2007 Summer Intensive Workshop
July
23rd-28th
9am-12pm
This summer in July, The Conservatory of Ballet & Theatrical Arts is going to
hold a unique and very
influential summer workshop in the Eastern Idaho area. The 2007 Summer
Intensive is a great
opportunity for performers as young as 4 to 18 to work with experianced instructors,
participating
daily classes, rehearsal and a performance. Each students
will be able to enroll
in three classes
with choices from Classical Ballet, Acting, and Fine Arts.
The Summer Instensive can be up to
17 hours of technique, in exploring the art of imagination, creativity
and self
improvement,
in a fun
enviroment with instructors who have experience working
with children.
Classes:
*Creative Movement and Drama (ages 4-7)
*Beg/Intermediate Ballet
*Stage Makeup/Skits/Pantomime
*Broadway Song and Dance
*Pencil Stetching/Painting with acrylic and watercolor - EISF ready.
(Look below for class discriptions)
$80.00 Workshop Fee Includes:
-Up to15 hours of classes of your choice between Ballet, Acting
and Fine Arts
- Free CBTA 2007 Summer Intensive Workshop Tshirt
- Daily snack at break each day
- 1 hour performance on Saturday 28th, showcasing skills learned at workshop
- 1 hour Cast Pizza Party immediately following performance on the 28th
For question on
registering call 208-785-0687 or Email
nikkii@thecbta.com
Click here to print Registration Form
Important Information
Class Discriptions
Creative Movement and Drama:
This class helps develop motor skills, coordination, encourages
imagination and creative thinking.
Children are more motivated to learn when at
least one part of each day's learning is "fun".
Communication skills
are emphasized in Creative movement and drama. Children learn to
express themselves
using voice, hands, face and body.
Children are often restless.
Creative
movement and drama
can be a healthy release of tension as well as a way of working through
problem
situations and team work by acting out different
parts together. Pretending to be animals,
different emotions, personalities
and performing help children become more self aware
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet:
Classes that focus on classical divisional training.
Students will learn combinations and terms associated
with each level at Barre, Centre and Across the Floor. Each level will learn
a piece for the performance Sat.28th.
Students must contact Nikkii Riley the Ballet Director (nikkii@thecbta.com or 785-0687)
for placement in level.
Stage Makeup/Skits/Pantomime:
Classes that go through the basics in acting using improve
games, paper bag skit and play writing that help students
learn how to develop
a character. Each class time will focus on different ways to become a character,
like using stage
makeup to become an old person, sick person or just how to use
stage makeup when on stage as normal. This class
also includes Pantomime,
a style of acting were the actor can not talk; all acting must be done by actions
set to music.
Students will learn how to paint their face like a mime and
to tell a story through their actions and not their voice.
Broadway Song and Dance:
Start Spreadin' The News!" This class allows students
to work with a vocal instructor and learn how to do basic
Broadway song and dance
moves. Broadway song and dance will help students gain coordination and learn
how to
breath correctly while dancing and singing. Children will learn a fun
Broadway song that is set to chorography for the performance.
Fine Arts:
These classes are designed to help with creativity and technique. Students
will have an opportunity to work on a
piece to get it ready for EISF with award
winning artists. After Students are coached on specific mediums and styles,
they will choose a
medium and an idea for their final piece. Instructors will help will help
them get there piece ready
for display at the performance on Sat.28th and for 2007
Eastern Idaho State Fair.
Workshop Polices
Schedule for
classes:
A schedule for more specific times when classes will be running, along with a paperwork for attire and supplies
for each class is
going
to be mailed around June when all application are in. There must be at least 4
students in each class to run a class. If class
does not
meet the minimum amount
to offer the class a choice to choose another class or a refund will be offered.
Tuition:
To reserve a spot for students attending workshop a $30.00
deposit and registration form is due before June 15th. Please remember
space is limited,
so to ensure your child attends do not wait until the last date to send in deposit
and registration form. The
remaining
balance of $50.00 is due on or before classes
start Monday, July 23rd 2007.
*Participants are intitled to a 100% refund, if cancellation accures by June 15th.
A 30$ processing fee applies after June 15th.
(Directors will be negotiable
in a cases of emergencies)
Workshop Performance:
Students will receive their T-Shirts
during the week of the workshop and MUST be worn at the performance. Any student
planning on
performing has to be in class every day in order to perform. Please
make every effort to get your child to their classes on time and
ready to go.
Please Mail Registration Forms to our
Mailing Address:
The CBTA
645 S. Pendelbury Ln
Blackfoot ID, 83221
Summer Workshop Directors and Instructors
Click here to print Registration Form
Nikkii
Riley-CBTA Artistic and Ballet Director
(Classical Ballet, Acting and Fine Arts)
Started her training in 1984, at the Idaho Falls Ballet Society, when it was under the direction of her grandma, Marilynn Peery. She
continued her training with Cheryl Crouch at Dances Arts Academy in Idaho Falls,
Idaho until the age of 13 when she received a scholarship to dance at Marius Zirra School of Ballet in Pocatello, Idaho were she trained on Pointe
and in Advanced Ballet until her senior year when she returned to Dance Arts Acdemay to perform Giselle,
a Pa De Deux on Pointe in their Spring Varity Show. In 1999 Ms. Riley won First
Place in the Idaho State Drama Competition and was double entered at State every year
while attending Blackfoot High School. After high school Ms. Riley went on to train with Marla Hansen, the director of the Idaho
Dance Theater, from 1999-2001 at Boise State University in Advanced ballet and Pointe classes. While
majoring in Theater with a minor in Dance she danced in Del Soul, a partnering group
that performs the Mambo, Samba, Swing, Jitter-bug, cabaret, and Funk Jazz for local
events. In 2001 she continued training at local Ballet schools and moved back to Boise after getting married and began training with Canyon County
Dance Academy in Caldwell with Lori Evens, a Company dancer for Idaho Dance Theater
and Advance Ballet teacher for CCDA, where Ms. Riley Performed on Pointe in their
spring show Peter Pan. Nikkii still loves to dance and perform.
She feels it is fundamental as a teacher, dancer and performer to continue training.
This is why she will remain to take upper level ballet classes and summer workshops
in places like Boise State University to help her stay strong. Nikkii loves to teach and has had training on how to work with and teach children over
her years of working. She looks forward to passing her love of dance through
teaching and performing.
Jamie Warren-CBTA Theatrical and Co Artistic Director
(Acting and Fine Arts)
Has studied acting and been performing on stage for 15 years.
Starting at a young age she danced with the
Idaho Falls Ballet Society. With her
entertaining, energetic and outgoing personality it
wasn’t hard for her to steal the spotlight.
In the Idaho State Drama Competitions Mrs. Warren high honors and
went double entered with Humorous, Dramatic
and Pantomime every year in high school,
winning
Second Place
in Pantomime her junior year.
Mrs. Warren
was the President of her class, the Drama club and she entertained crowds
as the funny Mascot her senior year at
BHS.
She has supported and performed in community
theatre plays, which include Hagar the Horrible,
Annie, A Rented Christmas, and Juke Box Saturday Night.
She performed at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in 1999 and won
First Place
in the Farm Bureau Talent Show. Her
most recent studies have been with Broadway Talent in
Salt Lake City
where she began working with professional photographers and an agent.
While at Broadway Talent she attended workshops which include “Professional
Headshots”, “Audition Opportunities”, and “Auditioning for T.V Film” with
professional actor David Stevens. Jamie
loves the performing Arts and wants to give the community a place to learn, imagine,
and create.
Brianna Kirkham-Vocal Coach
From Idaho Falls, Idaho
Mrs. Kirkham has been
singing for the public for 22 years. Her mother and her write songs, which can be
heard on the Radio (Sounds of Sunday on KLCE 97.3). Brianna was the President of the Show Choir
in High School, and at performed at Disney World in Florida. She went to State Vocal
Competitions, and was selected to perform at the State Choir Competition in Boise,
in 1998. Mrs. Kirkham has never stopped performing and has been plays such as;
Wizard of OZ, Westside story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat, and
other miscellaneous performances. She has had 14 years piano training, and 12 years
dance training (ballet, jazz, clog, tap). Her dream has always been to start a children’s
Show Choir in Idaho. Helping as the Vocal Coach for C.B.T.A. is the start to fulfilling her dream.
Her areas of expertise include; vocal strengthening, breathing techniques, voice
projection, choir voice, solo voice, harmonization, pitch coaching, correcting tone
deafness, Show singing, Broadway musicals, and expressive singing. She is dedicated
to improving children’s lives, including her 3 young ones at home. Mrs. Kirkham’s
over-all goal is to improve the life of a child by, helping them achieve their goals
and showing them what incredible talents they have.
The Peery Family-Fine Arts
The Peery Family are
residents of Blackfoot and have won many different types awards in art shows in
the area with mediums such as watercolor, oils, acrylic pastels, colored pencil,
pencils sketch and ink. They have worked in styles that include logo design, characters,
comic book, portraits, animals, and landscape. Most of them have instructed children
for several years for elementary levels and in upper level classes.
