Details

Session: Fall 2024
Chapter:  Denton County
Location:  CYT Studio
Time:  6:00pm - 7:00pm
Day:  Thursday
Starts:  08/22
Ages:  8 - 10
Tuition:  $5.00

** Registration ended September 5, 2024 at 11:55pm

Description

This introductory acting class is designed to lay a strong foundation in both academic knowledge and practical skills for young stage actors. Students will explore their voice, body, and imagination as essential tools for creating believable performances.

Objectives:
  1. Develop Basic Acting Techniques: Introduce students to fundamental acting techniques, focusing on voice modulation, body language, and emotional expression (Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation).
  2. Encourage Creative Expression: Foster creativity and imagination to enable students to inhabit their characters and scenarios authentically (Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work).
  3. Cultivate Presentation Skills: Teach students how to effectively use their voice and body to convey characters and emotions to an audience (Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work).

Teacher:


Michele Thrasher

Michele Thrasher has been in love with the theatre since she was a little girl. Being on stage is what makes her feel alive, and she feels her adoration for the stage and gift of performing in front of people is a gift that the Lord has blessed her with. She enjoys making people laugh and excels in comedy and improv. She wants to use her talents to make much of the Lord and loves encouraging students that that they can be strong artists and have strong faith, believing you do not have to compromise what you believe in order to excel. She has traveled nationwide with the Christian company, Clear Vision Drama Company, and has performed with Dare to Share in front of audiences as big as 10,000 as a part of their drama team. She has performed alongside big name Christian artists such as Propaganda and Shane and Shane. She has also been the spokesperson for The Container Store in their Facebook Live Videos. When she is not acting she enjoys drinking copious amounts of coffee and exploring nature with her husband.

Location:

907 W Main Street, Lewisville, TX 75067