Cab Calloway Summer School of the Arts http://www.cabsummer.org/blog Summer 2011 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:42:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Welcome to Comedy http://www.cabsummer.org/blog/2012/02/welcome-to-comedy/ http://www.cabsummer.org/blog/2012/02/welcome-to-comedy/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:42:05 +0000 Nan Ciuffetelli http://www.cabsummer.org/blog/?p=1871 Students will learn the secrets to performing comedy from timing, delivery, voice projection, and body language.  The comic actor must believe it and then the laughs will come. Students will experiment with different forms of comedy to include character comedy, prop comedy, improvisational comedy, and sketch comedy. Students will perform skits from well-known comedic movies and sketches. On the last day students will perform their favorite sketches.

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This camp will also work with other camps throughout the summer such as “The World of Fashion and Technology” , Newspaper Making class, iLife Journaling and more…

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Becca and Brittany add high-energy and a positive approach to instruction.

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Kathleen Glynn is the Artistic Director of a modern dance company, CoEXISTdance, Inc.  She is also the dance instructor at Longstreth Elementary in West Philadelphia, completing her 2nd year within the Philadelphia School District.  Ms. Gynn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Dance and English from DeSales University and he is currently pursuing her M.Ed. at Temple University. Her choreographic work has been presented in Philadelphia and Media, PA, New York, NY, Baltimore, MD, and Bangalore, India. Ms. Glynn also teaches hip-hop and ballet at Napoli School of Music & Dance in Springfield, PA.  She has interned for Dance Spirit Magazine in Manhattan, NY and Repertory Dance Theater in Emmaus, PA. She contributes to “The Dance Journal,” part of PhiladelphiaDANCE.org, and she is a certified Zumba instructor.  Ms. Glynn is thrilled to join Cab Calloway School of the Arts for their magnificent Summer School of the Arts program.

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Kathleen Glynn is the Artistic Director of a modern dance company, CoEXISTdance, Inc.  She is also the dance instructor at Longstreth Elementary in West Philadelphia, completing her 2nd year within the Philadelphia School District.  Ms. Gynn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Dance and English from DeSales University and he is currently pursuing her M.Ed. at Temple University. Her choreographic work has been presented in Philadelphia and Media, PA, New York, NY, Baltimore, MD, and Bangalore, India. Ms. Glynn also teaches hip-hop and ballet at Napoli School of Music & Dance in Springfield, PA.  She has interned for Dance Spirit Magazine in Manhattan, NY and Repertory Dance Theater in Emmaus, PA. She contributes to “The Dance Journal,” part of PhiladelphiaDANCE.org, and she is a certified Zumba instructor.  Ms. Glynn is thrilled to join Cab Calloway School of the Arts for their magnificent Summer School of the Arts program.

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