MUSICAL THEATRE | PERFORMING ARTS ON SATURDAYS IN CHELSEA
CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATRE | PERFORMING ARTS ON SATURDAYS IN CHELSEA, LONDON
Dakoda’s Dance Academy is proud to introduce our Fun Musical Theatre / Performing Arts classes at MARLBOROUGH School in CHELSEA on SATURdays. These FUN, ENTERTAINING AND ENERGETIC Performing Arts classes are available for children between 8 – 15 years every SATURday afternoon during term tiME.
THESE FUN, ENTERTAINING AND ENERGETIC PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN 8 – 15 YEARS EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON DURING TERM TIME.
Our Performing Arts Classes
Musical Theatre (8-15 years) 10.00-12.00pm
These 2 hour classes Musical Theatre / Performing Arts are held every Saturday during term time in our Chelsea studios within Marlborough School. The children are taught in a clean, safe and warm environment and all our teachers are registered. It is not necessary for parents or guardians to attend these 2 hour Performing Arts classes.
This allows you the freedom to have a few hours to yourself knowing your children are safe and well looked after. Within the class pupils learn all styles of dance, drama and vocals, adapted from West End and Broadway shows. The first 15 minutes consists of a physical warm up, which then moves on to 35 minutes of dance, 35 minutes of drama and then 35 minute singing/vocals.
The three disciplines are broken down in to three lessons and then added all together to create a performance at the end of the term. The children learn correct technique for all three disciplines, along with learning how to act through song and characterisation.
Trinity College Exams
Students from the age of 5 attending classes with DDA on Sundays are offered the opportunity to take Musical Theatre examinations with Trinity College London as well as take part in our yearly performance in a West End Theatre.
Trinity College London is the international exam board for performing arts and English language, providing assessments around the world since 1877.
Examinations are not compulsory at DDA and children can continue to take Musical Theatre classes with us without taking exams. However, as most children within our Musical Theatre classes learn the required work, we encourage children to take this opportunity.
If they pass, then children receive a beautiful certificate and result forms.
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What is Musical Theatre / PERFORMING ARTS?
Musical Theatre is a fantastic fun form of theatrical performance that kids love. Based around a story, emotion, content and words are communicated through words, music and movement.
Most Musicals are performed in theatres. One of the most famous areas in London for Musicals is London’s West End. Each year Dakoda’s Dance Academy has an annual show at the famous ‘Her Majesty’s Theater, London.
Why Musical Theatre / PERFORMING ARTS
Musical Theatre is a great way of entertaining through a combination of: popular music, solo songs, duets, choruses and ensembles, Spoken dialogue dance sequences, stage spectacles and fantastic costumes,Orchestra or live band accompaniment.
It is a fantastic way for children to be creative, imaginative and to express themselves in a way they normally wouldn’t be able to whether as themselves or as a new ‘character’
More about Musical Theatre
Libretto – the overall text including the spoken and sung parts
Lyrics – the words to the songs
Most song in Musical theatre are either:
Action songs, which move the plot forward or
Character songs, which enable a character to express their feelings
Within these two formats, different song types can be found including:
- Ballads, which are usually slow, romantic and reflective
- Comedy songs , which are funny, so the lyrics are very important
- Production numbers, which involve the full company and are used to show major changes in location or plot, and often open and close acts
- Rhythm songs which are driven by energetic rhythm patterns
Although most musicals use dialogue some are throught-composed. There is little or no dialogue, nearly everything is sung.
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