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
• Monologue prep / scene work
• Improv & Comedy
• Shakespeare

WORKOUTS / MOVEMENT

• Cardio Workout with Dance Vibe
• Yoga Basics for kids
• Gymnastics
• Coordination and Movement - learn basic dance terms and also what’s expected and how to move your body - conceptual directions and body awareness

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)

MUSIC

• Harmonies
• Choirs (SATB) 
• Broadway songs
• Music Theory 
• Song selection (as part of audition workshop/master class)
• Musical Theater Appreciation Class (historical/introduce shows/comparisons/discussions/analysis and more…)
• Master Vocal Class

ART

• Craft (from slime to cardboard cars and more…)
• Fine Art & Collages

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

HEALTHY & WELLNESS

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

• Yoga
• Mindfulness

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
• Set Design 
• Stage Management 
• Make-Up Design 
• Audition Prep 

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 !!!