from our friends at Arizona Musical Theater Academy:
Our JANUARY GROUP CLASS REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Join us Sunday Nights for an evening of Dance, Acting and Exploration!
DATES
Sundays January 11th, 18th and 25th
LOCATION
PHOENIX DANCE STUDIOS
24850 N 19th Ave
#103
Phoenix, AZ 85085
TIMES
BALLET TECHNIQUE
ages 7-11: 5pm-6pm
ages 12+: 6pm-7pm
TAP FUNDAMENTALS
ages 7-11: 6pm-7pm
ages 12+: 5pm-6pm
SCENE TO SONG ACTING CLASS
ages 11+: 7:15pm-8:45pm
*SPACE LIMITED 12 STUDENTS ONLY*
COST
Ballet: $15 per class
Tap: $15 per class
Scene to Song: $120 for all 3 classes
ABOUT OUR CLASSES
BALLET TECHNIQUE: This class is geared toward students who are looking to improve their ballet vocabulary and focus on their technique and ballet skills. Ballet is the BASE of any other dance practice and imparitive in the Musical Theater world. Class will include a group warmup, ballet bar, across the floor and center practice.
Instructor: Laurie
TAP FUNDAMENTALS: Students will grow their tap vocabulary and focus on the clarity of their sounds and technique. Learning the popular steps found in musical theater choreography. Class will include a warmup, technique work and a short tap combo.
Instructor: Shonn
MUSICAL THEATER SCENE TO SONG: WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK! This class was so popular in August and we had so much fun so we are offering it again! In class students will be paired up with a partner where they will be given a scene from a musical. Students will learn the song, blocking and dialogue from the scene. They will learn techniques on how to build the scenes so there is a natural and smooth transition between dialogue and song, helping students improve their voice and acting skills.
Instructor: Shonn and Ryan
ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS
RYAN ARDELT: (Scene to Song Acting class)
Ryan Ardelt is a Grand Canyon University graduate with a BA in Theatre and a dance minor. He is Phoenix native and has been performing as a local musical theatre artist for several years. Some of his credits include: Don Lockwood Understudy/ Ensemble in Singing in the Rain, Rolf in The Sound of Music, Mike in A Chorus Line (The Phoenix Theatre Company) Older Patrick in Mame (Arizona Broadway Theatre), and Sammy Splitsole in Tappy the Elf (Tap 24.7). Along with performing, Ryan has choreographed many productions around the valley, including Mary Poppins at GCU in which he was nominated for an AriZoni award. He is passionate about tap dance and is a part of the professional Phoenix tap company Tap 24.7 where he writes, composes, and performs original productions in collaboration with the company members. Ryan is passionate about teaching and has taught dance, musical theatre, and masterclasses at award winning youth theatres and dance studios in the Phoenix metropolitan area including The Dance Project, Dynamic Motion Dance Academy, Actor’s Youth Theatre, Valley Youth Theatre, Christian Youth Theatre, and more.
LAURIE TRYGG: (BALLET)
Laurie studied ballet in Buffalo, NY, where she danced professionally with the Empire State Ballet Company. After moving to Arizona she became a member of the Tempe Dance Company performing and competing throughout the U.S. Currently Laurie teaches private dance lessons and also performs in musical theater. Some of her favorite regional theater credits include: Chicago (Annie), Pippin(Aerialist/Player), A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Future), Cats (Cassandra), Legally Blonde (Elle’s Mom/Judge), A Chorus Line(Sheila), Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear/Mrs T), The Odd Couple (Gwendolyn Pigeon), An American in Paris, Elf: The Musical, and Billy Elliot.
SHONN WILEY (TAP) made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-Winning revival of 42ND STREET (Ford Center) where he performed the opening number for the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Shonn later returned to Broadway in Frank Wildhorn's DRACULA, The Musical (Belasco). Other NYC credits include: Junior Dolan in ON YOUR TOES (Encores!), John Trainor in NO NO, NANETTE (Encores!), Jack Donahue in MY VAUDEVILLE MAN (The York Theatre), Richard Loeb in THRILL ME (The York Theatre), Understudying and performing the title character in CANDIDE at New York City Opera, STAIRWAY TO PARADISE co-starring Kristin Chenoweth (Encores!), THE VIEW FROM HERE (NYMF). Shonn starred in the Chicago cast of the Tony Winning Broadway Musical, JERSEY BOYS as Bob Gaudio. Regional Theatre credits include: Burt in MARY POPPINS and Georg in SHE LOVES ME (Croswell Opera House), Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Barrington Stage) Bobby Child in CRAZY FOR YOU (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Younger Brother in RAGTIME (Papermill Playhouse), Dickon in THE SECRET GARDEN (5th Avenue Theatre), Cosmo Brown in SINGIN IN THE RAIN (The Toledo Rep), John Truitt in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Santa Barbara CLO), Gerard in CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Goodspeed), Wayne Frake in STATE FAIR (MTW), Henrik in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Wheeling Symphony). Shonn is a founding member of the retro rock n' roll vocal group, UNDER THE STREETLAMP. Under The Streetlamp: Live, was filmed in 2011 and debuted on PBS across America. As a Choreographer, Shonn received a 2009 Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award nomination for outstanding choreography for MY VAUDEVILLE MAN (The York Theatre). Other choreography projects: GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER and ROMANCE ROMANCE (PVCC), (Goodspeed), SWEENEY TODD and POOL BOY (Barrington Stage), THE VIEW FROM HERE (NYMF), THE MUSIC MAN and FOREVER PLAID (Croswell). Shonn serves as the resident choreographer for UNDER THE STREETLAMP. As an educator, Shonn has been on faculty at Paradise Valley Community College, Gotta Dance Company, Centre Stage Kids, and has taught master classes and private lessons in dance, vocal/ musical theatre performance, and acting all over the world. He holds a BFA in drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
To register please email us the information below to azmtacademy@gmail.com:
-Students name
-Dates and classes you wish to attend
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