ATLANTIC ARTS - SUMMER CAMP

(Jupiter, Fl) April 25, 2007 - Summer Camp at Atlantic Arts Academy runs for six weeks and begins on Monday June 11 th and ends on Friday July 20 th. This isn't the type of camp where children bring a lunch box and go to the zoo; Atlantic Arts Academy employs former and current industry professionals with years of experience and training. Dance instruction includes: ballet, jazz, hip hop and tap. Students will focus on the finer points of dance including: choreography, lessons in dance history, stretch, strengthening the body, makeup and respect and appreciation for the art. Dancers will also work on weekly acting classes to improve their presence onstage. There will be weekly workshops in other art forms including: visual arts, stage combat, magic and mime. Students will have a performance every Friday to showcase their skills.

Actors also have the luxury of a top notch education by learning the finer points of breaking down a scene for the stage, comedic and dramatic improvisation, monologue work for auditions, stage combat and a weekly theater movement workshop from a former member of the Obie award winning Blue Man Group. Students will also get to experience comedic improvisation from members of Gated Community Improv, an improv comedy troupe touring professionally for the past three years ( www.gcimprov.com). The morning classes will be similar to being on Whose Line Is It Anyway? working on exercises to sharpen the wit and enhance the funny bone. Acting students will also take weekly workshops in other art forms including: visual arts, stage combat, magic and mime. Students will have a performance every Friday to showcase their skills.

The above camps are open to all students ages 7 to 12 years old and runs Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. The session begins June 11 th and ends July 20 th. The cost of the camp is $199 per week along with a $45 registration fee. Campers can choose to come for one week in either dance or drama, up to as many as six weeks.

Teen/Adult Camp - Ages 13 to Adult these classes are offered in the evenings after 6pm Monday through Thursday include: Dance - Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet and Tap; Drama - improvisation and scene study; and a voice and group guitar class. Please call Atlantic Arts for days, times and prices.

Preschool/Junior Camp - Ages 3 to 6 years oldMonday throught Friday from 9am to Noon, classes introduce campers to basic fundamentals of dance which include: music awareness, rhythm, coordination and flexibility. The classes also include arts and craft, voice training and a mid morning snack. Every Friday is a performance to showcase what they have learned that week. Tuition is $99 per week with a $45 registration fee for new students.

Atlantic Arts Academy

6743 W. Indiantown Road #34

Jupiter, Fl 33458

www.atlanticartsacademy.com

(561) 575-4422

Teacher Bios

FRANK LICARI - Drama and Music Dept. Director

Frank has been a professional actor for over 12 years. He was a cast member of the Obie and Drama Desk Award winning Off-Broadway show, BLUE MAN GROUP. He has been in over 40 Stage Plays in NYC, Boston and Chicago. His TV Credits include LAW & ORDER and CBS'S DELLAVENTURA starring Danny Aiello. His film work has been featured at N.Y. and L.A. International Film Festivals. He has also done Commercials, Voice-Over and Industrials for companies such as Staples, Fleet Bank, GNC & Big Brother Association. Frank is also an award winning director and playwright winning The Sears Drama Festival and Village Gate One-Act Festival (NYC) with his original works, which he starred in and directed. He is also an accomplished singer/musician playing acoustic and bass guitar, piano and percussion. He holds his Certificate in Theater from The American Musical & Dramatic Academy, NYC.

Currently, Frank has a leading role as a WWII Soldier in The Fallen - Letters From The Dead which is being shown at Film Festivals around the world and was the winner for Best Director at The Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Screenplay at The Breckenridge Film Festival.

MICHELLE ZEHNER - Dance Department Director

Miss Zehner has studied with The Pennsylvania Ballet Company and Boston Ballet as well as in New York with Madame Darvash, David Howard, Violette Verdi, Robert Denvers, Nina Novack, John White and Margarita De Saa. She received full scholarship to Harkness Ballet and an apprenticeship with Hartford Ballet. Michelle was a dancer with The San Antonio Ballet and Ballet Klos.

As an instructor, Michelle has taught at The Rock School, West Chester Ballet Theater. She has been the owner as well as an instructor of the Pennsylvania Centre for Ballet and founder and artistic director of Delaware County Ballet. This will be Michelle's 3rd year at Atlantic Arts Academy.

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