Summer Classes

Our preschool classes include preballet, tap and beginning acro skills! Our youngest dancers will develop rhythm and musicality through tap.  They will learn the basics of ballet while developing their gross motor skills, balance, and grace.  Finally, they will work through the primary level of the Acrobatic Arts syllabus to gain strength and flexibility that will help them in all future dance endeavors – ballet, tap, jazz, and advanced acro!  Start your young dancer off right with a balance of strength, musicality, and poise in our TTT classes!

Ages: 3-4 year olds

Section 1: Mondays 5:00-5:45 pm 

Section 2: Mondays 6:00-6:45 pm

Section 3: Tuesdays 5:00-5:45 pm*

Section 4: Wednesdays 5;45-6:30 pm

*(We will make up the class missed on July 4, on Tuesday, August 8.)

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Do you have a young dancer who LOVES dance and wants MORE?  We will be assessing students this spring and summer for our Petite Protégé and Protégé classes.  These advanced, invitation only classes will give dancers extra time in class, further challenge them and serve as a stepping stone to the Relevé Dance Company!  

This one hour combo class focuses on basic dance technique for ballet and tap. Students will gain an understanding of beginning dance terminology and skills. They will also develop a sense of rhythm and flexibility through various dance steps and combinations.

Ages: PreK-Kindergarten

Day/Time: Wednesdays 4:45-5:40 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

This class is by permission or invitation only. If you would like your child to be assessed, please email Cheryl Morris at cheryl@artworksacademy.com

This one hour combo class focuses on basic dance technique for ballet and tap. Students will gain an understanding of beginning dance terminology and skills. They will also develop a sense of rhythm and flexibility through various dance steps and combinations.

Grades: K-2nd

Section 1: Mondays 5:45-6:40 pm

Section 2: Wednesdays 5:45-6:40 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Acro Dance is different from typical gymnastics and tumbling classes. It is the seamless fusion of dance and acrobatic skills. The techniques taught help students to perform the skills safely on a hard floor (dance or stage floor) and to allow seamless flow from an acrobatic move into dance moves during choreography. It also helps to develop strong and well rounded dancers. ArtWorks Academy is one of only two studios in the area to be a certified Acrobatic Arts dance studio.

Students enrolled in the Acro ADD ON, must also be enrolled in the Ballet/Tap Combo that precedes the Acro class.

Grades: K-2nd

Section 1: Mondays 6:45-7:15 pm

Tuition: $30 for six-week session

Do you have a young dancer who LOVES dance and wants MORE?  We will be assessing students this spring and summer for our Petite Protégé and Protégé classes.  These advanced, invitation only classes will give dancers extra time in class, further challenge them and serve as a stepping stone to the Relevé Dance Company!  

This 90-minute combo class focuses on dance technique for ballet and tap. Students will gain an understanding of  dance terminology and skills. They will also develop a sense of rhythm and flexibility through various dance steps and combinations.

Grades: 1st-2nd grade

Day/Time: Wednesdays 4:30-6:00 pm

Tuition: $120 for six-week session

This class is by permission or invitation only. If you would like your child to be assessed, please email Cheryl Morris at cheryl@artworksacademy.com

This one hour combo class focuses on basic dance technique for hip hop and acro. 

Hip hop is a popular style of dance that began in urban areas and can now be seen in music videos, commercials, television, and Broadway musicals. Through the study of hip hop, students will learn coordination, strength, agility and endurance. Age appropriate music and choreography are used in all hip hop classes.

Acro Dance is different from typical gymnastics and tumbling classes. It is the seamless fusion of dance and acrobatic skills. The techniques taught help students to perform the skills safely on a hard floor (dance or stage floor) and to allow seamless flow from an acrobatic move into dance moves during choreography. It also helps to develop strong and well rounded dancers.

Grades: K-2nd

Day/Time: Wednesdays 4:45-5:40 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Hip hop is a popular style of dance that began in urban areas and can now be seen in music videos, commercials, television, and Broadway musicals. Through the study of hip hop, students will learn coordination, strength, agility and endurance. Age appropriate music and choreography are used in all hip hop classes.

Grades: K-12th
Children’s Level Hip Hop (K-2nd grade):  Thursdays 6:30-7:15 pm
Junior Level Hip Hop (3rd-7th grade): Mondays 7:00-7:55 pm
Senior Level Hip Hop (7th-12th grade): Mondays 5:00-5:55 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Acro Dance is different from typical gymnastics and tumbling classes. It is the seamless fusion of dance and acrobatic skills. The techniques taught help students to perform the skills safely on a hard floor (dance or stage floor) and to allow seamless flow from an acrobatic move into dance moves during choreography. It also helps to develop strong and well rounded dancers. ArtWorks Academy is one of only two studios in the metro area to be a certified Acrobatic Arts dance studio.

Grades: 3rd-7th

Day/Time: Thursdays 7:30-8:25 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Musical productions require solid dance technique.  This class will help our theatre students develop the strength, flexibility, and technique they need. Class will include strength and conditioning for dancers, progressions of dance steps across the floor, and short combinations to help them prepare for future dance auditions and rehearsals.  Less experienced dancers will gain the confidence they need to do well in musical theatre, more experienced dancers will be challenged by new combinations, styles, and characters to portray!

Grades: 3rd-7th

Day/Time: Mondays 6:00-6:55 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

ArtWorks Academy offers private voice lessons for students 10-18 years old. Lessons are ½ hour per week. Students will receive instruction on vocal production and placement, breathing techniques, diction, tone and ear training. Students will study vocal anatomy, including the respiratory muscles, the larynx and throat structures, and how they affect singing. Instruction will also be given in music theory and performance skills. Age appropriate music will be assigned to each student.

Time: Voice lessons will be arranged later in the spring semester and the schedule is not yet up. Once the voice lesson schedule is live, the time slots are listed under the season, “2023 Summer Voice Lessons”  Students enrolled for voice during the 2022-2023 season will have first priority. If your child is not currently enrolled in lessons and you would like to put their name on the list for summer lessons, you can email Mica Harkey at mica@artworksacademy.com and let her know your child is interested in lessons.

Ages: 10-18 year olds

Tuition: $145 for six-week session

Is your child interested in learning to play a musical instrument? The ukulele is the perfect choice! The ukulele is a fun, portable instrument.  It is fairly inexpensive, making it more accessible than other instruments.  In this introductory course, students will learn ukulele chords, strumming, finger picking and how to read ukulele tabs.

Practicing at home will help each student progress more quickly.  All students must provide their own ukulele.  These can be purchased at music stores, Amazon, etc. 

Grades: 4th-9th

Day/Time: Mondays 5:00-5:55 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

This class is perfect for students who love to sing and want to further their musical training! Singing in a Barbershop or a cappella group trains students to be better ensemble singers.  Students will learn how to match, balance, and blend with each other, while learning intricate harmonies.  Students will gain proficiency with a variety of vocal styles using appropriate tone quality, intonation, rhythms, diction, and musicianship. While our Glee Club during the school year is divided into Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Glee Club, our summer Glee Club is coed.

Grades: 6th-12th, 2023 grads

Day/Time: Wednesdays 4:30-5:25 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Ballet is the foundation of all dance technique. Solid training in this genre will allow a performer to easily adjust to the various dance styles seen in dance and musical theatre industries. Our classes place equal emphasis on technique, alignment, terminology and execution as well as musicality and a love of the art form. 

Grades: 3rd-12th

Junior Level Ballet (3rd-7th grade): Thursdays 6:30-7:25 pm
Senior Level Ballet (8th-12th grade): Tuesdays 5:45-6:40 pm

*(We will make up the class missed on July 4, on Tuesday, August 8.)

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Tap focuses on developing rhythm and speed through intricate footwork.  Students will learn proper execution and rhythm for steps, as well as the ability to execute steps at various speeds.

Grades: 3rd–12th grade, adults

Junior Beginning Level (3rd-7th grade): Thursdays 6:00-6:30 pm

Senior Beginning Level (7th-12th grade): Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 pm

Senior Intermediate Level (7th-12th grade): Mondays 4:30-5:00 pm

Adult Tap (18+): Mondays 8:15-8:45 pm

Tuition: $70 for six-week session

Students will work on movements that are the foundation for classical modern dance, such as contractions, basic floor work, and learning the concepts of space, time and force. They will also study contemporary dance, which is all about self-expression, freedom, and storytelling.

Grades: 7th-12th grade

Day/Time: Tuesdays 6:45-7:40 pm*

*(We will make up the class missed on July 4, on Tuesday, August 8.)

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

In this class students will learn how to develop a character by discovering their inner motives and characteristics. Students will employ written material, critical thinking and research as well as improvisational acting techniques in this exciting six-week class.

Grades: 5th-12th

Day/Time: Thursdays 5:00-5:55 pm

Tuition: $90 for six-week session

Auditions will be June 23 and 23 (see details below) and rehearsals begin June 26.  If you will be out of town during auditions, please contact us in advance, so we can arrange another audition time for you.  

About The Drowsy Chaperone:

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. 

Auditions:  Vocal auditions will be on Thursday, June 22 at 4:00 pm or 6:00 pm at ArtWorks Academy.  You will sign up to audition during one of those times. Those auditioning should prepare one song from a musical, which reflects the style of the show. It should be 16-32 bars in length. We will not have an accompanist for this audition, so students will need to bring recorded accompaniment. They should also come prepared for a dance audition. The dance will be taught to them at auditions. Again, if you want to audition, but know you will be out of town that week, please let us know in advance and we will schedule a different time for you to audition. You can call (405) 397-1824 or email Katie Morris, Director of Music, at katie@artworksacademy.com. If you don’t hear back within 24 hours, please try again, as we are very busy with multiple other shows and we don’t want to miss your email or call.

As stated above, you will need to select a time and sign up to audition.  If you are planning to also audition for Musical Theatre Company, please sign up for both auditions.  You will use the same song to audition for both and do not need to audition twice, but we need to know who is auditioning for each.  So, if you plan to audition at 4:00 pm, for instance, please register for the MTC audition and the The Drowsy Chaperone audition that are scheduled for 4:00 pm (if you plan to audition for both).

Click on the link below and log in to your account or create an account if you are new.  Once you have done that you will see a link to a page that says, “2023 Summer Auditions and Drop In Classes.” Click on that and scroll through the calendar to find June 23.  You might need to click on ‘more’ within the calendar if not all four audition options are showing up.

Those who audition for The Drowsy Chaperone may be called back to read and sing for specific roles.  Callbacks will be Friday, June 23 at 6:00 pm.  You will be notified by email on Friday morning June 23 if you are called back.

Rehearsals:  Students will rehearse from 6:00-8:30 pm on Mondays and Thursdays from June 26 through August 3.  We might occasionally have additional rehearsals, if necessary.  We will have mandatory rehearsals every night the week of July 31.

Performances:  The performances will be August 4-6, 2023.  Performances will be at ArtWorks Academy’s Loft Theatre.

Grades: 8th-12th, 2023 grads

Cost: Tuition is $325

This mixed-level class is perfect for adults who want to return to performing or experience it for the first time. This class incorporates three performance elements: singing, dancing and acting.  Students will focus on the fundamentals of musical theatre technique, while learning songs and dances from various musicals.

Grades: 18 years old and up

Day/Time: Monday 7:15-8:10 pm

*(We will make up the class missed on July 4, on Tuesday, August 8.)

Tuition: $90 for six-week session