Classes

2010 Classes

We are once again fortunate to work with Briar Chapel to continue offering classes this winter. We will update our schedule as new classes become available.

All classes are held at the Community Center in Briar Chapel
(except AD11 and AD12 - see below), located just off 15-501 South.

Please contact Molly Matlock at 919.542.0394 or with any questions.

KC1: Creative Children's Dance, Ages 3 -5
Katherine Hirsch
Thursdays, 10:30 am - 11:15 am; January 14 - February 25
$60
In this class dance movements are generated by creating images and telling stories. Inspiration comes from books and favorite songs such as Puff the Magic Dragon, She’ll be Comin’ around the Mountain and more... With 25 years of dance teaching experience, Katherine Hirsh has developed a children’s dance class that will captivate your child. Parents will enjoy seeing the full repertoire of their children’s dances in an informal presentation on the final class.
Attire: casual dancewear (leggings, skirts or shorts); bare feet or jazz/ballet slippers (no socks or street shoes).

KC2: Creative Children's Dance, Ages 3 -5
Katherine Hirsch
Fridays, 10:30 - 11:15 am, January 15 - February 26
$60
In this class dance movements are generated by creating images and telling stories. Inspiration comes from books and favorite songs such as Puff the Magic Dragon, She’ll be Comin’ around the Mountain and more... With 25 years of dance teaching experience, Katherine Hirsh has developed a children’s dance class that will captivate your child. Parents will enjoy seeing the full repertoire of their children’s dances in an informal presentation on the final class.
Attire: casual dancewear (leggings, skirts or shorts); bare feet or jazz/ballet slippers (no socks or street shoes).

KC3: Hip Hop - teens & adults
Katherine Hirsch
Thursday evenings, 7 - 8 pm, January 21 - February 25
$80
Anyone can dance hip-hop! This dance form “came from the streets” – it began as competitive fun whereby kids toiled with every day movements through exaggeration and isolation. This class will teach the fundamentals of hip hop moves throughout the warm up exercises then delve into simple stylish choreography. Dancing to hip-hop and pop songs, you’ll get a great workout while exploring unique and easy combinations and moves. You’ll feel great, have fun and look fantastic!
Attire: comfortable street clothes; clean running shoes, but dance sneakers are more comfortable and flexible.

KC4: Hip-Hop for Youth - ages 5-19
Katherine Hirsch
Tuesdays, January 19 - February 23, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
$80
Hip-hop is a great dance form for all youth. It’s fun and looks cool! In this class, your child will learn to isolate body movements, explore moving beyond the norm and gain strength and stamina. Combinations will be easy, but also challenge the mind. Popular, clean music will be used. Former dance experience in not required for this class, the student just needs to be prepared to show off his/her “Funky Style”!
Attire: comfortable “Cool or funky” street clothes; clean running shoes, but dance sneakers are more comfortable and flexible; knee pads for floor moves.

KC5: Study and Draw Turtles and Salamanders: Learn How Children’s Books Are Made,
Ages 8-14
Bob Palmatier
Tuesdays, January 19-March 9, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
$60
Bob Palmatier studies turtles and salamanders in the woods and ponds where they live. Then he writes and illustrates children’s books about them.! Would you like to learn more about these animals by drawing the live ones he brings to class each week, and learn how childrens’ books are made? Bob wrote and illustrated the children’s books Stormy’s Return, and Neddy Mittens The Polydactyl Cat. He would love to help you turn your interest in animals, art, or writing into stories and illustrations you can share with your friends and families…or turn into real books if you wish!
Materials List:
Bring pencils and drawing paper
Other art materials you already have:
Markers, paints, colored pencils..
Bring your favorite children’s book!

AD8: Dance Choreography
Katherine Hirsch
Thursdays, 8 - 9 pm, January 21 - February 25
$80
Using different music styles, we’ll uncover all sorts of dance styles, from the latin dance moves, to celtic combinations, jazz and broadway too. This class will begin with pilates, ballet and jazz stretches for a limbering warm-up and move into select choreography based on the music. This is not a beginner class, but it will accommodate any form of dance experience that the student has acquired. In this class you will discover that, “YES! You can dance!”
Attire: dance or exercise clothing; bare feet or jazz/ballet slippers depending on choreography

AD9: Write, Illustrate, and Self-Publish Children's Books: Adults
Bob Palmatier
Mondays, January 18; February 1 - March 1, 6 - 8 pm
$120
Perhaps you’ve been toying with the idea of writing or illustrating a children’s picture book for a while: This may be the class for you! Locally, Bob Palmatier has written, illustrated, self-published, and marketed two successful children’s books in the last two years: Stormy’s Return, and Neddy Mittens The Polydactyl Cat, and he is working on another. He is an experienced and interested teacher, and would like to share what he has learned with you. From story structure, to creating well-composed illustrations, to preparing your book for the press, and creating a marketing strategy that fits you, let this be the class that sets you firmly on the road to making your children’s book a reality!

AD10: Intro to Improv
Anoushka Brod
Tuesdays, January 19 - February 23, 7 - 9 pm AND March 2 - April 5
$120
Come learn the art of improv theater! In this intro class we will explore important improv tools such as, why it's important to say "Yes, and" to your scene partners, how to create believable characters through body and voice, and why "commitment" is a key word in performance. We will learn how to create a scene with our fellow players without any props, costumes or script! Improv teaches us to be fully in the moment on stage and in life! In addition to the play and fun we will have, improv also teaches us important skills such as cooperation, communication and how to enhance our creative thinking. Come join the fun! No experience necessary.

AD3: Screen Printing
Wednesday and Thursday, February 10 & 11, 2010. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Bring sack lunch.
Vidabeth Bensen
Cost: $120 + $40 to cover the materials listed below
Would you like to print your own holiday cards or put original designs on T-shirts? This workshop is designed for artists, teachers, and anyone else interested in making multiples of original art work. The paper stencil and drawing fluid/screen filter method will be taught. Students will then print their own designs on T-shirts, cards, fabric, and/or paper. Even if you have never printed before, you will be amazed at the results. The possibilities are endless. Will also address ways that teachers can incorporate screen printing in their curricula. Beginning and experienced printers welcome.
Materials provided: Screen, Squeegee, X-acto knife with sharp #11 blade, pencils and markers for sketching, 2 inch masking tape, ruler, T-shirts and/or paper to print on.

AD11: Art History: Intro to Contemporary American Art
Park MacArthur
Tuesday Mornings, January 12 - February 16, 9 - 10:30 am
LOCATION: Great Hall, Galloway Ridge, located at 3000 Galloway Ridge Road, Fearrington.
$120
If you are curious about art and wonder how Western culture has come to embrace paintings of one color or orange gates in Central Park as fine art, this course will help illuminate the ideas that motivate artists and art in the 20th and 21st centuries. This six-week course will introduce participants to important concepts and themes in contemporary art. Beginning with the switch from Paris as the art world’s epicenter, to New York, important art historical movements such as abstract expressionism, minimalism, feminism, and conceptual art will be discussed in an effort to understand how we have arrived at today’s moment in art history. This lecture-based course will include slide presentations, reading, lively discussions, and two field trips to local museums and contemporary art collections.

AD12: Study Voice with the Stars!
Karen Betman
Six weeks; dates and times to be scheduled with instructor directly
$40/hour for private lessons or $25/hour for group lessons up to four students
Veteran Opera and Broadway Professional Karen Betman teaches you to sing from the heart, spirit, and the diaphram.
This class meets at Betman's home in Fearrington Village. Six-week course. Dates and times are flexible depending on your needs.
TO REGISTER: CALL Molly Matlock at 919.542.0394.

REGISTER ONLINE for all classes (except AD12)
OR Download a Registration Form (WORD) and Release Form for youth classes and camps (PDF).