Sand Lake Center for the Arts - Circle Theatre Players

    Box Office: (518) 674-2007     P. O. Box 179
    2880 NY 43
    Averill Park, NY 12018
    Managing Director: Debra Roy
    Email: info@slca-ctp.org

Summer Youth Programs

Kids for Kids Theatre

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2008 Summer Youth Programs: June 30 - August 1

If you would like to register for one or more of our workshops, please print the registration form and return it with your check. We must receive your registration form and full payment two weeks prior to workshops beginning. Register early as spaces are limited and class may be canceled if registrations are low. In this event you may transfer to another workshop if space permits or request that your money be refunded. A full refund will be available if you withdraw at least two weeks prior to the start of your workshop. No refund will be available if you withdraw after this time. Please note: you must contact Sean Fagan directly at 326-8262 to register for Circus Theatricks. Age ranges are meant as general guidelines. Please call the Center at 674-2007 if you have any questions or want more information about these workshops.

Weeks 1 & 3 - Circus Theatricks (June 30-July 3 & July 14-18)
Circus camp fills up like clowns in a Volkswagen bug. Don't delay sign -up today! There will be a $25 discount for each additional sibling enrolled in the same week. Call Sean Fagan directly at 326-8262 to register for Circus Theatricks Only
CIRCUS THEATRICKS - Beginners - Week one (June 30 - July 3) Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm For newcomers and younger children ages 6-10. Tuition: $200/Week
Will feature clowning, basic juggling, balance boards, and magic... CIRCUS THEATRICKS - Intermediate - Week three (July 14 - 18) Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Ages 9-15 Tuition: $250/Week
Intermediate level circus skills being explored include stilts, unicycle, partner acrobatics, advanced juggling patterns, and slapstick.
Week 2 - Movement, Rhythm, Music & Mime (July 7-11)
CREATIVE MOVEMENT with Jackie Abbott Monday-Friday, 9:00 - 10:30 am OR 11:00 am - 12:30 pm This class is for children ages 4-8 who are interested in creative movement. Tuition: $45/Week, Materials Fee: $5 - Total: $50
This class is an enjoyable way for young children to develop physical skills, channel their energy, stimulate their imagination and promote creativity. Jackie will choose a "theme of the day" and the children will be given opportunities to explore and discover different aspects of movement based on this theme. She will also provide a theme-based story and related craft project. Jackie Abbott is the artistic director of The School of Creative Arts at Sand Lake Center for the Arts. She teaches ballet and creative movement throughout the area at local schools, dance studios, libraries, and museums. Jackie Abbott has degrees in Elementary Education, Special Education and The Creative Arts with a concentration in dance. She teaches dance and the creative arts at local schools, dance studios, museums, and libraries. She is the artistic director of The School of Creative Arts at The Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park, NY.
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KOMOTION with Rich Kuperberg Monday-Friday, 1:00 - 3:00 pm This class is for students ages 9-16 who have an interest in mime and illusion. Tuition: $50/Week
Mime and illusion classes taught by master teacher Rich Kuperberg will cover the movements necessary to create all the illusions created by pantomime artists. The box, the robot, the wall, the rope pull, walk against the wind (popularly called the moon walk), handling imaginary objects and more. Create your own mime piece by the end of the week while being directed by Rich. Amaze your friends and family with a movement skill that not only is magical but builds physical strength, agility, and develops your powers of concentration. Each workshop highlights a unique system of age appropriate exercise. Use of space, shape, energy and creative problem solving are the tools which stimulate the imagination and individual creative expression. With over 25 years of experience teaching children in Arts-In-Education programs, Ann Morris and Rich Kuperberg have developed a unique method of teaching which focuses on technique, proper use of the body mechanics, concentration and imagination. The programs are designed to be fun and inspiring, regardless of the grade level.
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BODY MUSIC with Marilyn Garrett Monday-Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm This class is for students ages 12-18 who have an interest in music and movement. Tuition: $50/Week
Body Music...creating rhythmic patterns of movement and sound...a new and exhilarating way to experience music with the whole body which lays the groundwork to discover your rhythmic nature as it relates to your art. Visit Marilyn's website at www.yourrhythmicnature.com Marilyn is an educator of movement, rhythm, health and healing with 25 years experience. Marilyn has many degrees in Dance, Art and Rhythm, and Movement Education.
Week 4 - Hands On Art! (July 21-25)
ARTSMART with Pat Smart Monday-Friday, 9:00 - 10:30 am OR 11:00 am - 12:30 pm This class is for children ages 6-12 who are interested in creating artwork. Tuition: $45/Week, Materials Fee: $10 - Total: $55
Pat will lead a program of three simultaneous creative arts activities - Batik, printmaking and collage. In Batik, fabric is waxed and dyed in successive layers. Some printmaking activities include: finger painting on plexiglas plates, etching with pencil on "foamies", printing with sponges, corks or vegetables, colograph with glue, cardboard shapes, string, etc. Collage activities may include various tissue collage and other techniques. Pat has been a resident of West Sand Lake and Averill Park for the past thirty years. She taught in the Averill Park school district for twenty years before retiring early to pursue an Art career. She began her art education at local colleges; studying drawing, painting, printmaking, art history, papermaking, and ceramics. She continues her studies through workshops in monoprinting, batik (which she began in the 70's), drawing, and watercolor. She has been teaching ArtSmart through the Poestenkill PTO since 1998.
CREATIVE CLAY with Barbara Reeley Monday-Friday, 1:00 - 3:00 pm This class is for children ages 6-12 who have an interest in working in clay. Tuition: $45/Week, Materials Fee: $10 - Total: $55
On Monday, July 21st we will start with each student having four handmade (by the teacher) bisqued tiles. We'll design a pattern or scene that will flow from one tile to another which will result in a four tile set once glaze fired. Students will work with underglazes and the teacher will glaze the tiles in her studio and return the tile projects to students before the end of the week. If time permits we will also make pinch pots on this day. Tuesday, July 22nd we will create clay masks. Mask making is a creative exercise that sparks the imagination. Students will experience the powerful result of small changes in lines that produce very different expressions in their masks. Wednesday, July 23rd, will be exciting. "Fossils" will be created by rolling slabs of clay and impressing (pushing) found objects into the clay. We will use a variety of natural and found objects ~ students are encouraged to bring natural and other small objects to class to experiment with texture. Thursday, July 24th, we will use paper cones to create Medieval people. We will discuss Medieval dress and add details to make lords, ladies, monks & wizards. Friday, July 25th, students will receive their tile projects from Monday's class. The tiles will have been glazed & fired and ready to be taken home. This day students will work on a community of houses. Students will design and construct basic clay box houses and add their own details. Once the houses are constructed they will be put together to form a community. Except for Monday's clay projects, all other projects will be glazed and fired and returned to SLCA ten days after the end of the class session. In 1978 Barbara studied pottery with Susan Schumpert in Virginia. Since that time Barbara has attended dozens of workshops, schools and craft centers to further her clay knowledge. For twenty-five of the thirty years she has been working in clay she has been teaching clay classes. Classes have ranged from 3 year olds to 80+ year olds, challenged individuals, professional people, college students, nursing homes, groups of Girl & Boy Scouts, home schooled children and many other organizations and individuals.
Week 5 - Fun On Stage! (July 28-August 1)
MAKE YOUR OWN THEATER with Val Kavanaugh Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm This class is for children ages 7-11 who are interested in theater. Tuition: $45/Week
Does your child enjoy playing games, using their imagination, and creating skits or art? If they do, and are between the ages of 7-11, they will enjoy the Sand Lake Center for the Arts week long theater camp. During the camp there will be opportunities to learn some basic acting techniques and also how to create and produce their own play. There will be time to experiment with improvisation and theater games. At the end of the week they will be able to participate in their own production - their own play! Val Kavanaugh taught 11th and 12th grade English for many years, including teaching a theater elective. She also directed the drama club at Berlin Central School for seven years. Currently she teaches theater and American Literature at Hudson Valley Community College. She has also co-directed a number of Circle Theatre Players Kids for Kids Productions. She received her BA from SUNY Albany, MA from St. Rose, additional grad credits from SUNY Albany, took a number of "arts" courses during my teaching career, and attended a week long workshop with Shakespeare and Company at Lenox.
ACTING and IMPROV with Nan Mullenneaux Monday-Friday, 1:00 - 3:00 PM This class is for children ages 12-18 who have an interest in acting. Tuition: $55/Week
This week long workshop will teach both basic acting and improvisation skills to middle and high school aged students, exploring professional techniques in character development, comedy versus drama, memorization tricks, and finding emotional truth onstage. We will then take these skills and use them in scenes from Broadway plays and movie scripts. Our final class will be an open rehearsal for family and friends. The emphasis will be on fun, trust, and teamwork. There are no stars, says Nan, just great actors! Nan has acted in regional, off-Broadway, dinner and summer stock theaters as well as film, television, and radio. Over the past twenty years Nan has developed highly successful acting classes for colleges, after-school programs, theater companies, and arts centers.