2023 SUMMER PROGRAMMING AT THE AXELROD CONTEMPORARY BALLET DANCE THEATER STUDIO AT BELL WORKS
WHERE:
Axelrod Performing Arts Academy’s (APAA) 2023 Summer Educational Programming which offers dance and musical theater classes and experiences for kids ages 8+ will soon be underway.
Created by APAA Director and AXCBT Artistic Director Gabriel
Chajnik, the Academy was established to offer year-round programming providing
children and adults extensive dance training through a unique performing arts
experience. The Academy shares AXCBT’s mission to cultivate an environment
rooted in diversity, inspiration, encouragement, and equality.
APAA Summer Programs
Pre-Professional Summer Dance
Intensive
The Pre-Professional Summer Dance Intensive offers kids
ages 11+ daily ballet and contemporary classes and weekly Master Classes. The
curriculum is designed to immerse students into the world of professional dance
and to foster their growth both artistically and technically. AXCBT’s
Pre-Professional Dance Intensive features a world-class faculty lineup,
bringing in accredited guest artists from Radio City Music Hall, Complexions
Contemporary Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Steven Spielberg’s West Side
Story and more.
WHEN: July 17 - August 4, 2023; Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Monmouth University, Lauren K. Woods Theater & Bell
Works
Primary Summer Camp
The Primary Summer Camp is an all-encompassing program
designed to teach kids 8 -12 the ins and outs of the performing arts world.
Coursework includes dance, choreography, vocal technique, commercial acting,
audition prep with workshops introducing the technical aspects of theater.
Students will receive professional
training from actors, dancers and singers with extensive experience in the
business.
WHEN: July 5-28, 2023; Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
TUITION:
Lane Napper Experience
Television's Lane Napper
(Victorious, FBI, iCarly) will conduct a week-long summer fun TV-Dance
Experience at AXCBT Studios at Bell Works! During the week-long experience,
Lane will take students through different forms of script and scene study.
Students will learn aspects of performing onstage, television, film, and
commercial. They will also work on choreography and movement.
To top off the experience,
students (along with our awesome videography crew) will shoot an actual ACTING
scene and then break into a DANCE using Bell Works as our location!
At the end of the week,
parents are invited to witness some of the behind-the-scenes filming, as we all
experience the energy and excitement together!
WHEN: August 7 - 11; Ages 8-12, 10am - 1pm; Ages 13+, 2-5pm
2023 APAA Summer Faculty
Mary-Kate Schmidt, Director
Nicolas de la Vega, Broadway’s
Cabaret and Radio City Music Hall
Fredi Walker-Browne, Original
cast of Rent, National Tour, The Lion King
Lane Napper, Nickelodeon’s Victorious
and iCarly
Quincy Southerland, Royal
Caribbean Cruises, Former AXCBT
Kathleen Pearlberg, New Jersey
Ballet
Gabriela Soto, Steven
Spielberg’s West Side Story and Broadway’s Wicked
Michaela Greco, Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Alyssa Harris, AXCBT
Lindsay Jorgensen, AXCBT and
Ballet Nepantla
Andrea Kron, Anatomy Workshop
MaryAnn Massa, Complexions
Contemporary Ballet
Olivia Miranda, AXCBT and
Ballet Hispanico
Lane Napper, Nickelodeon’s Victorious
and iCarly
Kathleen Pearlberg, New Jersey
Ballet
Gabriela Soto, Steven
Spielberg’s West Side Story and Broadway’s Wicked
Jessica Totaro, Movement Arts
Project
Michael Trusnovec, Paul Taylor
Dance Company
To register for any of the Axelrod Performing Art Academy’s
Summer Programs visit here or for other inquiries, contact apaa@axelrodartscenter.org or call 732.378.9948
About Axelrod Performing Arts
Academy:
Axelrod Performing Arts Academy
offers students unique and comprehensive training in dance and theater arts,
emphasizing performance as an essential part of education and education an
essential part of performance.
About Axelrod Contemporary
Ballet Theater:
Axelrod Contemporary
Ballet Theater strives to cultivate an environment rooted in diversity,
inspiration, encouragement, and equality where all are welcome and heard.
Listening and learning is at the heart of our commitments to change policies,
attitudes, and habits that do not align with our core values.
About Bell Works:
Bell Works is the
reimagination of the historic former Bell Labs building in Holmdel, N.J. Today,
the building is a one-of-a kind destination for business and culture, complete
with a blossoming ecosystem of technology, traditional offices, retail, dining,
hospitality, and much more.
