Expand your skills with these focused courses for student artists.
Learn basic jazz dance vocabulary and technique focusing on body part isolations. Emphasis is placed on the development of strength, flexibility, coordination, and rhythm. Attire: black leotard, jazz pants, jazz shoes.
Day and Time: Monday 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Ann Shaughnessy
Course number: 11G611-F06
Fee: $270
Focus on jazz dance vocabulary and body part isolation while applying skills learned in Jazz I. Attire: black leotard, jazz pants, jazz shoes. Prerequisite: Jazz I and/or instructor approval.
Day and Time: Monday 6–6:50pm
Instructor: Jeremiah Bagunu
Course number: 11G612-F06
Fee: $270
This class serves as a comprehensive and fun study of basic acting skills. Students will focus on objectives, actions, and character/scene studies. Prerequisite: students must read proficiently.
Day and Time: Monday 6–6:50pm
Instructor: Antonia Butler Johnson
Course number: 13G341-F06
Fee: $270
Directed by Paula Winans, Director of Education and Children’s Chorus Master for The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, this choir is designed to create a lively atmosphere for choral training for youth ages 8–12 who love to sing. No audition necessary.
Day and Time: Wednesday 4:30–6:30pm
Instructor: Paula Winans
Course number: 13G116-F06
Fee: $310
Create still-life drawings using a variety of materials—pencils, conte crayons, various papers, erasers—in this exciting introduction to drawing. The class will emphasize techniques such as shading, line, measurement, shape, and contrast. A complete list of required supplies will be sent with confirmation of enrollment.
Day and Time: Wednesday 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Ashley Bixler
Course number: 14G108-F06
Fee: $270
Work on the basics with charcoal and pencil, then move towards black and white acrylic paints, with an emphasis on still life and painting from photographs. Students will receive a strong, working knowledge of shadow and light, two-dimensional visual art. An overview of art history and painting is included.
Day and Time: Wednesday 6–6:50pm
Instructor: Teresa Saluzzi
Course number: 14G109-F06
Fee: $270
Do you love stories and have a wild imagination? Learn to create stories with children’s book author, Susan Clymer. Some of the area’s best writers, storytellers, and songwriters will visit to share how they create with words.
Day and Time: Tuesday 5:30–6:20pm
Instructor: Susan Clymer
Course number: 15G415-F06
Fee: $270
Two or more students comprise an ensemble that will explore the various genres of guitar: classical, flamenco, jazz, bossa nova, rock, and American folk.
Day and Time: Thursday 5–5:40pm
Instructor: Chris Hudson
Course number: 13G508-F06
Fee: $215