Miles of smiles await young people at the Rodgers' Academy of Learning this summer! Look closely at the exciting classes that will tutor, train and teach talented youth. An exciting Learning Festival on August 14th will showcase the skills and talents that the students have developed throughout the summer.
For registration information call 298-1302.
| Monday/Wednesday/Friday | Ages: 5-11: 10:00-12:00 Noon |
| Tuition: $99/session | Ages: 12-18: 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
Love acting? These classes are geared for anyone interested in performing in a musical. Taught in a group setting, this class will learn basic stage and dance skills and be cast in a short musical review. Never been in a play before? No worries! This hands-on course will guide each student through the magical moments of each performing skill.
| Monday through Friday | Ages: 7-17 (split into 7-9, 10-12, 13-17) |
| Tuition: $199.00 for 10 day Camp | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon |
Eye on Broadway? or maybe just the next school play? This is a high-paced camp for serious budding actors and actresses. This 30-hour camp will put the arts of the trade into the palm of your hands. The age groups will rotate through a series of workshops in acting, movement and vocal training each day. Guest artists will lecture daily followed by a snack break before rehearsal for the musical. 1st session students will perform at Centerville 4th of July Festivities. Seasoned teachers and performers will tutor and inspire each student in their dreams.
| Monday/Wednesday/Friday | Ages: 7-13 |
| Tuition: $120.00 (includes cost of dinner and theater) | 3:00-4:30 p.m. |
Hold onto your self-esteem as it grows!!! This class will explore manners, the fun of ball-room dancing, the art of thank-you's, service in the community and the uniqueness of you! Class finale will be a dinner out and a night at the theater to practice your new skills.
| Tuesday/Thursday | Ages: 4-8 |
| Tuition: $99/session | 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
Come and explore the wondrous, welcoming, whimsical world of children's literature with activities ranging from read-aloud, make-believe on a "stage", vocabulary vistas, emotion exploration, to dance and art discovery. The themed days will focus on award-winning children's literature and include: "Knights, Plights and Princesses' Rights" - "Red, White, Blue, Yahoo!" - "Smiles, Frowns, Upside Downs" - "Seussmania", "Hall of Heroes" and "Heartstrings". This class is great encouragement for your blossoming reader.
| Thursdays | 2:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Tuition: $40/month |
This beginning dance class will sharpen and teach proper technique. You will learn turns, jumps and combinations to challenge & improve dance skills. Using musical theater as our backdrop, we will dance to the best of what theater has to offer from Wicked to Hairspray. You will learn what you need to master your next dance audition and refine your technical dance ability.
| Thursdays | 3:00- 4:00 p.m. |
| Tuition: $40/month |
This is a faster-moving dance class that will enhance and sharpen your technical dance skills. We will learn more difficult turns, jumps and combinations that are choreographed in shows seen at RMT and other theaters. You will learn what you need to master your most difficult dance audition and get the part you want. Like the beginning class, we will use musical theater as our backdrop and dance to the very best of what Broadway has to offer! Yes!!! Highly recommended for teenagers and young adults who want to enhance their dancing skills for opportunities at school and in theaters.
| Tuesdays | Ages: 10-Adult |
| Tuition: $40/month | 2:00-3:00 p.m. |
Sing, Sing a song- Sing out loud! Sing out Strong!!! This is an exceptional opportunity to receive skilled vocal training in a group setting. Focus will be on proper vocal techniques, breath support, vocal exercises, ear training and choosing music best suited to your voice. It is a remarkable experience to learn from the best!!
| Monday-Friday | Ages: 5-10 |
| Tuition: $119/session | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! Princess Camp is for you! Reading, dancing, dress-ups, princess etiquette too! High Tea, Castle-clean-up and what "real" princesses do! This camp will be wonderful "summer camp experience" for young girls that will let the "princess" emerge as they engage in educational, theatrical, cultural, artistic and service-oriented activities. Sorry moms, you're too old!
| Monday-Friday | Ages: 5-10 |
| Tuition: $119/session | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Pirates, Potter, nothing's hotter- Soccer, Stage-Fighting- how inviting!
Heroes, Handshakes, just-for-fun-sake,- Experiments, Reading, Future leading
Leggos, Lizzards, Ice-Cream Blizzards- Just for Boys!- What Happy Noise!
This camp will be a boy-oriented adventure through science experiments, physical games, sports
activities, reading about heroes, what makes a gentleman, "macho-cooking", creativity on the
stage and from a paper bag and just good-old fashioned wear-em'-out fun!!!