Summer Camps at Moore Than Dance are a great way to brush up on your acting and dancing skills. They are also a great way to get ready for upcoming auditions. We have workshops such as My First Dance Class, Perfect Princess, Tappin It to the Streets, Villains and Vixens, Acing Your Audition, Dancing Disney and more. All of our classes are taught by working professionals in the Performing Arts. Our summer camps have a great teacher to student ratio and are available for ages 3-adult.

St. Olaf Swim Camps -- Stroke Technique and High Performance -- are designed for swimmers who have been swimming competitively in associations or school programs. Pool time and other training activities are balanced with recreational activities supervised by camp coaches and counselors.

St. Olaf Diving Camp is designed for boys and girls ages 13-17 who have been diving competitively in an association or school program for at least one season. The camp's comprehensive approach utilizes pool time, dry-land and weight training, dry-board practice, video review and classroom sessions to improve all aspects of your diving.

OleChess offers a challenging week of instruction featuring some of the premier players and teachers in the world. Instruction is supplemented with activities designed to reinforce the new skills you learn and to provide ample opportunities for play. OleChess is for chess players of all ages, strengths and levels of experience. If you want to improve your game, enjoy the company of fellow chess enthusiasts and learn from the masters, OleChess is perfect for you!

Join us for an exciting theatre experience at the St Olaf Summer Theatre Camp. During this exciting and engaging offering, aspiring thespians experience many facets of theatre taught by creative professionals.

Working with faculty members and students who won the 2009 national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held annually at Purdue University (see a video of the machine by searching "St. Olaf Rube Goldberg" on YouTube), participants at our Engineering and Physics Camp for Girls will learn principles and techniques utilized by engineers and scientists every day as they build their own machines. They will then enter the completed machines in a camp contest and compete against the contraptions built by other campers.

Crossings' summer art and theater camps take place in and on the grounds of an old Carnegie Library. The historic, 100 year-old building has been restored into a cultural oasis of art and music serving the towns of Zumbrota, Rochester, Red Wing, and surrounding communities. Kids aged from 3 to 18 can spend a fun week or two exploring various stimulating projects in the following: Multimedia camp, Textile camp, Preschool camp, Pottery wheel and Clay hand-building camps, Claymation and Theater camps. The camp instructors are practicing professionals.

At Camp Warren we believe that a session of camp can make a profound impact on a young person’s life. The Summer of 2012 is shaping up to be another fantastic year. I hope you’ll join us for at least one of our unique single-gender camp sessions.

While at Warren, campers have the opportunity to live independently in a supportive community where they can: meet new friends, try new activities, explore the natural world and gain self-reliance. Activities are designed with skill progression in mind but in a non-competitive atmosphere. For over 80 years, our well trained, energetic staff team (most of whom were once campers themselves) has provided the environment to foster this growth.

Operated by Sounds of Hope, Ltd. an award-winning arts organization, the nonprofit Songs of Hope project intentionally recruits participants from many countries worldwide, and mixes them with U.S. campers. Living together, Songs of Hope participants learn about each other’s countries and cultures through a dynamic program of daily activities, games, living experiences, and cultural outings, while preparing their concert of international songs, dances, movement, and percussion.

New participants must be 9-13 years old and should love singing and performing. Campers may return up to age 16. They arrive as strangers but soon find themselves living, playing, and learning together in a closely-knit, supportive community. During the first three weeks, participants are in daily rehearsals, led by an experienced staff of professional artists. In the project’s final three weeks, they take their nationally recognized concert tour throughout Minnesota and into neighboring states, delighting audiences with their joyous celebration of world cultures.

Now in its twentieth-first year, Songs of Hope is housed on a beautiful college campus in the culturally vibrant Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Campers live in dorm suites with roommates from different countries. The lessons learned during their six weeks together are profound. The friendships are enduring. And the stories are inspirational. Songs of Hope is a transformational experience.

Calling all Kids! If you have a future Star or Actor on your hands then Broadway Kids is right up their alley! The camp will bring out the creativity and imagination in all children. Students participate in Acting, Singing, Dance, Puppetry, Improv, Comedy and more. A performance is held the last day of each week for parents. Kids learn respect, build confidence and self esteem, improve communication and social skills, all while having TONS of FUN!

All children are welcome at In the Company of Kids! Autism Education professional on staff. Special needs registration form is available on our website.

Since 1971 Bonnie Kaye, Artistic Director has been offering individuals the opportunity to enjoy the Arts.

Students will work with a team of experienced instructors to develop and hone their vocal, stage and dance techniques, as well as build their skill set for auditioning, increase their knowledge of musical theater history, and practice character development through the use of dramaturgy. Morning sessions will consist of a rotation through courses on voice, dance, acting, and theater history/dramaturgy. Afternoons will consist of work with a professional director and choreographer on scenes and selections from popular musicals in the Ordway’s upcoming theater season.

Here is what past participants had to say about the program:

“Triple Threat Training was seriously the most intensive week-long training program that we have been part of.”

“I learned so much more about theatre history and how to prepare properly for auditions and all the hard work that goes into that career. I have become a better and more confident actress and dancer.”

“This intensive really focused on helping each individual hone in on their potential as a performer, and ultimately on becoming a true triple threat. I feel that I got the attention and mentoring that I needed to kick start my future experiences with theater.”

“I had a great time in a professional, relaxed and respectful atmosphere with teachers and students.”

CAMP DETAILS
$500 Tuition
*Scholarships available
July 22 – 26, 2013
345 Washington Street Downtown Saint Paul
Open to Students Ages 13-18
Student Showcase July 26

AUDITION PROCESS
Date: Monday, February 11th 4-7pm and February 16th 12pm – 3pm, with possible additional dates in the spring TBD

Call 651-282-3115 to book an audition. Audition times will be assigned by appointment only.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
• Complete an Audition Application and Declaration
• Prepare a one minute monologue, 32 bars of an upbeat musical theater song and a short dance combination of 4 counts of 8. Applicants are required to bring sheet music. Accompanist will be provided.

Admission is competitive and openings are limited. Admission is determined by recommendation of the faculty after thorough review of application and audition materials, which include artistic achievement and potential, and the social and emotional readiness of the candidate.

Questions?
Contact Kristie Gaalswyk at 651.282.3143