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Access Programs:
Access Programs are being formed throughout the year. Please contact your mentor for more information or requests for courses.
WINTER/SPRING 2009 CLASSES
Access at Imagination Stage encourages children of all abilities to discover and develop their full creative potential through the performing arts. We work with students and their caregivers to identify and provide the most successful scenario for each student—whether in a peer group class or in a general classroom setting with reasonable and appropriate inclusion supports. All classroom experiences provide children a safe and welcoming environment to develop and enhance language, gross motor, developmental, cognitive, social, and life-learning skills.
Arts Access classes provide focused instruction in a smaller class setting with higher student / teacher ratios. Emphasis is always on enhancing and developing self confidence, while strengthening communication and socialization skills through the performing arts. Our early childhood classes encourage a multi-disciplinary learning experience through dramatic play. As students become older, they have the option to use drama, dance, and music to further explore themes and ideas as they begin to develop as an artist. Teen student classes and performance ensembles encourage further advancement of technique while working in a group setting that fosters communication, collaboration, and respect.
Deaf Access provides theatre arts experiences are designed specifically for the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Deaf Access early childhood classes are theme-based and designed to encourage creative expression, active listening, gross motor coordination, interpersonal skills, and self-esteem. As students become older, they continue to use these skills as they participate in classes which aid young actors in developing techniques for creating sustainable characters while using basic text work and improvisation. Teen student classes and ensembles are open to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students who work together to develop skills in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving while creating work that crosses cultural boundaries and communicates information, relationships, and emotions in a way that is accessible to all.
Please note: All listed classes are available for registration EXCEPT for those noted as "Closed". Website information is updated every day, at least once.
ARTS ACCESS
Access Drama and Music Across the Spectrum
Designed specifically for students with autism and autism spectrum disorders, this class incorporates music, movement, drama and art to help students expand social skills and self-esteem while fostering creativity. Students use their bodies, voices, minds,
and imaginations to explore favorite characters and stories from children’s literature. <<back to top>>
Reality Theatre
Using dramatic activities, roleplaying, short scenes, and improvisation, students have the opportunity to practice social and interpersonal skills while further developing their self-esteem and self-awareness in a safe, fun, and creative environment. <<back to top>>
Acces Musical Theatre Workshop
Working with musical theatre professionals and an accompanist, students will develop musicianship skills that are applied to basic scene and song work while further developing their fundamental
skills of acting, voice, and movement. <<back to top>>
Access FUNdamentals of Acting
This class is designed to help young actors further develop their technique for creating sustainable and believable characters for the stage using both scripted and nonscripted text work. The class focuses on the development of acting, movement, and voice technique as students work together to build ensemble, self awareness, creativity, and self-esteem. Students may repeat this class and new students are welcome to join. <<back to top>>
Deaf Access
Visual Theatre
Students explore the powerful genre of visual theatre as they learn how to communicate information, emotions, and relationships through a variety of elements including movement, image work, traditional mime, gesture, sign language and masks. Taught by deaf and hearing professional theatre artists, this class and the work produced in it is totally accessible to both deaf and hearing students. <<back to top>>
Deaf Acces: Creative Drama
Students use their bodies, minds, communication skills, and imaginations while expanding social skills and self esteem, and fostering creativity. Using storytelling, art projects and movement
students explore in classic and contemporary stories. This class is designed for deaf and KO DA students only and is taught in sign language and voice.
Knights and Princesses (Jan 10-Feb 28)
Amazing Animals (Mar 7-May 9)
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Deaf Acces: Acting Workshop
This workshop intensive is taught in American Sign Language by a Deaf teaching artist and is designed to introduce young actors who are deaf or KODAs to techniques for creating sustainable and believable characters for the stage. Using both improvisation and basic text work, students will develop the actor’s tools of body, communication, mind, and imagination, while building teamwork, awareness, creativity, and self-esteem.
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Arts Access: Pegasus Company
See Conservatories & Ensembles
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Classes begin January 17. Late registration is subject to availability of the class.
Questions?
Contact your mentor:
Arts Access
Diane Nutting
301.280.1637
dnutting@imaginationstage.org
Deaf Access
Lisa Agogliati
301.280.1630
lagogliati@imaginationstage.org
Imagination Stage
Access Students
learn:
Early Childhood:
Social Skills, Loco-motor Skills,
Creative Expression, Clarity of Communication
Grades K–5:
Communication Skills, Social
Skills, Active Listening,
Rhythm, Melody, Character
and Relationships, Narrative
Structure, Teamwork and
Cooperation.
Teens:
Acting Technique, Rehearsal
and Performance Skills,
Visual Communication,
Concentration, Self-
Reliance, Self-Confidence, an
Awareness of Cultural Diversity
More Information about Deaf Access:
Language for the Eye
Dreams to Sign
The Garden Wall
Past productions
Resources
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