting choreography and infuse it with new life through acting skills.  Students will perform in a final presentation at the end of the session.

Fee: Week One:   $375

          Week Two:   $375

$25 discount for payment in full received by May 15

  Balance due June 1

VANESSA MOROSCO is an accomplished professional Equity actress, appearing in over 25 classical productions.  She has toured the country for the American Shakespeare Center and has performed leading roles at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Judith Shakespeare Company, Pittsburgh Irish Classical Theatre, Yale Rep and the Blackfriar’s Playhouse.  She has trained with the British-American Drama Academy (BADA) and the SITI Company.  Miss Morosco has taught and directed Shakespeare and Acting at high schools, colleges, and universities across the nation.  She designs youth programs for the American Shakespeare Center and runs Camp Shakespeare for the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.