MUSICAL THEATRE COURSE

                                Musical Theatre Course

 

An 8 week Course

for all children of 7 years and over

 

Open to all *NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED

 

Tuesday evenings 4.15pm-6.00pm

@ the Cippenham Junior School Dance Studio

 

End of Course Performance

@FULL THEATRE FACILITIES

This course is open to all children over the age of 7. From those that have been dancing for years no matter where, to those that have no experience but would like to get involved with the new up and coming trend of Musical Theatre.

We meet once a week over a 8 week course and the children work on a Musical Theatre production which will include singing, dancing and drama.

At the end of the course the children will perform at full theatre facilities sometimes this may be our biannual show, prize giving or showcases. Where our other performing groups, the Theatre Group and Performance Jazz will join them.

 

During each session the children will work on voice work and drama where they will do exercises to develop their skills they will learn to work on a poem to help put their skills into practice. We work on our drama piece for the end of course production, which can be a scripted scene, linked to our musical theatre piece or an improvisation or mime.

Lynn our singing teacher will put the children through their paces during our weekly singing session. During the warm up they will get to sing the latest chart topping songs moving on to developing their skills such as projection, voice control and harmonising. Lynn then works with them on the songs we are preparing for the end of course production.

We usually work on 2 or 3 pieces at one time incorporating dance, drama and singing. A good portion of the session is spent working on putting all of this together and staging our production. We also spend time with the children developing and honing their stagecraft skills.

At the beginning of each course we hold auditions, the children learn a short dance, a small speech and a verse from a song. Once we have worked with them on learning and perfecting each piece and developing some audition skills, the audition process begins. Only children vying for a main part will be auditioned alone. Everybody else will be auditioned in groups of five or more. This process is undertaken to develop the children’s theatre experience and is a fun way to begin the course.

Recording Session – At some point during the course the children will record their singing onto a backing track in preparation for the production; this is a fun experience for us all.

Some of our performances to date include:

Baggy Trousers – ‘House of Fun’              I Just Cant Wait to be King – ‘Lion King’    Gorrilaz’  

Wouldn’t it be loverley – ‘My Fair Lady’   Thank you very much – ‘Scrooge’

Jacob & Sons – ‘Joseph’     My favourite Things – ‘The Sound Of Music’

I Have a dream – ‘Mama Mia’   Don’t stop me now – ‘We Will Rock You’

During the year we always try to cover a large and well rounded selection of numbers

After the performance I hand out certificates to the Children that have completed the course.

Please go to the Timetable & Fees section for all the details.
or call us: 01628 666679

The Dance Academy. Cippenham Youth Centre, Elmshott Lane, Cippenham, Slough, BERKSHIRE. Tel. 01628 666679