New Classes Coming in Fall 2021

All About Theatre provides pre-professional dance, music theater and acting training. We offer a wide variety of youth classes and workshops where students can explore and learn many facets of the performing and visual arts, including mini classes for our youngest students, ages 3-6, youth classes for students, ages 6-10, and age 10-17 along with our full-scale productions all year round and specialized teen intensives.

ACTING

• Storytelling - by Lindsey Chester, Lexie Bryant & Kara Dorsey
• Monologue prep / scene work by Ginger Hurley, Kara Dorsey & Lexie Bryant
• Improv & Comedy by Lindsey Chester, Lexie Bryant & others
• Shakespeare - coming soon

WORKOUTS / MOVEMENT

• Zumba by Mitch Lang
• Cardio Workout with Dance Vibe by Mara Frey
• Yoga Basics for kids by Harleigh Doermann & Kara Dorsey
• Gymnastics by Harleigh Doermann & Maritza Pozzi-Loyola
• Coordination and Movement - learn basic dance terms and also what’s expected and how to move your body - conceptual directions and body awareness - by Colleen Doermann & Ginger Hurley

DANCE

• Tap / Jazz / Ballet / Lyrical / Musical Theater / Contemporary
• Basic Steps & Techniques
• Intermediate Steps & Techniques
• Advanced Steps & Techniques
• Dance Terminology - Education on terms and steps within each genre
• Tik-Tok “like” approach to dance routines - how to learn choreography quickly (tips and tools) - by Ginger Hurley
• Hula by Kara Dorsey

MUSIC

• Harmonies by Kara Dorsey & Lexie Bryant
• Choirs (SATB) by Gabe House, Kara Dorsey & Lexie Bryant
• Broadway songs by Kara Dorsey & Lexie Bryant
• Music Theory by Gabe House & Lexie Bryant
• Song selection (as part of audition workshop/master class) by Kara Dorsey & Lexie Bryant
• Musical Theater Appreciation Class (historical/introduce shows/comparisons/discussions/analysis and more…) by Lexie Bryant & Gabe House

MUSIC INDUSTRY

• “Fireside Chat” - see special guest list below from Morgen Smith and James Durbin to Bobby Marchessaults. Listen as they talk about what the industry is like - how to make it….
• Music Production - local special guests

ART

• Craft (from slime to cardboard cars and more…) by Lexie Bryant, Colleen Doermann, Lindsey Chester & Kara Dorsey
• Fine Art & Collages by Colleen Doermann & Ginger Hurley

LITERATURE

• Shakespeare - learn more about his complete works
• Script Analysis 
• Play Reading /Study Group - college prep read a play / study it / group discussions about each piece… Greeks / Renaissance - by Heather Young, Lexie Bryant and others...

HEALTHY & WELLNESS

What is really important? / How do we connect and stay connected? And more...

• Yoga by Harleigh Doermann & Maritza Pozzi-Loyola
• Mindfulness by Mitch Lang & Marsha Thompson

GENERAL THEATER

Theater Training - set design / costume design / make-up design /  lighting / sound / props / stage management etc…. We will talk about color theory and sound theory.

• Costume Design by Colleen Doermann & Lindsey Chester
• Set Design by Lindsey Chester, Lexie Bryant, Ginger Hurley & other local guest speakers
• Stage Management by Lexie Bryant, Kara Dorsey & other local guest speakers
• Make-Up Design by Kara Dorsey, Ginger Hurley & other local artists
• Audition Prep by Kara Dorsey, Lindsey Chester, Lexie Bryant & Ginger Hurley

DIRECTING - HOW AND WHAT WE LOOK FOR

From learning how to put together choreography, staging and directing, understanding the music….. to what the audition panel is looking for when you audition…

• Panels of directing staff talking about how and what they look for during auditions
• Directing - work on set scripts to encourage students to think from the director’s perspective or become one themselves.
• Music Direction - what goes into the vocal decisions and what they look for in vocalists during auditions to SATB vocal rehearsals to Musicians for the pit orchestra.
• Choreography - how to put dances together, how to teach them, what you are looking for in dances and movers of all levels - tips on how to stand out in an audition.
• Dance Auditions - how to improve memory / tools to learn quickly / retention and strategies.
• Projects like dance assignments - “Tik-Tok” style - fast and furious and fun !!!