Classes

Acting Essentials (Levels 3-5)

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of acting through improvisation, script analysis, scenes, & monologues. Special emphasis is placed on interpretation and translation of the script as the basis for exploration of characterization, motivation and transition.

Acting for Film

Through the use of television and commercial copy, students are introduced to basic camera technique and terminology. By incorporating the skills developed in voice, movement and acting classes into a variety of commercial situations students work one-on-one with the camera

Acting for Singers

The advanced acting class takes the principles of basic acting and fuses it with the musicality of vocal performance. This class centers around the ideas of musical phrasing, styling, and dynamics that match the acting choices you want to make. We’ll take about various styles of songs, from classic musical theatre to pop and how you can deliver honest, memorable performances.

Acting Foundations (Level 1-2)

Acting Mastery (Levels 6-8)

Improvisation

Improve your storytelling skills, learn techniques to think quickly on your feet and to be more creative, and develop amazing teamwork and communication skills you can use on stage AND in life! Through coaching, warm-up exercises, creative performance games and basic short-form scene-work, you will learn how to be more spontaneous, trusting and cooperative and how to listen in a fun, creative atmosphere.

Scene Study

In this intermediate acting class, students will be assigned various scenes to work on over a period of time. It’s a great way to take all the exercises and techniques they have learned to create characters, connect to the emotions of the part, and fight for what they need and put them into a performance. The goal is to receive specific constructive feedback that helps the actor improve their craft and their abilities in specific roles. Scene Study is a chance to take risks in an actor’s work and develop characters and scenes they may not be asked to play in the professional world. Taking risks includes working on weaknesses as well as strengths.

Adult Broadway

It’s never too late to get started with dance! Whether you’re looking for a fun social outing, physical activity to get you in shape, or just a chance to dance like nobody’s watching, you’ll LOVE our adult dance program! No other studio offers a class this exciting! Get your heels on and come on down to get fit and fierce to your favorite Broadway Tunes. We explore a variety of jazz and musical theatre styles to get you moving and having a great time with others who love dance just as much as you do!

Adult Tap

Whatever your experience (or none at all), we’ll get you tapping along to fun musical theatre and pop hits! You’ll see a blend of broadway and rhythm tap in this class, and get the chance to work on your tap skills in a fun and supportive environment.

Boys Dance

Who said dance had to be all tutus and tights? Boys who can dance are in high demand, not only in the theatre world but at high school proms and on tv. So why not start now? This class will make dance fun for boys. This class will fuse hip hop, jazz, and other urban styles into a fun high-energy class every boy will love! It’s time to change the stigma and help boys find the confidence to continue on in gender-mixed classes and unleash the creativity inside!

Broadway Ballet

Ballet is the foundation of all styles of dance, but it doesn’t have to be boring! Out goes the classical music and in comes your favorite Broadway hits! Broadway Ballet is unique to Studio 3, and joins classical ballet technique with pilates, lyrical, and contemporary ballet. This is a a must-take for any dancer looking to develop the proper alignment, balance, flexibility, and strength that is necessary for jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and other styles of dance.

Broadway Rep

A dance class for theatre kids dedicated to two very important parts of theatrical dance training: the ability to pick up choreography quickly & learning to move to various styles of choreography. We will teach ways to recognize vocabulary, memorize the order of steps, and run through the choreography on a grand scale to make dance calls a breeze at auditions. You will learn how to look your best in individual styles, and stand out in your next dance audition.

Broadway Tap

Tap is a huge part of musical theatre these days and being able to tap makes you more marketable for dance and musical theatre opportunities. This class explores the Broadway style of tap, focusing on time steps, combinations, and other tap techniques that can be applied in musical theatre productions

Combo Classes

Combo Classes are the perfect starting point for young performers who are looking to build confidence and have fun through dance. We keep our kids moving with 2-3 styles of dance in one class! This allows kids to experience a variety of styles of dance and parents don’t have to figure out which one style to start them with!

Contemporary

Contemporary blends elements of jazz, ballet, and modern dance, focusing on freedom of expression, interpretation of music, principles of fall and recovery, control, breathing, balance and contraction/release. This class is an intermediate class, so students must place to a minimum level in jazz & ballet or take a concurrent technique class.

Flexibility

This flexibility & conditioning class will include stretching exercises to target the back, legs, and torso, as well as limbering exercises to help dancers improve their leaps, turns, and tumbling skills. We strongly suggest enrollment in this class twice a week for the greatest progress.

Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a high energy dance class that will introduce students to the latest hip hop trends & breaking. Students will learn to do isolations, combinations, and high energy movements with lots of STYLE! At Studio 3, we believe in “G-rated” hip hop for kids. All movement and costumes will be modest & age appropriate

Jazz Dance

Jazz is a stylized form of dance featuring skills such as turns, leaps, jumps, and other jazz steps to upbeat music with lots of style! Classes include stretch & conditioning, across the floor progressions, and choreography combinations. These classes are for dancers who like precision and rhythm, physical challenges, and personal style and expression.

Rhythm Tap

Originating in America, rhythm tap is tap dancing which focuses on the acoustic rather than the aesthetic. In other words, the emphasis is upon what the dancer says with his or her sounds rather than the way the dancer looks when executing those sounds. The term ‘rhythm tap’ is used to differentiate between this expressive style of dance and the Broadway or show style of tap. Rhythm tap often tends to be more grounded or banging, while Broadway Tap is lighter and uses more calculated movements of the arms and legs, as it is more closely linked to the ballet and jazz dance traditions. Rhythm tap, too, often incorporates choreographed movement of body parts other than the feet. However, it is the sounds that must always take centre stage.

Tap Company

Tap students who love to perform can audition or be invited into this performance-level tap class, where students work together to create a production tap number for our end of year recital and local dance competitions. They train in technique while working on performance qualities year round.

Tumbling

Tumbling is an important skill for dancers, cheerleaders, and actors today. In this class, students will practice proper warm-up and stretching techniques, and learn tumbling skills ranging from headstands and somersaults to back-handsprings and aerials

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre is a combination class to help you develop yourself as a triple threat. If you’re new to the arts, musical theatre is an awesome place to start! Through learning dance, acting, and voice, students are able to explore various areas of the arts and get performing experience as well. This year, our musical theatre classes will develop video production content in our Studio3TV studio.

Musical Theatre – Broadway Babies

Even our littlest performers can learn to act out scenes, perform song & dance numbers, and use professional microphones! We use a variety of creative movement and music activities in these classes to instill a life-long love of music and dance. Our focus is confidence, so we give our littles as many opportunities to perform as possible, with frequent “show and share” sessions during class. This combination class helps the body and the mind to work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words. Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self-expression.

Aural Training

There are some singers who have a natural ear for music, and there are others who have to work at maintaining strong pitch in their singing. Through specific aural training, solfege, and note/interval recognition, students give their ears a workout to improve pitch in their vocal performance. This is a must take class for students who struggle with pitch and being “in tune”

Company B Singers

Company B is an audition-only vocal group that focuses on the music of the 1910’s through 1950’s. Performers get exposed to working with tight harmonies and “mic-ography” to put together performance material. This year, we’ll be focusing on creating videos for streaming outreach to local retirement communities and releasing music videos for patriotic holidays.

Music Theory & Sight Singing

All singers should learn to read music, just like all dancers should learn ballet. Singers who read music are in high demand in professional and community theatre because they learn quickly and are able to pick out harmonies and other special parts more quickly in music. Students will improve their sight singing skills and ability to hear clues in the music which will enhance their performance. This class is also used as preparation for kids auditioning for high school regional and all state choirs.

Perfect Placement & Classical Study

As singers get more advanced, its crucial for them to train in classical voice study to improve their vowels, placement, diction, and tone. In this class, no need to be scared of the classics, we’ll use contemporary and traditional Broadway music to implement a free and natural way of singing, based on the principles of classical voice. We’ll also introduce students to practices that will prepare them for possible college vocal and musical theatre study in a fun and supportive way.

The Perfect Mix

To belt or not to belt…dare we ask the question? This class for the intermediate to advanced singer focuses on techniques to build range and safe practice in various areas of resonance. We discuss the connection between the “head” and “chest” voice and how to create one seamless voice as they pass up and down through their range.

Vocal Essentials (Level 3-5)

These traditional-style voice classes work on a variety of skills, including pitch, tone, timbre, placement, and musicality. Students are also introduced to music theory & sight reading. Level 1 classes focus on the individual performer, giving students the confidence to sing with proper technique and natural sound. Level 2 classes build upon these principles with the practice of harmonies and chord structure. As students progress to Level 3, they focus on music and chord structure, improvisation, and vocal styling. These classes work on a cappella and barbershop material through musical theatre and into popular music to explore vocal technique in varying styles.

Vocal Foundations (Level 1-2)

Voice & Music

We believe that anyone can learn to sing! Through group voice classes and private lessons, Studio 3 offers options for a variety of levels and interests. Music education facilitates student academic achievement; it helps students gain higher test scores, increased focus and concentration, and improves recall and retention of verbal information. Our voice classes not only teach proper technique, but include music theory, reading, and notation as well.

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