Education
Workshop Schedule
Dance
: Movement & Fitness
: Music : Drama : Visual
Arts : Other :
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Children's Workshop
Teen's Workshop
Adult's Workshop
Fall Workshops run for 10 weeks
Saturday Classes: October 4th - December 13th
Tuesday Classes: October 7th - January 6th
Wednesday Classes: October 8th - December 10th
Thursday Classes: October 9th - December 18th
Dance
We offer dance workshops for all ages in a variety of disciplines. Students learn discipline, ensemble work, and original choreography while studying with a dynamic faculty comprised of professional dancers.
Afro-Caribbean Dance $175
Wednesday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens Adults
This class explores traditional dance moves
and culture of the Caribbean, from
Jamaica to Trinidad. Learn movements that
combine African and Caribbean influences
while dancing to dynamic live drumming!
Ballet I for Kids
Students are introduced to basic ballet $125
Saturday
AM Session: 10:30-11:30am
PM Session: 12:00-1:00pm
Ages 5-8
positions, movements, terminology, format,
and procedures. Exercises will be
taught using analogies and making connections
to familiar concepts. Ballet
enhances balance, core strength, and
physical discipline.
Ballet II
Older students are introduced to basic ballet $125
Saturday
1:30-3:00pm
Ages: 9-12 (OR students who have taken at least 2 semesters of Ballet II)
positions, movements, terminology, format,
procedures, and slightly more complex choreography.
Exercises will be taught using
analogies and making connections to familiar
concepts. Ballet enhances balance, core
strength, and physical discipline.
$125
Tuesday
6:30pm - 8:00pm (Beginners)
Thursday
6:30pm - 8:00pm (Open Level)
Saturday
4:30pm - 6:00pm (Beginners)
Teens AdultsBelly Dancing
This workshop will delight anyone interested in exploring the ancient art of Middle Eastern Dance, with movements that isolate the hips, abdomen and waist as well as parts of the upper body. Belly Dance is most known for the beautiful smooth and flowing movements.
Hip-Hop Dance for Kids I $125
Saturday
9:00-10:00am
Ages: 5-8
Children learn the rudiments of hip-hop
dance and the necessities of dance practice,
including warm-ups, choreography,
and ensemble work while dancing to
today’s hottest beats.
Hip-Hop Dance for Kids II$125
Saturday
10:30am-12:00pm
Ages: 9-12
Children learn the rudiments of hip-hop
dance and the necessities of dance practice,
including warm-ups, choreography,
and ensemble work while dancing to
today’s hottest beats.
$125
Saturday
3:30pm-5:00pm
Ages: 13-18Hip-Hop Dance for Teens
Combining traditional and contemporary
dance techniques, students will master
the latest hip-hop movements and work
towards creating original choreography to
today’s urban tracks.
$125
Saturday
5:00-6:30pm
Teens 13+ Adults
Advanced Hip Hop Dance
Combining traditional and contemporary dance techniques, students will master the latest hip-hop movements and work towards creating original choreography to today’s urban tracks.
Children's Modern Dance$125
Saturday
9:00-10:30am
Ages: 7-12
Modern Dance offers students the discipline
of ballet but explores new movements
and centers on expression. Children will
learn the basics of modern dance techniques
while building core strength and
enhancing balance. Ballet experience recommended
but not required.
Modern Dance
$125
Thursday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens Adults
Learn techniques from the vocabulary
of Dunham, Horton, Graham, and the
post-modern avant-garde while developing
strength, coordination and flexibility.
Previous dance experience
recommended.
$125
Wednesday
6:00-7:30pm
Teens Adults Latin Dance (Beginners)
Party People! Learn all of the latest steps in Latin social dances including Mambo, Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, Merengue, Bachata.
Salsa/Mambo (Intermediate)$125
Wednesday
7:30-9:00pm
Teens Adults
Learn to add elegance to your performance
on the dance floor with the feminine
and masculine styling vital to
couples dancing. This class explores the
rhythms, timing and beat of the clave,
and the distinct differences between
Mambo and Salsa.
Tap/Hip-Hop Integration
$125
Saturday
12:00-1:30pm
Ages: 6-12
Contemporary Hip-Hop dance has
definitive roots in the rhythms of the
hoofers from the days of the Harlem
Renaissance. This class explores various
techniques of Tap dance through
basic dance steps and original choreography
while incorporating moves and
music from today’s urban landscape.
Previous experience in Tap, Jazz, or
Hip-Hop is recommended.
West African Dance (Beginners)$175
Tuesday
6:30-8:00pm
Teens Adults
Learn Dance movements that are based
in the ceremonial, ritualistic, and every
day life experiences of the Mandeng and
Sou Sou people of West Africa. Classes
feature live drumming!
Movement Arts
These workshops emphasize the mind-body connection vital to the creative spirit. Not the Yoga and Pilates programs you find at the gym, our movement arts workshops cater to the skills needed for dance, drama, music, and even the visual arts.
Creative Movement for Kids$125
Saturday
11:30am-12:30pm
Ages: 3-4
Through techniques based in ballet, modern
dance and yoga, children will be led
through exercises that focus on their coordination
skills, spatial awareness, and
improvisation abilities. This class prepares
young children for dance and drama by
tapping into the creative impulse and
working in a group. A parent or guardian
must attend this class with their child.
Martial Arts$125
Saturday
2:30-4:00pm
Ages: 5-12
The martial arts build strength, discipline,
and a connection to their unique cultural
roots. While martial arts studies movements
connected to self-defense, it is closely connected
to dance and builds flexibility, coordination,
and discipline. In addition to
learning strikes, blocks, and kicks, students
will learn about the cultural influences that
shaped the practice of martial arts.
Capoeira NEW!! $125
Saturday
1:00-2:30pm
Age 7-14 Teens
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art
that combines dance, fighting movements
and music. It helps develop coordination,
fitness, flexibility and balance.
Students will learn about the history and
music of Capoeira, as well as its acrobatic
moves.
$165
Tuesday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens AdultGentle Hatha Yoga
Yoga employs breathing, poses (known as asanas), and stretching. Beneficial for students from any art discipline, yoga improves concentration, flexibility, and circulation. Students will also develop valuable creative visualization and meditation skills. With a variety of modifications available, this workshop is easily suited for seniors, first trimester expectant mothers, and people in prolonged stages of healing as well as advanced practitioners.
Music
Our music workshops offer a nurturing environment for students of all ages to start or continue their music practice. Small group workshops allow for plenty of individual attention.
Guitar for Kids $140
Saturday
1:30-2:30pm
Ages: 8-11
This class covers the fundamentals for playing
the guitar with an emphasis on developing
chord knowledge and learning how to
apply that knowledge to familiar songs.
Students must bring their own guitar.
$165
Saturday
2:30-4:00pm
Ages 12+ Teens AdultGuitar I
This class covers the fundamentals for
playing the acoustic or electric guitar with
an emphasis on developing chord knowledge
and understanding the instrument.
Students must bring their own guitar.
Guitar II
$165
Thursday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ages 12+ Teens Adult (Instructor approval required)
Building on skills from Guitar I, students
will continue to build chord knowledge
while they learn music theory, improvisation,
and basic repertoire. Intermediate
classes are limited to 10 students.
Students must bring their own guitar.
$150
Wednesday
6:30pm - 8:30pm
16+ Adult Singing Workshop
Adult vocalists will build confidence as they learn the techniques needed for choral or solo singing. Students will put these new skills to use by learning songs that incorporate the musical elements of melody, harmony, rhythm and mood.
Sing Your Song:
Vocal Music for Kids I $150
Saturday
12:00-1:30pm
Ages: 6-9
This class will focus on the techniques
young vocalists need to build a vocal
practice, creating the foundation for a
strong singing voice. Topics covered
include breath management skills, good
speech habits, speech flexibility, and
basic musicianship. Students will put
these practices to use by learning to sing
as an ensemble or as a solo artist.
Sing Your Song:
Vocal Music for Kids II NEW!!! $150
Saturday
10:30am-12:00pm
Ages: 10-14
This class for older children and young
teens will focus on the techniques young
vocalists need to build a vocal practice and
care for their changing voices while creating
the foundation for a strong singing voice.
Topics covered include breath management
skills, good speech habits, speech flexibility,
and basic musicianship. Students will put these
practices to use by learning to sing as
an ensemble or as a solo artist.
Keyboard for Kids I$180
Saturday
9:00-10:00am
Ages: 6-8
Youngsters are introduced to reading
music, identifying keyboard notes, and
how to employ both hands at the piano to
build the basics of music practice. Class
is limited to 10 students.
Keyboard for Kids II $180
Saturday
10:00-11:30am
Ages: 9-12
Youngsters are introduced to reading
music, identifying keyboard notes, and
how to employ both hands at the piano to
build the basics of music practice. Class
is limited to 10 students.
$190
Saturday
11:30am-1:00pm
13+ Teens AdultKeyboard I
For the beginner, this class will cover basic fingering for the keyboard, music notation, chord structure, and scales, then progress to playing popular melodies. Workshop is limited to 10 students.
Keyboard II (Intermediate) $190
Saturday
1:00-2:30pm
13+ Teens Adult
Building on skills from Keyboard I, students
will begin to learn advanced scales,
music theory, improvisation, and basic
repertoire. Class is limited to 10 students.
Drama
Theatre builds many valuable skills and
attributes, including ensemble work, confidence,
vocal techniques, physical
awareness and critical skills.
Drama I$135
Saturday
10:30am-12:00pm
Ages: 6-9
Youngsters will learn vocabulary, basic
acting techniques and performance protocol
while building mental and physical
discipline and learning to work as an
ensemble. The class will culminate with
an informal open studio performance.
Performance materials change from
semester to semester.
Drama II
$135
Saturday
12:30-2:00pm
Ages: 10-14
Young teens will build confidence as they
explore acting techniques and theatre
history, methodology, and criticism. The
class emphasizes ensemble work and
discipline. The class will culminate with
an informal open studio performance of a
short play or collection of scenes from
the canon of modern drama—texts
change from semester to semester.
Visual Arts
Our visual arts program offers students
the opportunity to explore a variety of
media, including ceramics, paint, fabric,
and animation, working with our faculty
of distinguished teaching artists.
Art Explorers I $150 (workshop fee includes some supplies)
Saturday
9:00-10:30am
Ages: 5-8
Children learn to draw, paint, create
masks, collages, and mobiles using
wide range of media including crayon,
watercolor, papier mâché, and molding
compound.
Art Explorers II $150 (workshop fee includes some supplies)
Saturday
10:30am-12:00pm
Ages: 9-13
Students will learn basic design components
such as line, shape, color and texture
and will explore different materials and
techniques for creating covers for magazines,
books, and CDs.
$165
Tuesday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ages 17+ AdultsBasic Drawing & Painting
This workshop explores the elements and principles of composition as well as the a variety of materials used in drawing and painting. Students will develop the basic art skills and techniques for still life rendering and interpretation.
Cartooning for Kids $150 (workshop fee includes some supplies)
Saturday
9:00-10:30am
Ages: 7-11
Kids have a great time in this course
which will have them producing their own
original characters, comic strips, single
panel cartoons, and humorous or action
hero illustrations in no time. The class
will learn how to draw people, animals,
and backgrounds which are then
incorporated
into original scenes and stories created
by the students. Each student will
produce their own
comic book to take
with them at the conclusion of
the course.
Cartooning & Animation
$165
Saturday
10:30am-12:30pm
Ages: 12-16 Teens OR students who have completed two semesters of Cartooning (workshop fee includes some supplies) Students learn the basic principals of
animation by
creating their own animated
videos. Participants
utilize stopmotion
techniques to animate ordinary
objects, people, and photographs, andcreate original
characters made from
their own drawings and cut paper.
Each student will have the opportunity
to write,
direct, and incorporate sound
into their own video
animation production,
which they can take home on
VHS tape or DVD at the conclusion of
the course.
Parent/Child Ceramic Arts
NEW!!! $150
Saturday
10:00-11:00am
Ages: 3-5
(one parent must accompany child to each session)
What better way to encourage your
child’s creative impulse than with clay?
This class fosters creativity and visual
art skills while offering parents the
opportunity to explore a new art form
with their child. Discover art as a
family! Parents may choose to fire and
glaze their own work. Price covers one
parent and one child, as
well as
materials. Parents must attend with
their children.
Clay, Clay, Clay$150 (workshop fee includes some supplies)
Saturday
11:00am-12:00pm
Ages: 5-8
This class introduces young children to
the basics of ceramics. Through hand
building, students learn how to make
basic sculptures as well as decorative
and functional works of art. Finished projects
are glazed.
Ceramics I $160
Saturday
12:30-2:00pm
Ages: 9-12
This class will cover basic hand-building
techniques such as slab and coil building
to create sculptural and functional forms.
Students will also learn how to glaze their
finished pieces.
$160
(workshop fee includes some supplies)
Saturday
2:00-3:30pm
Children Teens AdultsCeramics II
Learn advanced hand-building, sculpture
techniques and advanced glazing methods.
Children, adults and seniors are welcomed!
Advanced students have the
opportunity to use the wheel.
Traditional Quilt Making
$165
Wednesday
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ages 13+ Adults
In this quilt making workshop for beginners,
students will learn basic techniques
such as cutting, marking and hand stitching
traditional quilt blocks that will be
used to create a beautiful 45” x 54’’ quilt.
Supply list will be provided at registration
Other
Private music lessons now available
Our highly qualified music faculty is available for private lessons! Lessons available in keyboard, guitar and voice. Prices and times vary according to instructor and space availability. Interested in any other instruments or specializations, we can find an appropriate instructor for you.
Please call 718.658.7400 x127 for more information.
Workshops for the Developmentally Disabled
JCAL offers custom-designed arts workshops for organizations that serve the needs of developmentally disabled individuals. We currently work with AABR, the Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded, to offer a dance workshop for their residents. During our 2007 National Dance Week event, we also offered a special dance workshop for the Young Adult Institute. JCAL is currently developing special needs classes in theatre, visual arts and yoga.
If you would like to explore special needs workshops for your organization, call 718.658.7400 x127. |
