Courses
Course Descriptions 2011/2012
| Princess Pre-Dance | Your little one will learn the preliminaries of ballet in a fun, engaging way. Fairytales are used as the base for the dances. (Ages 2 ½ -4) |
| Broadway Babies | Broadway Babies is a fun class of songs, dances and games that accommodates the cognitive and physical development changes in the older preschooler and kindergartener. This is the beginning stage of musical theatre. (Ages 3-5) |
| Musical Theatre | The focus of this course is to teach students how to become a “triple threat” (singing, acting and dancing) in one of the most popular styles – Broadway. Current Broadway material will be used in both classes. Over the past four years Star Potential Studios has presented a number of variety shows onstage including Wish Upon a Star, On Broadway, Christmas Glee and Timewarp. All our musical theatre students played a major part in the performance of these shows. Each of the shows gave the students a wonderful opportunity to show their families and friends what they'd learned in their classes at the studio. (Junior – ages 8-11/ Senior - ages 12 and up). |
| Primary Musical Theatre/Drama | Same description as Musical Theatre (see below) plus a drama improv component. – (ages 6-9) |
| Musical Theatre Company |
Junior, Senior and Pre-Professional Company classes are by audition-only.
Call the studio for details (416-354-2479) These classes will be an integral part of the Christmas and Spring productions. In addition they will compete in festival this year. This is for the advanced and dedicated singer/ actor/dancer. Each class will be limited to 10 students. We are looking for girls and boys for these groups. (Junior Ages 10-13, Senior Ages 14-18, Pre-Professional 14 and up) |
| Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap and Hip Hop | Star Potential Studios is now offering quality training in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap and Hip Hop (ages 2 1/2 to adult). Barre work, cross floor and a class routine are the main components of all classes . Students will gain the fundamental skills in each dance style plus be given the opportunity to showcase their skills in our studio variety shows. Children and adults can dance for fun and exercise or to enhance their performance skills as a dancer or musical theatre performer. While our dance teachers have taught competitive programming at other dance studios, Star Potential Studios is a non-completive, nurturing environment dedicated to improving the skills, confidence and performance ability of each student. |
| Acting for Stage | Character development, script analysis, and lots of exciting acting challenges make this a very popular course with amateur and professional actors alike. As well as working with traditional material, students will create their own characters and plots for study. The stage acting students have participated in all of Star Potential Studios' onstage productions providing dialogue and storylines to enhance the musical theatre performances. (Junior – ages 8-11/ Senior ages 12 and up - acceptance into Level 2 is based on a successful audition) |
| Voice | Learn proper vocal techniques, sight reading and holding both harmony and melody while working in a variety of different styles. Students will all be encouraged to work on solos and duets in addition to the ensemble work. As well as developing their vocal talents and enjoying the fun of singing, Star Potential Studios' singers often perform feature solos and duets during our stage variety shows. (Junior – ages 7-11, Senior – ages 12-16, Adult – ages 17 and up) |
| Audition Preparation | Learn the best and most effective techniques to prepare for auditions. Covering professional theatre auditions and enrolment in post secondary and secondary arts programs, this course has everything required for a successful audition. |
| Acting for Film | A course that defines and develops the subtle differences between acting for stage and for film. Students will learn the special skills required when acting in front of the camera including projecting believable emotions, proper movement, continuity and creating a unique performance. The course will also focus on film auditions, cold reading and memorization tips. A video camera as well and lights and sound recreate the feel of an actual film set and give the students an opportunity to watch and critique themselves and improve their on-camera skills. (Level 1 and 2) |
| Guitar | Guitar at Star Potential Studios is taught as private or semi-private lessons. Lessons are on the classical or acoustic guitar. Students will learn a combination of techniques. The rest stroke for plucking melodies and learning to read musical notation as well as working with chords and tab, either with strumming or broken chords. Technique books are used for regular exercises in combination with current sheet music. Beginning students can expect to learn to read the notes on the treble clef as well as basic rhythm notation in addition to guitar skills |
| Children's Theatre | This year students of Star Potential Studios have the opportunity to demonstrate their talents and skills in a series of plays and musicals presented for young people of all ages. This year the productions include special weekend matinee performances of Rumplestiltskin, Wish Upon a Star, Cinderella and The Princess and the Pea. |