Physical Acting with Jena Necrason of Vermont Shakespeare Company and Stella Adler Studio Jena Necrason, head of movement from NYC’s Stella Adler Studio of Acting, leads this acting class on essential tools for dynamic physical expression. Learn ways to align, activate, and focus the body as a primary storytelling source. Become more responsive to impulse and work on freeing the body of tension or habits that impede flow and creativity. Class offers tools to find the Energetic Body of your characters through a series of Laban exercises that encourage the development of physical character rooted in the given circumstances. ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Sat., May 14-28 | 10 am-12 pm | $75/3 weeks | Limit: 18

Shakespeare Workout with Jena Necrason & John Nagle of VT Shakespeare Festival Choose your Shakespearean monologue and come work it out! Learn how to approach the language, poetry, and physicality of Shakespeare and transform the text to action. This fun and rigorous full-day workout explores the specifics and demands of working on classical text through physical acting exercises, voice and speech work, text analysis, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Experience is welcome, but not necessary.ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Sun., May 15 | 10 am-6 pm (1 hour lunch break) | $95 | Limit: 18

Laugh Attack: Stand-up Comedy with Josie Leavitt A veteran of the ultra-competitive NYC standup scene and 2015 Seven Daysies Best Standup Comic, Josie Leavitt gives local comics the benefit of her experience in this supportive and hysterically funny performance-based workshop. Explore the elements of comedy, get tips for generating ideas, develop a set, practice your material, and get expert feedback designed to hone your funny bone to a sharp point! Comedy is born of tension, so standup is an amazing way to stick it to your struggles and turn your bad days into huge laughs. We end with the ultimate challenge: a live performance in front of a full house in FlynnSpace (July 18 at 7 pm)!ADULTS: Mon., June 20-July 18 (No class July 4) | 6-8 pm | $95/4 wks. | Limit: 15

Audition & Monologue Boot Camp with Alex Nicosia Every actor should be equipped with a few audition-ready monologues in their back pocket! Learn how to pick the right monologues and showcase your widest range. Learn the distinctions among “classical,” “modern,” and “contemporary” selections and the difference between active and narrative writing. Gain sharp and exacting tools to break a monologue down via essential questions about given circumstances, relationships, motivation, stakes, arcs, and tactics. Investigate the choices that make an auditioner professional and memorable. These monologue-crafting tools are applicable to any kind of scripted work—so whether you’re getting ready for college auditions, want to try out for a local production, or are headed to NYC or LA to pound the pavement, this class arms you with the techniques you need to create compelling, quality, successful work. ADULTS & TEENS 15+: Tues. & Thurs., August 2-18 | 5:45-7:45 pm | $145/6 classses | Limit: 14

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Songwriting Bootcamp with singer/songwriter Myra FlynnCompared to the likes of Erykah Badu, Adele, and Norah Jones, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Myra Flynn teaches aspiring musicians how to channel their inner songwriter in NYC. Come learn her tools for breaking down the structure and process of song-writing. In this three-day workshop students develop a concept for a new song and build the skills to make it happen. Later sessions focus on student works- in-progress, with feedback geared toward refinement. Myra also sheds light on the business realities of being a musician in 2016 regarding marketing, booking, and social media. Students unveil their newfound voices and songs in a Saturday night gig at Radio Bean (June 25 at 7 pm), where friends and family are invited to join, support, and listen. Note: Although students will be working both lyrically and musically, it is not necessary to either read music or play an instrument. ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Sat., June 11-25 | 10 am-1 pm | $120/3 wks. | Limit: 15

Learning the Score: Musicianship Skills for Vocalists!Interested in joining the new Flynn Adult Community Chorus? (Shhh…you’re the first to hear that we’re launching this next fall!) Do you enjoy singing in musical theater or other choral contexts, but find yourself tired of needing someone else to pluck out the notes and rhythms for you? Join this much-needed new workshop—brush up on your music theory and get comfortable independently unpacking all the information a composer embeds into a musical score. Learn how to read rhythms and notes, decipher a melody from sheet music, understand musical terminology, and sing in harmonic parts. If you do a lot of singing by ear, have had a break from ensembles, or always wanted to have a primer to choral singing, this is the class for you! Tack on the Listening Lab for a musical history tour of great works from the standard Western canon of choral music. ADULTS & TEENS 15+: Tues. & Thurs., July 12-28 | 5:45-7:15 pm (Listening Lab 7:15-7:45 pm) | Erin Grainger | $110/6 classes (add $30 for Listening Lab) | Limit: 20

Latin Jazz Music with Grammy winner Arturo O’Farrill & UVM’s Dr. Alex StewartJoin our Summertime Jazz program for this Latin jazz intensive. Multiple tracks provide the right placement for experienced musicians all the way to outright beginners. Students work with world-renowned Arturo O’Farrill (our special guest), Program Director Alex Stewart, and other local jazz professionals. Work on applying the principles and nuances of improvisation, investigating chord structure, and developing melodic creativity. Additional Latin hand percussion workshops spice up the days and add to your growing musical toolkit! ADULTS & TEENS: Mon.-Fri., August 8-12 | 12-5 pm | $315/wk. (includes performance ticket)

Artistic Practice & Self-Aware Dance-Making with Ben Van BurenDance, discuss, and write in this workshop that provides tools and time for reflection and the creation of increasingly conscious movement material. Improvisational exercises aim to unearth and question our habits as dancers, and composition exercises challenge and deepen our instincts as makers. Consider how your personal practice exists on a spectrum between breath and geo-politics, how you are influenced by and make visible (or don’t) the contexts in which you operate, and how you can best connect with an audience. ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Fri., July 8, 6-8:30 pm & Sat., July 9, 1-3:30 pm | $60 | Limit: 16

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MONDAYSBalletDevelop a well-toned, elegantly postured body with our adult ballet classes. Ballet reshapes body lines, tones muscles, and improves balance, strength, grace, and physical coordination. Levels II & III refine technique and artistry and introduce more challenging movement combinations. Level III may be combined with a pointe session.Mon., June 6-July 25 | Elizabeth Brody | Limit: 16I (BEGINNER): 5:30-6:30 pm | $105/8 wks. II (ADV. BEGINNER): 6:35-7:50 pm | $125/8 wks. III (INTERMEDIATE/ADV.): 8-9:15 pm | $125/8 wks.POINTE: 9:15-9:30 pm | $30/8 wks.

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Jazz Funk Fusion A dash of hip-hop and a sprinkling of jazz set to mostly R&B music is a magnificent recipe for a uniquely smooth dance style. A wonderful combination of grooves and isolations, Jazz Funk Fusion mixes the softer side of hip-hop with that sassy jazz flair. Many different styles and textures infuse the choreography we explore in this best-of-both-worlds class.Tues., June 7-July 26 | 5:30-7 pm | open level Rose Bedard | $140/8 wks. | Limit: 18

Hard-Hitting Hip-Hop This class is not for the faint of heart! Get ready to find your inner-swag as your learn true hip-hop choreography to true hip-hop songs. This class’ primary focus is dancing with intention, executing strong movements, and commitment to levels. Students also work on musicality and being able to hit syncopated rhythms and beats. Get ready to be worked!Tues., June 7-July 26 | 7:15-8:45 pm | open level Rose Bedard | $140/8 wks. | Limit: 18

WEDNESDAYSTap Tap is an exciting and challenging art form that developed out of African poly-rhythms in America’s Jazz Age. We teach a combination of “hoofing,” or rhythm tap made popular by artists like Savion Glover and Gregory Hines, as well as elements of classic and Broadway-style tap. The form’s musicality and rich percussive traditions are emphasized through fundamental skills and increasingly intricate progressions. Level II tackles more complex rhythms and choreography. Tap shoes required.Wed., June 8-July 27 | Kate Whalen | Limit: 18I (BEGINNER): 5:30-6:30 pm | $100/8 wks.II (ADV. BEGINNER): 6:30-7:30 pm | $100/8 wks.

Capoeira with FuáInvented by people enslaved in Brazil, capoeira is a complex amalgamation of fighting, dancing, singing, drumming, social skills, and ritual. Today capoeira is known for combining elegant, strong, and fluid movement, dynamic use of space, rhythm, and a spirit of “trickiness” and play. Learn fantastic leaps and turns from Professor Fuá, a Brazilian native who has been teaching capoeira internationally for 20 years. Students work within the various rhythmic and movement traditions of the art form: ginga and its variations, attacks and defenses, the principle aesthetic movements through which the fight was disguised as dance, and dances such as the maculelê, samba, and forró.Wed., June 8-July 27 | 7:30-9:30 pm | open level (some dance or martial arts experience useful; try a class for placement) | Fabio (Fuá) Nascimento $168/8 wks. | Limit: 18

THURSDAYS Latin Jazz DanceFusing the power of jazz dance with compelling Latin rhythms and styles like salsa and cha-cha creates an invigorating and smoothly sensual dance form. Come heat up the dance floor as we blend the most dynamic elements of jazz, contemporary, and magnetic Latin movements!Thurs., June 9-July 28 | 5:30-7 pm | open level Alexis Kamitses | $140/8 wks. | Limit: 18

Modern DanceGain exposure to a breadth of styles, techniques, and influences within modern and contemporary dance. Incorporating fundamental movement patterns and techniques facilitates and enhances flexibility, strength, fluidity, and a clear grasp of our three-dimensional body. Deepen your kinesthetic awareness and find more ease and clarity of support.Thurs., June 9-July 28 | 7:15-8:45 pm | some dance experience useful | Sara McMahon | $140/8 wks. Limit: 18

SATURDAYSMovement for Parkinson’sOffered for people with Parkinson’s (and caregivers), this class engages mind and body. Through many styles of dance and energizing music we explore stretching, strengthening muscles, postural stability, and rhythm. Class is relaxed socially, emphasizing enjoyment, fun, creativity, and connecting with the community. Sat., June 4-July 23 | 10-11:30 am | no experience required | Sara McMahon | FREE (supported by Emily List Fund & VCF) | Limit: 18

Vast Dances: Site-Specific Movement-Making with Laurel JenkinsThis workshop takes place outdoors on the beautiful grounds of Shelburne Farms, where participants develop spatial rule-game dances over vast landscapes. As a group, explore how a set of parameters can inspire and generate choreographic choices. We will consider distance in our dance making, the audience’s viewpoint and pathway, and how to choreograph covering ground. On Friday we’ll share our site-specific work with an invited audience and passers-by at the farm. Wear comfortable clothes and sneakers.ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Mon.-Fri. July 18-22 | 6-8:30 pm | Flynn Studios & Shelburne Farms | $150/wk.

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Interdisciplinary Performance Creation: Make Art & Inspire Change! with Lida WinfieldCalling all poets, spoken word artists, singers, musicians, dancers, storytellers! How do we harness our diverse art-making toward a socially conscious bigger purpose? Find out by working together to share, inspire, create, and collaborate in this unique, interdisciplinary intensive weekend with fellow artists. Using improvisation in a variety of structured solo and group formats, we explore different ways of creating, ultimately devising a powerful interdisciplinary performance piece that speaks our collective and individual truths. In a supportive environment we examine how objects, exercises and collaboration impact how we see ourselves, each other and our work. Informal showing of the piece created over the weekend will take place on our final day.ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Friday-Sunday, June 3-5 (Fri 6-9 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sun 10 am-1 pm) | Flynn Studios | $125 | Limit: 16

Think Like an Artist: Whole Brain Strategies for Business Professionals with Topaz Weis of Expressive Arts BurlingtonArtists manage to invent brilliant and creative new ways of seeing the world while working within structural constraints by being open to experience in several key ways: they use all their senses to gain new perspectives; find relationships between unrelated ideas and events; juxtapose things in new and interesting ways; seek ideas from the depths of the unconscious; work at the edge of their potential; and take conceptual risks. You too can learn how to generate, analyze, evaluate, and implement ideas by using the expressive arts (movement, visual art, drama, and writing) to explore the four intelligences of whole-brain thinking (Artistic, Analytical, Relational, and Operational Intelligences.) This workshop effects shifts in your perception, help you break out of traditional mind-sets, and reframe your world-view in unique and positive ways. Join us in this safe, fun, and CREATIVE program! ADULTS & TEENS 16+: Friday-Sunday, July 15-17, (Fri 6-8 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am-1 pm) | Flynn Studios $95 | Limit: 16

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