6th - 8th Performing Arts Classes

6th - 8th Grade
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Performing Arts 6th to 8th grade.

No classes on November 4, 2022 & November 25, 2022

Balloon Shaping

Instructor: Dave Moncrieff

Class Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Cost (12 sessions): $120 (Member: $108)*

Cost (Per Week): $10 (Members: $9)*

Students will explore a new talent of creating balloon art. In this class they will learn balloon basics, the history of balloon shaping, safety, how to create simple and complex balloon animals, how to create non-animal shapes, balloon magic, and comedy with balloons. Students in this class will also have the opportunity to perform at the end of the semester.

Note: This is a combined session course; if seats are full in this session’s registration, you may enroll in the session for ages 3rd Grade-5th Grade (these are the same class).

*All materials included in course cost.

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Youth Yoga

Instructor: Tatianna Johnston

Class Time: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Cost (12 sessions): $108 (Member: $96)*

Cost (Per Week): $9 (Member: $8)*

This class will introduce students to yoga as a tool to help with memory, concentration, and muscle strengthening. Regular yoga practice may also help students with their mood and dealing with stress.

Note: This is a combined session course; if seats are full in this session’s registration, you may enroll in the session for ages 9th Grade-12th Grade (these are the same class).

*All materials included in course cost.

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Intro to Dance

Instructor: Kayla Gray

Class Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Cost (12 sessions): $108 (Member: $96)*

Cost (Per Week): $9 (Members: $8)*

In this course students learn elements of ballet, jazz, modern, and contemporary dance while focusing on the technical aspects of dance: technique, motor skill development, and coordination. Students will be encouraged to develop positive self-expression, musical interpretation, flexibility, strength, balance, and grace. This class places an emphasis on celebrating personal achievements, encouraging friendships, and utilizing team work. Learning outcomes for this course include that students will learn and develop technique in the center and across the floor, as well as incorporating movement into larger dance combinations. Through creative movement, students will develop vocabularies and tools to aid in creating movement.

Note: This is a combined session course; if seats are full in this session’s registration, you may enroll in the session for ages 9th Grade-12th Grade (these are the same class).

*All materials included in course cost.

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Theatre 1

Instructor: Jerica Khosla

Class Time: 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Cost (12 sessions): $120 (Member: $108)*

Cost (Per Week): $10 (Member: $9)*

Dust off your daggers and stretch your fairy wings because we are traveling back to merry ole’ England. Friends, Puebloans, countrymen, lend me your ears! In this class, students will add to their actor’s toolbox while working with some of the most famous works ever written for the stage. The class will culminate in a performance of an adapted Shakespearean piece.

*All materials included in course cost.

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Parents/guardians are required to sign-in and sign-out students. Students will only be released to adults indicated in their registration. For unforeseen/last minute pick-up changes, please call 719-295-7200. Drop off and pick up are located at the Kid Rock Café (the east entrance of the Buell Children’s Museum – first level).

Students may be dropped off no more than 15 minutes before class and no later than 15 minutes after their last class. If a student has classes both before and after the noon hour, the student may eat a packed lunch from home on campus. No food will be provided by the Arts Center. A staff member will chaperone the lunch hour from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.