E.P.I.C. After School
Design Dance is proud to present E.P.I.C. After School [Explorative Performance Arts Initiative of Chicago] for our 2009-2010 school year. This program is the optimal implementation of the Design Dance philosophy. E.P.I.C. After School makes the performing arts come alive by employing each student as writer, director, choreographer, dancer and actor. Students get hands-on experience producing their own musical with the instruction of industry professionals. The E.P.I.C. program gives each student an important part of the creative process, while building a strong community of young artists.
CONCEPTS
- Beginning play-writing and story development
- Musicality and its effect on story
- Stage acting
- Improvisational acting/improv comedy
- Sketch comedy
- Dance technique in ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern and tap
- Stage management and directing
- Choreography and the development of story within a movement piece
- Staging concepts
- Set design
- Leadership and teamwork within a performing group
INVALUABLE BENEFITS
- Leadership skills
- A fundamental understanding of acting, dance and writing skills and how they relate to each other in musical theater
- A developed sense of personal initiative
- An understanding of the inner workings of theater arts
- An understanding of group dynamics and a respect for individual contributions
- The development of language arts skills through interactive story
- More innovative thought processes in all forms of creative arts