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 First Stage Camp 1 - Acting, Musical Theatre,
Comedy Impov, Performance Art, Dance, Teamwork
Second Stage Camp 2 - Comedy Improv, Shakespeare,
Virtual Theatre, Musical Theatre, Dance, Mask
Second Stage Camp 3 - Acting, Virtual Theatre, Combat,
Comedy Improv, Playwriting, Commedia Dell'Arte
Second Stage Camp 4 - Acting, Directing, Musical Theatre,
Dance, Physical Comedy, Performance Art.
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Camp Bravo offers four full weeks of camp for varying age ranges.
Students
can choose one or more of the following weeks of preset workshops. Each week
includes a broad based course of study designed around the six core
workshops listed below.
In addition, students will participate in a wide
variety of free time and night time activities. All workshops and activities
are non-competitive, all inclusive, highly educational and most
importantly - FUN!
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Camp 1: June 24 - June 30, 2012
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Camp 2: June 17 - June 23, 2012
Camp 3: July 29 - August 4, 2012
Camp 4: August 5 - August 11, 2012
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Movement: In this workshop students will explore how to connect their physical movement to their acting skills. Students will participate in an exercise based hands on approach that utilizes physicality as a source for expression.
Acting Technique: This workshop will focus on basic acting exercises through ensemble techniques. It will teach young actors how to develop character through making strong choices..
Characterization: Through games and exercises, this improvisational workshop will provide basic tools to create interesting, outrageous and real characters.
Choreography: This dance workshop will teach the basics of musical staging and allow students to choreograph their own pieces.
Comedy Improv: This workshop teaches students the art of thinking fast on your feet. Using many of the basic rules of improvisation in a series of structured exercises students learn the craft of comedy.
Commedia: This workshop uses the classic Commedia Dell' Arte style of performance as a basis for exploring physical comedy and timeless characters. Think Renaissance Faire meets full contact fun.
Dance: This workshop focuses on choreography and contemporary performance dance. It is designed for students who love to get up and move.
Directing: This workshop focuses on basic directing concepts as they relate to
dynamic staging and inspiring the actors on bringing the text to life.
Mask: This is an intensive workshop that explores basic acting technique through the use of masks. Students will be given the freedom to explore both physicalization and characterization.
Musical Theatre: The workshop will focus on creating your own mini-musical. Students will be guided through originating musical numbers from ideas to writing to songs.
Performance Art: In this workshop students will use personal life experiences in conjunction with basic movement and performance techniques to create original pieces of work that both express and reflect their creative points of view.
Playwriting: This workshop is designed to teach the fundamentals of story and dramatic structure. Every student will be guided in the task of creating their own original work.
Physical Comedy: This workshop uses classic clowning techniques to explore physical comedy. Don't expect any tight ropes or juggling, just a fun exploration of characters born out of your imagination.
Shakespeare: Students will learn the fun of breaking down and understanding Shakespeare text in a hands on, exercise based fashion.
Stage Combat: From slaps and punches to kicks and falls, this workshop teaches students the basics of stunt fighting. It takes students step by step through the process of creating the illusion of a hand to hand fight and teaches the basics of sword fighting.
Team-works: This workshop uses group exercises and techniques based in the
idea of experiential education that encourage students into working as a cohesive ensemble.
Virtual Theater: This workshop is an organized dramatic improvisation where the students are dealt a series of cards that give each student positive and negative character traits, a family unit, and a career. Students then role-play and form a working community based on the cards they drew. Once the exercise is in progress, each student is then handed a fate card and must live out their lives accordingly.
Voice: This is an acting workshop that concentrates on your speaking voice. It will focus on the use of your voice as both a tool and a way to make an emotional connection to yourself and the characters you play.
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Camp Bravo's philosophy is to combine the camp experience with the creative arts by using the framework of any activity and turning it into a theater game.
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Outdoor / Free time Activities
Swimming
Lake Picnic
Hiking
Volleyball
Ping Pong
Team Building
Song Fest
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Nighttime Activities
Theater Sports
Elective Showcase
Stage Makeup
Skit Night
Campfires
Storytelling
Costume Dance
...and more!
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is currently a music teacher and choir director in the Oak Park Unified School District. After having spent her youth absorbed in music and musical theatre, she received a degree in Music from UC Santa Barbara. She spent several years working in the music industry before earning her teaching credential from Occidental College.
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is a Los Angeles-based playwright and teacher. His work has recently been seen at the Geffen Playhouse, at the Greenway Court Theater and through Cornerstone Theater Company. He is also Program Director for Playwrights in the Schools, an arts education program serving at-risk youth.
has been an Improv performer/director/teacher for the past 15 years, both in LA and NY. As an actor she has been a series regular on numerous TV shows as well as many guest appearances, film roles and commercials. As a producer she has produced the Civil War film "Pickets" as well as numerous award-winning corporate marketing pieces, music videos and commercials.
teaches playwriting and Shakespeare to students in area schools for the Playwrights Project, Los Angeles Music Center and the Museum of Television and Radio. He has taught and coached Shakespeare and Suzuki Movement Training at various schools around the country. As an actor he spent two seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and worked with the Utah Shakespearean Festival, PCPA in Santa Maria, American Players Theatre and the Madison Repertory among others.
currently works with the Mark Taper Forums Performing for Los Angeles Youth (P.L.A.Y.) He has also worked with Ahmanson Neighborhood Initiative, L. A. Music Center Opera, Living Literature Colors United, A.S.K. Theater Projects Playwrights in the Schools Program, The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts among others. He has directed numerous productions and is an Associate Artist with the Cornerstone Theater Company.
was featured in Dance Magazine and received a scholarship with the Alvin Ailey Dance Co. She has performed internationally with numerous dance companies and developed dance programs in schools throughout L. A.
has taught at The Actors Center (N.Y.), Collaborative Arts Project (Tisch/CAP21), Marymount Manhattan College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, University of California, Irvine, and currently teaches Advanced Voice/Movement, Dialects, Period Styles, and Acting at Cal State University, Fullerton. David earned his MFA from U.C. Irvine, and is a founding member of The Gravity Project
, director, actress, and theatre educator. She is founder and coordinator of CA YOUTH IN THEATRE. Ms. Jones is Past President of California Educational Theatre Assoc., State Thespian Director, and Regional Director of Educational Theatre Assoc. Some of her numerous awards include being inducted into EdTA state and national Hall of Fame and being awarded Outstanding Arts Educator by CETA.
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is a graduate of NYU film school who has directed several television sitcoms, short films, commercials, Image Campaign spots and industrial films. She was also the 1997 recipient of the coveted Disney Directing Fellowship. Her first feature film Call Waiting has been invited to debut at the Santa Barbara Film Festival this year.
has been a professional actor for 24 years. He is probably best known for creating the role of Tom Sawyer in the Tony award winning Broadway musical "Big River". He has appeared in 17 feature films including "Apollo 13" and "The Grinch", as a series regular on "The Cavanaughs" on CBS, as well as many guest star appearances on a variety of television shows. He teaches in Los Angeles at his own studio "the barn", as well as at Loyola Marymount University.
is the resident fight choreographer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, A Noise Within, and the Great Lakes Theatre Festival. He has taught stage combat for USC, CalArts, Theatricum Botanicum, PCPA Theaterfest, Cal State-Los Angeles, Riverside, Long Beachand Bakersfield. He received is MFA from the University of Illinois.
has directed for film, video and stage. His work has been seen on national television and across the country. It has garnered him Four International Telly Awards, Two Aegis Awards, an Axiem Media Award and two Drama-Logue Awards. He was Artistic Director of Vox Box Ensemble where he directed many acclaimed productions. He has taught acting and Shakespeare for over ten years.
is a professional storyteller and teacher whose goal is to reawaken the art of storytelling and to re-introduce the world to its imagination. A two-time Emmy Award winner, Marks credits include appearances on THE TONIGHT SHOW and NORTHERN EXPOSURE.
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