mmac Summer Kids 2012 July 8, 2012

Manhattan Movement & Arts Center announces mmac Summer Kids 2012, a performance workshop for children ages 3-12. mmac Summer Kids will take place from July 9- August 3, 2012.
Children ages 5-12 will begin each day with Broadway, Here I Come! and rotate each day with two performance based classes: Ballet, Capoeira, Zumba, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, or Yoga. Children ages 3-4 will begin the day with Movement & Melodies (Intro to Drama) followed by Dance and Arts.

Broadway, Here I Come! (5-12 yrs)
Children will learn to sing, dance and act! This intensive rotates children through dance choreography, acting and musical theater training, vocal exercises, and audition techniques. Children will also participate in a mock audition to help prepare them for future auditions. The intensive will culminate in a final performance for family and friends.

Capoeira - Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts (5-12 yrs)
This fast-paced martial arts incorporates a series of swift and powerful movements performed to Brazilian string music in what is known as a “roda” or Capoeira circle. Basic movements consist of circular kicks, cartwheels and whirling handstands on the floor. Students will enjoy ample opportunities to explore self-expression through this combination of martial arts, dance, and will create accompanying music to this art form.

Pricing & Policies
Ages 3-4
Two weeks $1,250
Four weeks $2,500

Ages 5-12
Two weeks $1,100
Four weeks $2,200

About Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center was developed by Rose Caiola as the home of the Manhattan Youth Ballet, a graded, pre-professional ballet academy and performance company. Ms. Caiola, a former dancer and actress, founded the academy in the fall of 1994 as Studio Maestro at 48 W. 68th Street, and today serves as the youth ballet’s executive artistic director.

The school is modeled after the European academies. The Manhattan Youth Ballet has acquired a reputation for excellent teaching in an intimate and individually supportive environment. The school’s graduates have danced professionally with American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet de España, San Francisco Ballet and Complexions.

As the ballet academy grew, the search for a larger space inspired in Ms. Caiola a highly personal vision of a studio and theater complex that would encompass all aspects of dance education and performance.

mmac opened its doors in June 2008, occupying a dramatic bi-level space within The Element, a luxury high-rise condominium. In addition to the Manhattan Youth Ballet, mmac’s studios and theater host daily adult dance and fitness classes, the mmac Kids program, summer intensive programs, as well as an array of performances and special events.

For more information about mmac, visit www.manhattanmovement.com.

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