Our teaching artists use improvisation as the key to creating a meaningful learning and team building experiences for students!
Contact Class Act for tailored improvisation and creative writing residencies, workshops and after school enrichment programs throughout Chicagoland and Central Illinois. We also offer teacher training workshops for integrating drama into the core curriculum.*Music*Movement*Drama*Art
+ Fairytale Fridays!
More info below...
Descriptions for Class Act Studio Courses in Downtown Champaign:Early Childhood:
Interactive Music for infants, toddlers & preschoolers! These classes are taught by Early Childhood Music Educator, Erin Claxon. Erin's classes introduce children to music through purposeful play and active music making. From babies, to movers & shakers, all the way up to five-year-olds, children will be guided in enjoying and creating music in fun and developmentally appropriate ways!
Parent/Child classes starting in January, 2011:
Session 1- weeks of January 10-February 7
Session 2- weeks of February 14-March 14
To register online, please click on price link
Mondays:
2 years- 3 years - 11:30am -12:00pm $50 for 5 weeks
3 years - 4 years - 12:10pm-12:40pm - $50 for 5 weeks
4 years - 5 years - 12:50-1:20pm - $50 for 5 weeks
Tuesdays:
Infants to 12 mos. - 11:30am-12pm - $50 for 5 weeks
12 mos. to 18 mos - 12:10pm-12:40pm - $50 for 5 weeks
18 mos to 2 years - 12:50-1:20pm - $50 for 5 weeks***
We are also thrilled to offer Donna Warwick's Music & Motion and ArtsFusion classes! Miss Donna is an Arts Enrichment Specialist with 20 years of dance training and is also an experienced elementary and preschool teacher. Her Creative Movement classes are a perfect fit for Class Act's nurturing and whimsical environment.
Music and Motion -newborn to 5 years (with a parent or caregiver)
This class is a fun introduction to music and creative movement through song, games and imagery. Children delight in dancing like a cat, pretending to be a bubble floating or galloping like a horse, even in the arms of a caregiver.
Fridays 9:30-10:00am - November 15-December 17 (skipping 11/26)
$40 for 5 weeks -click on price to register online, or call 217-766-5964ArtsFusion Level I - ages 2 1/2 to 5 years (with a parent or caregiver)
Visual art comes alive in this creative movement, storytelling and art appreciation class! Students create their own story and movent based on a painting or other work of art.
Fridays 10-10:45am - November 15-December 17 (skipping 11/26)
$60 for 5 weeks -click on price to register online, or call 217-766-5964Early Childhood Drama:
Imagination Station 3-5 years
Take off in a spaceship, explore the depths of the ocean, catch a ride on a butterfly's wings...There's no limit to where our imaginations may take us! Children tap into their natural creativity through drama, art and movement activities. -Most of our Imagination Station students also join us for Tuesday Story Time from 2-3pm.
Tuesdays 3:00-3:45 pm - November 9-December 14 (skipping 11/23)
$55 for 1 class/week (5 week session) Click on price to register onlineAre you looking to give your toddler or preschooler a well rounded introduction to the creative arts? Ask about our Early Arts Combo program! We offer a discounted rate for those families wishing to enroll in Music, Creative Movement and Drama in the same session (Music on Mondays, Drama on Tuesdays & Movement on Thursday or Friday)!
3 Arts Genres * 3 Great Teachers
$135 for combo including Music & Motion
$155 for combo including ArtsFusion
Questions?? Call 217-766-5964
Youth Classes:
Story Drama 5-8 years
What happens beyond the end of a book? Children's favorite stories come alive through drama. We will explore a new story each week and develop collaboration and communication skills-- and have fun stretching our imaginations!
Tuesday 4:00-5:00 pm -November 9-December 14 (skipping 11/23)
$55 for 1 class/week (6 week session) Click on price to register onlineFairytale Fridays 5-8 years
Join us for a full afternoon of fairytale fun in this hybrid arts class! Students arrive for an optional snack time at 3:45pm then have Creative Movement with Miss Donna Warwick from 4-4:45pm and then Drama with Natalie from 4:45-5:30pm. This class will be full of magical fun and creative expression!
Fridays November 12-December 17 (skipping 11/26)
Creative Movement 4-4:45pm $60 - 5 week session
Drama 4:45-5:30pm $60 - 5 week session
Fairytale Afternoon from 3:45-5:30pm $110 - 5 week session
Walk-in Storytime & Creative Play
12 months-6 years
Join us every Tuesday from 2:00-3:00 pm for a mid-day story, craft and open play time. This is a great chance to get to know other families and have fun dressing up and pretending with items from our costume and prop collection!
$2 per family **Free for families currently enrolled with Class ActKidProv 8-10 years
A fun introduction to improvisational theatre, stage presence, focus and teamwork. Students collaborate to create dynamic characters, scenes and, most of all, have fun expressing themselves! (Beginning through advanced sections offered).
**December intensive: Saturdays December 4, 11, 18 - 10:30-12pm - $35 Focus on scene-building, & improv technique- no showcase for this short session
Winter Session: Saturdays 10:30-12pm January 8-February 26
$90 for 1 class/week (8 week session with Informal Showcase)
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Advanced KidProv 11-13 years
This is the perfect class for students who have had previous drama experience and are looking to develop their individual and ensemble skills. We will work on improvisation, character creation and sketch comedy.
**December intensive: Saturdays December 4, 11, 18 - 10:30-12pm - $35 Focus on scene-building, & improv technique- no showcase for this short session
Saturdays 12:15-1:45pm January 8-February 26
or Wednesday 5:00-6:30pm (January 12-March 2)- This class is taught by actress and improviser, Katie Baldwin!
$90 for 1 class/week (8 week session with Informal Showcase)
Click on price to register online**We also offer after school classes at Next Generation School**
Monday: Story Drama from 3:45-4:45pm
Wednesday: KidProv from 4-5:30pm
Thursday: Improv from 4-5:30If you are interested in classes, but these times don't fit with your schedule, please don't hesitate to call as we may be able to customize a class for you and your friends! 217-766-5964
TeenProv 14-18 years
An introduction to improvisational theatre for high school students. This class helps students develop confidence in public speaking, spontaneity, teamwork and ensemble skills. Get ready for lots of laughs and stage time! (Beginning to advanced sections offered). Completion of the beginning level of this class is a prerequisite to audition for our high school improv ensemble.
Thursday, 6:45-8:15pm - next session TBD please call for info
$90 for 1 class/week (8 week session with Informal Showcase)
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Adult ClassesImprov Workout!
This is a drop-in, beginning level improvisation class. Please call prior to class start time to reserve your space. $10 per class. 217-766-5964
Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm
Improv 1
Learn the basics of improvisational theatre. No prior experience necessary! Students are introduced to the basics of improve in a safe, friendly, atmosphere. Emphasis will be placed on teambuilding, understanding and utilizing basic scene work skills and, most importantly, having fun. All students begin at this level. This class is a prerequisite to the other levels.
Sunday 7:00-9:00 pm
$100 for 1 class/ week ($85 for students) (8 week session)
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Improv for Actors
This class is for students who have a background in theatre or are working towards a theatre degree. Through the process of improvisation, students will further develop character and scene building skills, as well as hone comedic timing and quick thinking for a leg up in auditions. Learn how actors can take risks and gain spontaneity in all genres of scripted and non-scripted theatre.
Monday 7:00pm-9:00pm, $100 ($85 for students and AEA members)
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