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 | 01. Rock-it Science | February 24-28, 9am-3pm | 20 | |
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 | 02.5 Circus Smirkus (Ages 7-10) | April 21-25, 9am-noon | 20 | |
Are you ready for an amazing week of circus magic? At this special Vacation Day Camp presented by Circus Smirkus and Town Hall Theater, professional circus artists will coach you in juggling, acrobatics, balance and more.
You’ll stay active during the spring break as you toss objects, balance on a giant rolling globe or form a human-pyramid with your friends! Perhaps you’ll even perform your newfound skills for friends and family! No previous experience necessary.
Tuition: 195
Ages: 7-10
Full and partial scholarships are also available.
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 | 02. Circus Smirkus (Ages 9-13) | April 21-25 1pm-4pm | 20 | |
Are you ready for an amazing week of circus magic? At this special Vacation Day Camp presented by Circus Smirkus and Town Hall Theater, professional circus artists will coach you in juggling, acrobatics, balance and more.
You’ll stay active during the spring break as you toss objects, balance on a giant rolling globe or form a human-pyramid with your friends! Perhaps you’ll even perform your newfound skills for friends and family! No previous experience necessary.
Tuition: $195
Ages: 9-13
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 03.5 Contemporary Dance Styles | Monday, March 3-May 5, 6:00-7:15pm | 16 | |
Taught by Eloise McFarlane, the class will focus largely on contemporary and modern, with the potential to expand into other styles from there, including hip-hop and jazz. Students will learn and develop short combinations as well as build skills to improvise and make up their own choreography.
Tuition: $250
Ages: 13-18
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 03. Sketch Comedy Intensive | Tuesdays, March 4 to May 6, 6pm-8pm | 15 | |
Over the course of these 9 weeks, the team will write, direct, and perform a complete sketch comedy show.
Similar in style to SNL’s sketch shows (and writing process), we will spend the first few weeks learning about sketch writing and getting comfortable with writing together in small groups. Ultimately, they will produce enough original material to put together into a show and the latter weeks of the class will be spent rehearsing the sketches.
Team members will get experience with every aspect of the process: pitching ideas, writing sketches, helping to figure out staging, directing, and performing. We hope that does not deter people who feel nervous about any step of the project; We will take plenty of time to provide new tools to help increas writing competency and comedic performing. Any level of experience with writing or acting is welcome!
This class will be taught by Keziah Wilde, with help from members of Middlebury College’s sketch comedy club.
Tuition: $275
Ages: 13-18 (exceptions might be made for nearly 13 year olds)
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 04. Improviso | Wednesday, March 5 to May 7, 3:30pm-5pm | 16 | |
Introducing the beginnings of THT Center for Learning's pathways to becoming a professional, Improviso means "all of a sudden," and in this class, youth will be trained in the art of creating something from nothing, all of a sudden. Yes, this includes the principles of physical and verbal improvisation, but it also works the muscles of collaboration, sharing a scene with a partner, and exploring the actor/audience relationship through performance. This class will minimize sets, costumes, make up, and lights, instead using only the important raw materials of creating an engaging performance.
This Season we offer Improviso: Monsters in the Shadows
You will work on scenes and speeches from Frankenstein, Macbeth and Beowolf to explore the suspense and terror of lurking monsters popping up all of a sudden.
This class is led by Lindsay Pontius and Keziah Wilde.
Tuition: $325
Ages: 9-13
Full and partial scholarships are available. |
 | 05. Acting Through Song, A Musical Theater Intensive | Saturday, March 8 to May 10, 1pm-2:30pm | 10 | |
Discover how to bring songs to life in this dynamic workshop for performers ages 11-18. In Acting Through Song, students will learn how to connect emotionally to lyrics, enhance their storytelling, and deliver captivating performances. Each singer will work on one solo piece, receiving individual coaching to refine their vocal technique and acting skills.
The session culminates in a cabaret performance for family and friends on the final Saturday. Whether they’re new to musical theater or looking to deepen their craft, this intensive is the perfect place to grow and perform!
This class will be led by Vanessa Dunleavy, a local 500 hour certified yoga instructor, dancer, and singer, with a passion for stroytelling and the arts.
Tuition: $375
Ages: 11-18
Full and partial scholarships are also available.
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 | 07. Contemporary Dance Technique | Thursday, March 6 - May 8, 4:30-5:30 | 16 | |
Students will develop strength, balance, flexibility, musicality and confidence through learning contemporary and modern techniques. They will also learn dance combinations, and have fun creating their own movements!
Prior dance, music, gymnastics, yoga or sports training is helpful.
This class is taught by Evelyne Germain.
Tuition: $175
Ages: 10-14
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 08. Creative Movement (6-9) | Saturdays, March 8- May 10, 10:30-11:20 | 16 | |
This class is designed to be fun and to expand young people’s love of movement. This dance class introduces young dancers to basic technical principles of alignment and coordination in center and across the floor. Students will collaborate in brief partner studies and practice ensemble group forms.
This class will be taught by Middlebury College dance students, Gabrielle Anchondo and Evelyn Rodriguez.
Evelyn Rodriguez '26 is a Dance major and Computer Science minor at Middlebury College. She began dancing in middle school, focusing on modern dance but enjoys exploring various genres. Evelyn is dedicated to creating an engaging an uplifting experience in class.
Gabrielle is a sophomore at Middlebury College, where she has worked with Laurel Jenkins on various dance projects. She has been dancing seriously since the age of 8, training with the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and as a company member of Noumenon Dance Company from 2021-2023.
Tuition: $180
Ages: 6-9
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 09. Creative Movement (3-5) | Saturdays, March 8 - May 10, 9:30-10:20 | 16 | Sold out |
This class introducing young dancers to the dance studio with structured exercises that involve a beginning awareness of moving in time and space. Dancers will dance to music and use their imaginations!
This class will be taught by Middlebury College dance students, Gabrielle Anchondo and Evelyn Rodriguez.
Evelyn Rodriguez '26 is a Dance major and Computer Science minor at Middlebury College. She began dancing in middle school, focusing on modern dance but enjoys exploring various genres. Evelyn is dedicated to creating an engaging an uplifting experience in class.
Gabrielle is a sophomore at Middlebury College, where she has worked with Laurel Jenkins on various dance projects. She has been dancing seriously since the age of 8, training with the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and as a company member of Noumenon Dance Company from 2021-2023.
Tuition: $160
Ages: 3-5
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 10. Let's Play: An Exploration of Creativity Through Paint and Word | Wednesdays, March 5 - May 7, 6-7:15pm | 10 | |
Let's Play! An Exploration of Creativity through Paint and Word is an invitation to Middlebury neighbors to come and try some new things. Leigh Harder will be taking class members through an introduction to alcohol ink and guided experiences in painting flowers, landscapes and collage. As the visual art session ends, the class will shift to poetry. In this section Leigh will guide the class through a variety of poetic devices and forms, opening each session with a mentor poem, conducting interactive experiences playing with language, writing poems together and then independently. No prior experience is needed for this workshop and it will be conducted with a nod to playfulness and openness, two important components of creativity.
Tuition: $350
Ages: 17+
Full and partial scholarships are also available.
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 | 11. Movement for Actors | Thursdays, March 6-May 8, 5:45pm-7pm | 16 | |
In this course, students will develop a more nuanced sense of their own body’s capacity for movement. In the first half of the course, you will learn to get to know your body as an instrument of expression, to release tension, warm-up with physical awareness and use movement to embody feelings, ideas and characterization.
The second half of the course will focus on preparing the mind and body for dance in theater productions such as musicals. We will work on moving quickly, dancing with grace and confidence, and honing one's ability to learn specific set dance vocabulary and combinations.
This class will be great for actors looking to expand their ability to move and dance.
This course is taught by Evelyne Germain.
Tuition: $195
Ages: Adults/ teens (15 and older)
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 12. Parent Pause Yoga | Mondays, March 3 - May 5, 10-11am | 20 | |
Take a well-deserved break with this 60-minute yoga class designed for parents. Enjoy mindful movement and relaxation led by local yoga instructor Vanessa Dunleavy while your little ones are cared for nearby. All levels welcome. Recharge, reconnect, and breathe—childcare included.
Childcare provided for children 18 months- 4 years
You do not need to be a parent of young children or a parent at all to join this class.
Tuition: $300
Ages: 17+
Full and partial scholarships also available. |
 | 13. Speaking Freely | Thursdays, March 6 - May 8, 2pm-3:15pm | 15 | |
Surveys have indicated that a majority of people feel more fear imagining public speaking than imagining standing before a firing squad. The Center for Learning and Engagement Director, Lindsay Pontius spent years of her career as an actor working with Master Teacher and Author of the most used voice text, Freeing The Natural Voice, Kristin Linklater and many of her designated voice teachers. As an actor, she has had to perform in outdoor theater for a thousand people with no microphone.In this class, Lindsay will lead you through the Linklater progression and offer fun and engaging opportunities to practice sharing your voiced thoughts with expression, nuance and generosity.
Tuition: $195
Ages: 17+
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 14. Tae Kwon Do for Seniors | Fridays, March 14 - May 9, 11am-noon | 15 | |
Discover a new way to continue to work on your balance, coordination, memory, flexibility and strength…and have the bonus of kicking and hitting pads and learn some self-defense. Come learn a traditional martial art, get healthy, learn self-defense and most importantly HAVE FUN!!! Master Kellie Thomas is 54 years old and has had 3 hip replacements, 1 knee replacement and has osteoarthritis & fibromyalgia – so she completely understands the need to adapt moves and has created a whole new warm-up, stretches, etc. that can be done using and/or sitting in a chair. In these classes, Master Thomas will adapt the workouts and techniques to each individual’s needs and abilities. For more information please email tkdkicks101@yahoo.com or check out our website at tkdkicks.net
Tuition: Free
Ages: 60+
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 15. Taiji Quan | Wednesdays, March 5-May 7, 9am-10am | 25 | |
These 9 weeks of Taiji Quan are an introduction to the principles and philosophy of this internal martial art form through the instruction and guidance of local practitioner, Rachel Edwards, MS, LAc.. Class time includes warm-up exercises and practicing slow, gentle Yang style Taiji movements to cultivate greater balance, ease and flexibility. In addition, students are introduced to tui shou or push hands and other partner exercises to practice listening and following. Qigong and standing meditation (zhan zhuang) are also integrated into the curriculum.
As a Chinese Medicine practitioner, Rachel considers Taiji Quan both a method of cultivating health and wellbeing as well as a path to embody a deeper sense of interconnectivity that contributes to the realized care of ourselves, our planet, and all beings.
All ages are welcomed and no experience is necessary.
Tution: $225
Ages: 17+
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 16. Young Company Presents: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Monday through Friday, July 7 - 27, 1pm-4pm | 30 | Sold out |
With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat premiered in 1972 at the Edinburgh International Festival.
50 years later, its music and songs are as lively and exciting as they were then. The musical loosely follows a biblical story from the book of Genesis that explores family, forgiveness, and brotherhood.
With choreographer Alicia Evancho, music director Jen Allread, stage manager mary Longey, and director Douglas Anderson, this production is made up of an incredibly strong team of musical professionals. This is an important and iconic show to take part in. The month ends with three public performances.
Tuition: $350
Ages: 12-18
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
 | 17. Young Company Presents: Peter and the Starcatcher | Monday through Friday, July 28- August 15, 9am-noon | 20 | |
Join Young Company Classical and perform in the stage production of Peter and the Starcatcher. Based on the 2004 novel Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pierson, this production is a prequel to the story of the beloved characters of Peter Pan. The show is delightfully funny and incredibly poignant as it meanders through themes of friendship, discovering yourself, and growing up.
Directed by Nick Suchomel and Keziah Wilde participants are guided through a rigorous training process including physical, vocal and text work. Actors of all ages come together to share their experience and build an ensemble that consistently amazes and delights the audience. Culminating performances August 15 & 16.
Tuition: $350
Ages: 12-18
Full and partial scholarships are also available. |
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