 Camp Imagine!
Performing Arts
Enrichment Program
July 7 - August 2
Monday - Friday:
9:30 A.M. to Noon.
Performance Showcase:
Saturday, Aug 2 @ 10 A.M.
Camp Imagine! is a unique summer educational program for middle school students with an interest in the performing arts. Based in the Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance on the Muhlenberg College campus and administered by the Department of Theatre & Dance, this day camp offers students an opportunity to explore their talents in a safe and open environment. The experience in the arts contributes both to their education and to the building of more inclusive communities.
Objectives: (1) To encourage students to embrace collaboration as a way of learning. (2) To explore their creativity through ensemble music, drama, movement, improvisation, poetry, creative writing, and visual arts. (3) To provide an invaluable experience and opportunity for Allentown middle school students to nurture their passion for the performing arts and build real-life interpersonal and expressive skills.
Skills that this creative process teaches:
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Concentration – focus activities such as the mirror exercise, tableaus, tongue twisters, etc.
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Cooperation – group problem solving activities, ensemble performance, opportunities to understand compromise and consensus building.
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Collaboration – sharing ideas (such as creating scenes, sound communities, filling in the spaces, etc.) and building bridges to accept differences in approach or response to an activity.
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Communication – physical movement, nonverbal behavior, listening skills, written language, voice and spoken word.
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Conflict resolution – exploring choices and consequences for choices through the performing arts.
 Art triggers the creative process by providing a shared, common experience that becomes the frame of reference for each student and focuses each student’s work. The teacher as facilitator guides the students through a series of activities related to an overall objective. It could be exploring emotions, resolving social conflict, or taking a journey through outer space. Themes connected to student-generated ideas and subjects are chosen and discovered through age appropriate poems, stories and plays. During the four-week camp, participants move in groups among three sets of teachers and activities in drama, movement, and vocal expression.
Flyers and registration forms are distributed in Allentown School District middle schools, and students are identified to participate in the program based on recommendations of teachers, principals, and parents. Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre works directly with corporate sponsors, community foundations, and the Allentown School District to provide the financial resources needed to (1) make the camp free and accessible to all students from the Allentown School District, (2) provide professional training of the teaching interns, and (3) offer free transportation to and from the college campus.
Information and registration is also available online or by request at 484.664.3335. For those students outside the Allentown School District, tuition for the 4-week program is $365. Payment is required at the time of registration. Enrollment is limited, so early registration is advised. Payment is required at the time of registration and class size is limited. Scholarships for students outside the Allentown School District are based on financial need and available by request.
Click here for the online camp registration form. The deadline to register is June 9th.
MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS -
July 7 - August 1; Monday-Friday, 1:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Performance Showcase: August 1 @ 7 P.M.
 NEW THIS YEAR!! Our Performance Workshop for High School students offers the opportunity to work with an energetic ensemble of students from across the Lehigh Valley. Focused on building bridges - culturally and artistically - the workshop will engage students with a love for any and every aspect of the performing arts. Respected and encouraged as young artists, teens will work together in a professional studio setting to prepare their voices, bodies, and minds to perform.
National data has shown that participating in the creative arts fosters new skills in ensemble building, encourages diverse learning styles, and teaches peaceful resolution of differences and conflicts. These communication skills empower teens to accept and respect others in their group, to solve differences creatively instead of violently, and to approach obstacles as manageable problems to be solved – essential life-long tools for learning. Teens engaged in the performing arts are encouraged to enliven their experience of learning in every classroom, and to develop new confidence in achieving goals they may only have dreamed possible until now.
We are proud to offer this advanced training opportunity for the enthusiastic teens who have experienced Camp Imagine, and to open the workshop to anyone completing 9th through 12th grades in area schools. This summer program will foster their skills and their confidence as they advance to new performance opportunities in their schools and communities.
Tuition for the 4-week program is $465. Payment is required at the time of registration and class size is limited. A limited number of scholarships based on financial need are available by request.
Click for the online camp registration form. The deadline to register is June 1st.
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Thank you to our Outreach Sponsors
Air Productions, Amaranth Foundation, Crayola, Embassy Bank, Fowler Family Foundation, Highmark Blue Shield, Kraft, Inc., Keystone Nazareth Charitable Foundation, Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Ruth P. Seruga Trust, Muhlenberg Theatre Association and Muhlenberg College.
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