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Theater, Musical Theater and Drama
Theater Groups are a specialty of ShowStopper Tours. There is nothing worse than traveling to New York City or Los Angeles with a tour company that has no familiarity with the inner workings of the city. At ShowStopper Tours, we know these cities and we know Broadway. We have an extensive list of Theater performers that work with us on a regular basis in clinics and master classes. Most of our theater clinics will do a master class in the morning with a Theater performer, and then see that same performer live on stage later that evening. ShowStopper Tours will take your group "inside" Broadway and /or the studios of Los Angeles. Our staff is not only knowledgable with the tourism aspect, but can speak with first hand knowledge about each show since we usually see them in previews or even before they open the house to an actual audience. We are always on the cutting edge of theater in New York City and Los Angeles.
Theater Clinics available in New York City:
Broadway 101
This is the perfect introduction to Broadway, basic theatre, and creativity skills for students recently introduced to Broadway and theatre in general. Explore Broadway's historical significance as well as the training process of a Broadway actor. Students start with physical and vocal warm-ups, followed by interactive focus/listing exercises and theatre games.
Acting Improvsation / Theatre Sports
This is the perfect introduction to Broadway, basic theatre, and creativity skills for students recently introduced to Broadway and theatre in general. Explore Broadway's historical significance as well as the training process of a Broadway actor. Students start with physical and vocal warm-ups, followed by interactive focus/listing exercises and theatre games.
Musical Theater
Work with a cast member of a Broadway show and learn a shong and dance from that show. Since dancing is a part of what makes a great Broadway performer, learning to combine both arts of singing and dancing is a very important step on the way to becoming a great musical theater performer.
Acting Audition
Learn the importance of first impressions.
Character Development
Character Development works with a few select members of your group and helps the group understand how to focus on the ins and outs of characters, internalize them and make them "real".
Stage Combat
This workshop gets students on their feet to learn the secrets of simulated combat. Trained professionals take your students behind the scenes to discover how fights and combats are choreographed on stage. In this thrilling workshop, safety and collaboration are the docus of the session. Participants actively enjoy simulated combat during the entire class, and safely walk away learning some valuable techniques.
Stage Make-Up
Through demonstrations applies to volunteers, your group will learn the basics of makeup application and effects-rendering from a professional makeup artist. This lecture-based class will show your group the correct technique of makeup application and give a bit of the history on why makeup is applied during live theatre.
Costume Design
A Broadway costumer will take your group from design and draping to execution to the simplest shirts to elaborate stagewear. You'll see the actual sketches and finished costume photos.
Making a Scene
Prepare a scene and receive critique on character development and acting choices.
The Business of the Business
From headshots and resumes to agents and casting directors, this program covers the basics of what tools one needs to pursue a career in the performing arts. Various exercises will illustrate the casting process and give participants the change to experience a "Cold Reading Audition", emphasizing the importance of how to confidently present yourself under stressful situations.
Broadway Close-Up
This 60 minute clinic is an extended questions and answer session that gives your group the unique opportunity to talk one-on-one with a Broadway professional about their journey to Broadway. You may request to include an actor, choreographer, lighting designer, producer, stage manager, costumer, prop master, or any other of the professional careers from Broadway. Part of this 60 minutes is reserved for autographs and photos!
Theater Workshops available at the Walt Disney World® Resort :
Disney Performing Arts
Learn how to create characters, improvise and project professionalism on stage using proven performance techniques that will boost the confidence of any actor.
Designed for all levels of actors, this 90-minute workshop provides students with the building blocks of theatre, while exploring performance and storytelling techniques. Led by an industry show director or improvisational actor, the course focuses on tapping into the artist's unique voice, thereby discovering the tools to develop performance abilities. Students also learn to build character, develop improvisational skills, and maintain professionalism on the stage.
Your group will engage in interactive discussions and acting exercises as they:
* Master the building blocks of basic theatre, performance and storytelling techniques.
* Use scene study as a vehicle for introducing and building character.
*Practive improvisational skills while discovering how to maintain professionalism on stage.
Disney Broadway Magic
Get an inside look at the fundamentals of msical theatre. Stage material from a Broadway production and learn vocal techniques as well as how to get the most out of your rehearsals and performances. Theatre group, drama clubs, dance studios, this is the workshop for you! Created in partnership with Disney on Broadway, this is a 2 1/2 session blends Disney magic with the glitz of live musical theatre. Students perform a number from a Broadway musical and learn about the elements required to bring one together, including music, staging and props.
A professional Disney will take your group through the same rehearsal process used for Disney Broadway musicals, during which they will:
* Emphasize the importance of a proper warm-up before any performance or rehearsal.
* Rehearse choreography by lyrics rather than by counts.
* Focus on breath control and diction integrated with movement.
* Learn how to make appropriate vocal/acting choices for a musical composition and its lyrics.
*Analyze what makes a musical difference from a play
* Examine how body language, facial expressions and vocal dynamics are key elements in defining story and character.
* Discover techniques for quickly learning and remembering movement and lyrics.
*Discuss the roles of director, music director, stage manager, technical crew and choreographer.
*Understand the purpose of blocking and staging and learn theatre-staging terminology.
To help prepare for the workshop, the music and script will be pre-mailed.
Techniques of Teamwork through Improvisation
Band together as a creative ensemble, practice improvisation and team-building techniques, and use your newfound knowledge to stage your own performance!
In this three hour program at Epcot®, students in grades 6-12 gain insights into how improvisational theories can be applied to real-life situations at home, school or in future careers. Every student plays a role in a mock production and they are taught professional communication techniques that, with practice, help build confidence, unleash creativity and cultivate teamwork.
Backstage at La Nouba™ by Cirque du Soleil®
Get an inside look at the international phenonmenon that is Cirque du Soleil® as you go backstage at La Nouba™ and learn what it takes to bring this dazling spectacle to the stage.
Go backstage at La Nouba™ by Cirque du Soleil® to uncover the artistry, training, preparation and support systems required to produce more than 470 shows a year. During this behind-the-scenes tour of the theater including the stage, training facilities, costuming and props areas, students will realize the importance of communication, teamwork, practice and dedication to fulfilling their goals. During this 2-hour program, grade 6-12 students see how dance, music, theater, visual arts and technology meld into one breathtaking performance.
During the interactive field study, students will:
* Examine the connections between the various art forms and other disciplines.
* Discuss dance as a way of creating and communicating meaning.
* Explore the relationship between music, history and culture and the context in which theatre, film, television and electronic media are performed today as well as in the past.
* Gain an understanding of the wealth of skill, knowledge and diversity that goes into creating such a dynamic performance.
* Contrast traditional circus entertainment with the Cirque du Soleil® experience.
* Understand and apply media, techniques and processes related to the visual arts.
Theater Workshops available at the Disneyland® Resort:
Acting 101
Learn how to create charactersimprovise and project professionalm on stage using proven performance techniques that will boost the confidence of any actor.
Designed for all levels of actors, this 90-minute workshop provides students with the building blocks of theatre, while exploring performance storytelling techniques. Led by an industry show director or improvisional actor, the course focuses on tapping into the artist's unique voice, thereby discovering the tools to develop performance abilities. Students also learn to build character, develop improvisational skills and maintain professionalism on the stage.
Acting 201
Intermediate and advanced thespians learn how to create characters, improvise and project professionalism on stage using proven performance techniques that will boose the confidence of any actor.
Crated for the intermediate to advanced actor, this 90-minute course challenges performers to take risks, make quick decisions, tackle cold reading material, and elecate audition skills so unique talents stand out. Whether auditioning for Broadway, Disney, or local theatre, the same important skills apply - and this class empowers students to shine while holding true to their voice.
Auditions & Careers: Acting
Get a glimpse into the life of a professional actor by going through a simulated audition. Be cast in a role then rehearse and perform a scene from a real Disney production!
Performers see what it's like to undergo the audition process but with one critical difference: the show director will stop to critique your audition and provide helpful pointers to improve your technique and boost your chances of success.
Auditions & Careers: Musical Theatre
Participate in an audition like no other: one in which the Show Director / Choreographer stops to critique the audition and teaches the performers how to land professional gig in musical theatre.
Intermediate to advanced musical theatre ensemble experiences an audition like no other - one where the show director critiques the performances and gives advice on how to land jobs as professional musical theatre performers. Once your students are "cast" they learn a scene from a Disney production and are shown the tricks of the trade that make their performance shine.
Careers in Costuming
Dress for success by partaking in an interactive discussion about what it takes to succeed as an industry professional and gain insight on the varied work of theatrical costumers and fashion designers.
Created for high school and college theatrical costuming and fashions teams, this 90-minute interactive workshop explores the varied kinds of work to be found as a theatrical costumer or fashion designer. Led by award-winning costumers, students are shows samples of elaborate Disney costume designs and given tours of rarely-seen production facilities, as they learn what it takes to become a professional in this multi-faceted industry.
Improvisational Acting
Enhance any performance or presentation and gain confidence in your own instincts as a professional improv challenges you to stretch your creative talent in a nonthreatening supportive environment.
Designed for intermediate to advanced acting ensembles, this 90-minute workshop challenges students to stretch their creative talents in a non-threatening, supportive environment. Led by an improvisaional actor, students learn through a variety of improv-based games how character and motivation enhance performances and lead to instinctual confidence.
Musical Theatre
Intermediate to advanced musical theatre students practive their dance, vocal and acting skills under the guidance of a professional Disney performer.
Created for intermediate to advanced mesical theatre students, this premium 3-hpur workshop takes an exclusive look at the Hyperion Theater's production of "Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular" to inspire and develop performance skills in dance, vocals and acting. Students gets a V.I.P. viewing of the production, engage in intimate backstage discussions with a show director and choreographer, and even perform a scene from the show. Thw workshop culminates with a recording and creative review of the scene.
Performance Lab
Put on a fantastic show every time by mastering key concepts important for any performer or ensemble as a professional entertainer guides your group through provisational exercises.
Created for performers of all abilities, this 90-minute workshop's goal is to achieve gratifying, consistent performances for any ensemble. Lead by profesional entertainers, the course takes students through fun, improvisational exercises to magnigy key performance concepts, an dultimately rewards them with the tooks to make both individual and collective performances shine.
Puppetry
Master key conepts using puppets and techniques designed for Disney shows. Suitable for all skill levels, this hands-on workshop reinforces the basics for beginners as well as more advanced methods.
The art of bringing an inanimate object to life may be as old as the theatre itsellf, but at Disney it's everywhere you look! Using puppets and techniques from actual Disney productions, students of all ability levels will learn key performance concepts. This 90-minute hands-on workshop reinforces the basics for beginners, while allowing advanced performers to stretch their skills toward the potential of a career as a professional puppeteer.
Technical Theatre
Students take a behind the scenes tour of the show's special effects, receive instruction from professional technial directors, and even gain familiarity with technial equipment from the show.
Designed for intermediate to advanced technial theatre students, this premium 3-hour workshop takes an exclusive look at the Hyperion Theater's production of "Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular" to inspire the development of technical theatre skills. Students receive a backstage look at the show's special effects and technical equipment. The workshop culminates with a V.I.P viewing of "Aladdin" where students experience perspective of the show's technical complexities.
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