Broadway Fit Aerobics Class
Get in shape while dancing to your favorite Broadway standards!
This aerobics-style dance class is designed for adult musical theatre lovers of all levels and backgrounds.
Whether you are a beginner, or a more advanced dancer looking for a fun, energetic workout, Broadway Fit is for you.
The instructors, all 5th Avenue dancers, create an encouraging, light-hearted, and fun atmosphere for all skill levels. Each class includes a warm-up that focuses on stretching and flexibility, a cardio-workout focusing on strength, and a fun dance combination from your favorite musicals.
Winter Session: January 4-March 10, 2010
Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30-7:45 pm
Class prices vary. Please click here for information, or call the education department at 206 625-1418.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Dance Classes for Kids & Teens!
Have you heard about our Saturday dance classes for teens? This makes a great gift for the holidays for the dancers and performers in your life!
For Broadway-bound children and teens, The 5th Avenue Theatre offers Saturday morning classes in ballet, jazz and tap. Whether you’re just starting out, or well on your way to the Great White Way, you’ll find a class to fit your needs.
All classes are taught by professional dancers and choreographers.
THREE NEW CLASSES ADDED:
NEW! Intro to Musical Theatre Dance (ages 8-13)This is a mixed level class that introduces musical theatre dance to young students. Emphasis will be on ballet and jazz techniques and will combine barre, center work and basic dance combinations from musicals. Jazz or ballet shoes required.
NEW! Beginning Tap for Musical Theatre (ages 13-18)This class is designed for the beginning tap student, or students looking for a refresher course on the basics of tap dance. Students will learn tap techniques from the first step through the basic steps that any tap dancer must know including shuffle, flap, cramp-roll, riff, pullbacks, and wings. Class will focus on introducing the basics and learning beginning tap dance combinations. Tap shoes required.
NEW! Intermediate/Advanced Tap for Musical Theatre (ages 8-13)This class is designed for the more advanced tap student. Students will practice basic tap steps while learning essential skills that include transition steps and combinations such as flap-ball-change,waltz clog, maxi ford, shim sham, time steps, etc. Focus will be on presentationand musicality and students will learn essential tap dance skills to prepare for auditions. Tap shoes required. We also have classes in Ballet and Jazz for Musical Theatre. Prices and times vary. For more information and to download a registration form, please visit www.5thavenue.org/education/danceclasses
For Broadway-bound children and teens, The 5th Avenue Theatre offers Saturday morning classes in ballet, jazz and tap. Whether you’re just starting out, or well on your way to the Great White Way, you’ll find a class to fit your needs.
All classes are taught by professional dancers and choreographers.
THREE NEW CLASSES ADDED:
NEW! Intro to Musical Theatre Dance (ages 8-13)This is a mixed level class that introduces musical theatre dance to young students. Emphasis will be on ballet and jazz techniques and will combine barre, center work and basic dance combinations from musicals. Jazz or ballet shoes required.
NEW! Beginning Tap for Musical Theatre (ages 13-18)This class is designed for the beginning tap student, or students looking for a refresher course on the basics of tap dance. Students will learn tap techniques from the first step through the basic steps that any tap dancer must know including shuffle, flap, cramp-roll, riff, pullbacks, and wings. Class will focus on introducing the basics and learning beginning tap dance combinations. Tap shoes required.
NEW! Intermediate/Advanced Tap for Musical Theatre (ages 8-13)This class is designed for the more advanced tap student. Students will practice basic tap steps while learning essential skills that include transition steps and combinations such as flap-ball-change,waltz clog, maxi ford, shim sham, time steps, etc. Focus will be on presentationand musicality and students will learn essential tap dance skills to prepare for auditions. Tap shoes required. We also have classes in Ballet and Jazz for Musical Theatre. Prices and times vary. For more information and to download a registration form, please visit www.5thavenue.org/education/danceclasses
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Only a few spots left in our Gingerbread House Event!
Only a few spots left for our upcoming Gingerbread House Workshop!
Contact Amanda at amorris@5thavenue.org for more info or to reserve your spot!
Check out all Events & Special offers around White Christmas at The 5th Avenue!
This holiday activity is sure to bring the joy of the season to the whole family!
Be sure to contact us today to reserve your spot - space is limited!
One family/group can share a house OR you can book your own!
Gingerbread House Event
Join us Downstairs at The 5th on December 20 and work with Kaspars Special Events and Catering to assemble and decorate a festive gingerbread house before or after attending White Christmas.
December 20, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
Price: $40 per house. Price includes one house, light beverages, and holiday treats.
Details: Space is limited, so email amorris@5thavenue.org to reserve your spot. A family or small group is able to share one house. Price for event does not include ticket to White Christmas. Ages 4 – adult.
Contact Amanda at amorris@5thavenue.org for more info or to reserve your spot!
Check out all Events & Special offers around White Christmas at The 5th Avenue!
This holiday activity is sure to bring the joy of the season to the whole family!
Be sure to contact us today to reserve your spot - space is limited!
One family/group can share a house OR you can book your own!
Gingerbread House Event
Join us Downstairs at The 5th on December 20 and work with Kaspars Special Events and Catering to assemble and decorate a festive gingerbread house before or after attending White Christmas.
December 20, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
Price: $40 per house. Price includes one house, light beverages, and holiday treats.
Details: Space is limited, so email amorris@5thavenue.org to reserve your spot. A family or small group is able to share one house. Price for event does not include ticket to White Christmas. Ages 4 – adult.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Seattle Stars Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease!
blog entry by Taryn Darr (Ensemble, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
Several of the Joseph cast members had the incredible opportunity to take a flying trapeze class with SANCA, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, located in Georgetown, September 19th.
This lucky chance was provided by Kristina Wicke, Company Manager for The 5th Avenue Theatre. The role of company manager keeps Wicke busy and bustling about the theatre, tending to the needs of the local and out-of-town cast members. (We are especially happy to see her on Thursdays, when she hands out paychecks.)
Wicke, the circus girl at heart, has been President of the Board at SANCA for 4 years. The non-profit organization is “dedicated to improving the mental and physical health of children of all ages by engaging them in the joyous creativity of acrobatics and circus arts.” What does her involvement with SANCA bring to Wicke?
“Sheer joy!” she said.
We would soon come to agree with her completely that day.
After checking in and signing the appropriate “If You Die Here It’s Not Our Fault” waivers, we headed over to the big tent for a warm up and overview of what our first flight 23 feet in the air would look like.
We were fitted with safety harnesses and taught the basic mechanics of take-off. The most important thing we gathered from this was to listen to our instructors and do what they say! A running order was then assigned and we were good to go.
Most of us were anxiously waiting our turn - me included. Trying to distract myself from what I was about to do by taking pictures, I snapped this one of Dane Stokinger, right after someone offered him a stick of gum and he quipped, "Will the gum make me less nervous?"
Castmate Shanna Palmer was up first for the two-handed take-off straight swing—grabbing the bar with both hands and then hanging straight with toes pointed. (Palmer had visited SANCA once before and later in the day we enjoyed watching her do an impressive upside-down split, as well as a few exciting attempts at a mid-air catch with one of the professional instructors.)
Watching the first few cast members have a go at it, I was getting excited for my turn. Aside from the part about being 23 feet in the air, I had a feeling I would love this. My nervousness wasn’t a factor until I saw Dan C. Levine, who was right before me on the roster.
Yeah…okay, NOW I was nervous.
(Levine made it through that first swing, just so you know. One more video of Levine I’ll share below. We were all so proud of him and what he accomplished that day!)
Finally, I was up. I hooked the carabiner to my safety harness and began the climb up the ladder, which for me turned out to be the scariest part. At the top, the instructors re-hooked me to more safety ropes, chalk was applied to my hands and the bar was brought up to grab hold. One thing is for sure, I did NOT expect for the bar to be SO heavy—a great deal of strength is necessary in your hands and fingers.
“Ready!” calls out the instructor.
(Bend your knees, bend your knees, bend your knees)
“HUP!”
(Wheeeeee!)
My first flight was such a rush! I yelped out loud and I’ll never forget it. Falling into that net is just as fun as it looks, too. There’s really no way to explain just how exhilarating flying on a trapeze is, but luckily Wicke captured this moment on video right after my first flight, which pretty much sums it up.
Everyone did a fantastic job that first round. Some flew with truly the greatest of ease. Others overcame some huge fears. Mo Brady made a good point that the challenges we faced were not what we expected. Like holding on! People who are already performers and dancers are fun to watch on trapeze. Marc de la Cruz and choreographer Jayme McDaniel, for example, had perfectly pointed toes and looked like naturals!
Observers are not allowed to cheer until the flyer is in the net, so as not to distract them from listening to those important commands being shouted out.
However quiet it was during one’s flight, there was such a wonderful sense of support in that tent. With every drop into the net, the eruption of applause rang out.
The sense of accomplishment in just those first 30 or so minutes was astonishing. We did it! Before heading back up for a second time, we met in the warm-up area to learn our upcoming second trick.
“And now, you will be doing a one-handed take-off, knee-hang with a back flip.”
(Hm? I’m sorry, WHAT did she just say?!?!)
The look on cast members’ faces was priceless. Apparently, this is the second thing that EVERYONE learns, even the little kids. And so, following our instruction on this next ridiculous stunt, we were ready to head up again.
We have some very tall men in the Joseph cast that faced some different challenges on this one. Stokinger, a wee 6’3”, said “There was something about being okay relinquishing control to the woman holding your harness. You really had to trust her. Granted, this woman was also about the size of my thigh.”
Troy Wageman, who is 6’4”, was also amazing to watch getting those fabulous long legs up over the bar! It was nothing short of comical to watch this tiny female instructor on the other end of Wageman and Stokinger’s safety rope being lifted off the ground a bit each time they took off.
My second flight was by far the most unexpected fun I’ve ever had. As it turns out, the trick sounded much worse than actually doing it. What a blast!
As promised, here is Levine’s second stunt. He told me the other day he doesn’t remember much of it, and that watching this video brings the butterflies back to his stomach. Way to go, Daniel!
The two hours went by so quickly. What an amazing energy booster for us all. No pun intended but I was high for the rest of the evening. Thanks again to SANCA and Kristina Wicke. Now, just a thought, do you think we could convince our director to incorporate a trapeze act into the show? No??
Several of the Joseph cast members had the incredible opportunity to take a flying trapeze class with SANCA, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, located in Georgetown, September 19th.
This lucky chance was provided by Kristina Wicke, Company Manager for The 5th Avenue Theatre. The role of company manager keeps Wicke busy and bustling about the theatre, tending to the needs of the local and out-of-town cast members. (We are especially happy to see her on Thursdays, when she hands out paychecks.)
Wicke, the circus girl at heart, has been President of the Board at SANCA for 4 years. The non-profit organization is “dedicated to improving the mental and physical health of children of all ages by engaging them in the joyous creativity of acrobatics and circus arts.” What does her involvement with SANCA bring to Wicke?
“Sheer joy!” she said.
We would soon come to agree with her completely that day.
After checking in and signing the appropriate “If You Die Here It’s Not Our Fault” waivers, we headed over to the big tent for a warm up and overview of what our first flight 23 feet in the air would look like.
We were fitted with safety harnesses and taught the basic mechanics of take-off. The most important thing we gathered from this was to listen to our instructors and do what they say! A running order was then assigned and we were good to go.
Most of us were anxiously waiting our turn - me included. Trying to distract myself from what I was about to do by taking pictures, I snapped this one of Dane Stokinger, right after someone offered him a stick of gum and he quipped, "Will the gum make me less nervous?"
Castmate Shanna Palmer was up first for the two-handed take-off straight swing—grabbing the bar with both hands and then hanging straight with toes pointed. (Palmer had visited SANCA once before and later in the day we enjoyed watching her do an impressive upside-down split, as well as a few exciting attempts at a mid-air catch with one of the professional instructors.)
Watching the first few cast members have a go at it, I was getting excited for my turn. Aside from the part about being 23 feet in the air, I had a feeling I would love this. My nervousness wasn’t a factor until I saw Dan C. Levine, who was right before me on the roster.
Yeah…okay, NOW I was nervous.
(Levine made it through that first swing, just so you know. One more video of Levine I’ll share below. We were all so proud of him and what he accomplished that day!)
Finally, I was up. I hooked the carabiner to my safety harness and began the climb up the ladder, which for me turned out to be the scariest part. At the top, the instructors re-hooked me to more safety ropes, chalk was applied to my hands and the bar was brought up to grab hold. One thing is for sure, I did NOT expect for the bar to be SO heavy—a great deal of strength is necessary in your hands and fingers.
“Ready!” calls out the instructor.
(Bend your knees, bend your knees, bend your knees)
“HUP!”
(Wheeeeee!)
My first flight was such a rush! I yelped out loud and I’ll never forget it. Falling into that net is just as fun as it looks, too. There’s really no way to explain just how exhilarating flying on a trapeze is, but luckily Wicke captured this moment on video right after my first flight, which pretty much sums it up.
Everyone did a fantastic job that first round. Some flew with truly the greatest of ease. Others overcame some huge fears. Mo Brady made a good point that the challenges we faced were not what we expected. Like holding on! People who are already performers and dancers are fun to watch on trapeze. Marc de la Cruz and choreographer Jayme McDaniel, for example, had perfectly pointed toes and looked like naturals!
Observers are not allowed to cheer until the flyer is in the net, so as not to distract them from listening to those important commands being shouted out.
However quiet it was during one’s flight, there was such a wonderful sense of support in that tent. With every drop into the net, the eruption of applause rang out.
The sense of accomplishment in just those first 30 or so minutes was astonishing. We did it! Before heading back up for a second time, we met in the warm-up area to learn our upcoming second trick.
“And now, you will be doing a one-handed take-off, knee-hang with a back flip.”
(Hm? I’m sorry, WHAT did she just say?!?!)
The look on cast members’ faces was priceless. Apparently, this is the second thing that EVERYONE learns, even the little kids. And so, following our instruction on this next ridiculous stunt, we were ready to head up again.
We have some very tall men in the Joseph cast that faced some different challenges on this one. Stokinger, a wee 6’3”, said “There was something about being okay relinquishing control to the woman holding your harness. You really had to trust her. Granted, this woman was also about the size of my thigh.”
Troy Wageman, who is 6’4”, was also amazing to watch getting those fabulous long legs up over the bar! It was nothing short of comical to watch this tiny female instructor on the other end of Wageman and Stokinger’s safety rope being lifted off the ground a bit each time they took off.
My second flight was by far the most unexpected fun I’ve ever had. As it turns out, the trick sounded much worse than actually doing it. What a blast!
As promised, here is Levine’s second stunt. He told me the other day he doesn’t remember much of it, and that watching this video brings the butterflies back to his stomach. Way to go, Daniel!
The two hours went by so quickly. What an amazing energy booster for us all. No pun intended but I was high for the rest of the evening. Thanks again to SANCA and Kristina Wicke. Now, just a thought, do you think we could convince our director to incorporate a trapeze act into the show? No??
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