The “Aspiring Artist Crash Course” workshop is an interactive experience in which we discuss skills and the knowledge aspiring artists may need to succeed. Using both the insights in the room and curated resources, the workshop covers a variety of topics as voted by participants. This crash course opens dialogue into areas including career, network, craft, and self.
In this interactive workshop we will discover, explore, and share our own curiosities. Through movement, writing, and play, we will discover ways to awaken our inspirations and build upon our capacity for creative thinking.
The Creativity & Social Media workshop provides an opportunity to explore the current popular trends on Social Media including TikTok. The arts are present and robust on social media platforms. Students have found community, connection, and new ways to express themselves artistically. We will examine the history of musicals on social media and learn a 5-step creative process. Additionally, we will discover tips, tricks, consider safety measures, as well as create and reflect.
Exploring La La Land: Here’s to the Actors, Singers, & Dancers who dream, is an exciting workshop inspired by the future Broadway musical La La Land. Sing iconic songs, explore key scenes through acting exercises, and learn dynamic choreography inspired by the film. Whether you’re a seasoned performer or just starting, this workshop will help you develop your performance skills, and explore themes of dreams, identity, and ambition in a supportive and fun environment. Experience the thrill of bringing La La Land to life in a whole new way.
We will explore how we can transform challenging experiences into something new and useful as we learn, celebrate, and reclaim those moments. In this workshop, we will discover a way to process our perceived failures and setbacks. “Let Me Try That Again” provides an opportunity to begin taking steps toward learning, healing, and expression. If you are interested in purchasing the Video on Demand version of this workshop, please visit: Let Me Try That Again – Video on Demand
We will explore how we can transform challenging audition experiences into something new and useful as we learn, celebrate, and reclaim those moments. In this workshop, we will discover a way to process our perceived audition failures and setbacks. “Let Me Try That Audition Again” provides an opportunity to begin taking steps toward learning, healing, and resolution.
Music, Movement, and Storytelling come together in this fun, focused clinic. Thomas will work with students with the goal of emphasizing individual strengths and talents, improving connection to material, exploring context, authenticity, technique, purposeful movement, and improved performance. Using, at times, unconventional methods, he will customize his approach according to each performer.
Signs and Synchronicity (meaningful coincidences) can be extremely helpful in times of grief, pain, loss, anxiety, isolation, reflection, and as a way to connect. This workshop presents a proactive approach to engaging with signs & synchronistic events which are open and available to all of us.
Sharing Stories: A Theatre Workshop is for high school students who are interested in using theatre to explore the art of storytelling. Students will learn how to select and adapt questions into creative discoveries. They will also cultivate their writing, improvisation, and storytelling skills. It is also an opportunity to develop creativity, confidence, and public speaking. At the end of the workshop, students will share their creative storytelling discoveries.
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