The Designer's Process:
GRADES: 6th Grade – 12th Grade
Designer’s Process will give budding designers an opportunity to work on their skills as a scenic designer, costume designer, and atmospheric designer (lighting/sound/etc). The course is divided into three units over the course of twelve weeks with a rotation of Teaching Artists. Though each discipline will rotate every four weeks, designers will be working on making creative choices around one consistent script.
Backstage Camp:
GRADES: 8th Grade – 12th Grade
SPARC’s Backstage Camp is a great choice for young people who love to build new things, bring their ideas to life, and get messy along the way. Learn important skills that designers and technicians need for staging theatrical productions, like painting, making props, stage management, costuming, and more.
Focus In Film Camp:
GRADES: 8th Grade – 12th Grade
We are excited to expand the popular Focus In program by offering this camp for older students this summer. Step onto the red carpet for two weeks and learn more about the art of filmmaking from both sides of the camera! Students will gain hands-on experience in acting for the camera, using film equipment, writing, and editing for movies and television.
Stage Combat:
GRADES: 8th Grade – 12th Grade
This class will cover the basics of choreographed fight sequences for the stage. Youth will learn how to keep themselves and others safe while creating the illusion of drama for an audience. When in any type of physical class that requires partner work, it is essential that students follow ALL safety protocol set in place by the instructor(s).
The Puppeteer's Process:
GRADES: 8th Grade – 12th Grade
In this brand new technical theatre class, students will gain hands-on skills in both the construction of puppets and their implementation on the stage. Did you know almost anything can be a puppet? The Puppeteer’s Process will dive into how to create characters from shapes, buzz words, and texture, while working as a group to literally bring a story to life.
The Performer's Process:
GRADES: 8th Grade – 12th Grade
The Performer’s Process will give young artists an opportunity to work on their skills as a singer, actor and dancer. The course is divided into three units over the course of twelve weeks with a rotation of Teaching Artists. For four weeks each of the performance disciplines will be given full focus, ultimately empowering the youth to make creative character-driven choices, convey emotion through song and dance, and become confident storytellers.
Spectrum Summer Session:
GRADES: 9th Grade – 12th Grade
Embrace your role in the LGBTQ+ community through this performing arts camp for LGBTQ+ identifying youth and their allies. This theatre arts camp is the only one of its kind in the area. For one week, you will learn to use the performing arts to devise an original piece of theatre to be presented at the end of the week for friends, family, and other community members.
Bravo Summer Company:
GRADES: 9th Grade – 12th Grade
This challenging, contemporary, non-audition-based program will train company members in skills like acting, music, dance, and script writing. Members of Bravo Summer Company will work collaboratively to form an ensemble and use their skills to devise an original musical theatre-based piece!
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We are always accepting new students for upcoming classes, camps, and programs!
If you have any questions about SPARC or any of our offerings, please reach out to us by filling out our contact form on this page or by giving us a call at our office at (804) 353-3393.
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SPARC is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
