Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vancouver u Calgary 179 9822800 Winnipeg free press entertainment Section Morley Walker 6977307 b1 july 1995 youths pursue their passions for the arts in concentrated programs during holidays Nicolas Catalano plays the Triangle at music by Patricia Zytnick free press correspondent getting up at 7 and practising muscle wrenching moves All Day int most 14yearolds idea of a great Way to spend summer but three weeks of that routine is the Best part of the summer for Jessica who came to Winnipeg from Calgary to attend the summer dance school at the Royal Winnipeg Ive been excited about com ing Here All i could hardly says jes sitting amid 20 other classmates All dressed in Black tights and Pink dance shoes during a Jessica was required to con tribute half of her spending Money for her but that didst Dampen her i did it through babysitting and saving my Money from birthdays and i just love she Jessica and her classmates Are among thousands of kids pursuing their love of the be it paint ing or theatre this summer in concentrated summer most kids registered last but there Are spaces available for Many August pro Cost ranges from to a they work you really hard but it feels says Aimie an Rob sum Mer student from her Only complaint is that the course is too i wish they make it five weeks Long instead of just she says As two other girls beside her nod in that attitude is says teacher Sarah we have very few behaviour problems these kids All want to be intense and because the summer experience is so teachers get to know their students better and can offer i can see myself really getting better after three says and i like it makes me want to work this year the Rob had 89 Chil Dren mostly girls taking sum Mer dance Baker says the school attracts kids who dont want to get Rusty Over the they want to keep their technique in top form so they dont lose time getting Back in shape come a few blocks another group of kids is getting an in depth introduction to theatre in an old warehouse building in the Exchange twelve boys and Ages 10 to Are creating their own play at a summer school put on by the Manitoba theatre for Young peo at first i didst want to come Here at says Alastair Thom wearing a baseball Cap backwards on his my mom put me in and i want very Happy about but after a couple of Days when he met the other kids and saw what was going he was get Ting excited about coming its better than school because its More you can wander around if you want he its skills Alastair is one of about 50 Young people taking the two week it teaches children the techniques involved in effective improvising and play taught by experienced the kids learn skills that will help those who want a career in the but Many of the things they learn can also Benefit any says director Stew Art we have a lot of adults who come to us and take acting classes because their jobs have changed and they have to give presentations and there Terri Cairn who runs a Sim Ilar class for kids out of Prairie theatre Exchange agrees that theatre skills can help any in our theres no right or wrong answer like in we push them to use their we get kids who dont always do Well in the school system but they do really Well with us and that a goo experience for his year for the first pet teamed up with the Winnipeg Art gallery and the contemporary dancers to offer a two week Day Camp that exposed kids to All three Judith Dickson says the Camp was a terrific experience for her two Ages eight and theres no they just adored says they got to let their imagination Loose and just had a really fun and the Art they made was just there Are also Camps that Cater to kids As Young As the Manitoba conservatory of music and Art offers several two week Camps for children Ages four to the sessions emphasize music and says Kristine director of the summer program and a schoolteacher during the Urchenko says there Are advantages to teaching music to kids at an Early if we Start them out when there three or its easier for them to learn to sing because they Haven yet reached to stage where there and kids will end up developing a better ear for music and a bet Ter feel for it if they Start she locus on arts i heres a description of of Winnipeg summer focusing on the University of Manitoba min University Day Camps 4749142 i this is the largest summer pm program offered in the Chil this year it Ifo Freijs concentrated sessions Cre j Young ask Are two weeks Long Rafid rim through the end of University of Manitoba 2125 a474801 Zzz is for High i Sihpol or College students and adults have some the in age f from13 to 55 Rathe Camp offers the Chance from some of the Best jazz musicians and educators in North America and includes classes on big different jazz vocal jazz and Manitoba theatre for f Young people 9470384 the two week theatre Camp is open to children Ages seven to 17 classes emphasize improvise and kids Are grouped according to their Ages and skill h Manitoba conservatory of music and arts classes teach music composing your own music and painting and children also go on supervised Field trips within the contemporary dancers the contemporary dancers offer two intensive three week one for teens aged 15 to the second for children classes run monday to downtown summer arts Camp offered for the first time this year in the arts now exposed kids aged seven to 15 to Art through the Winnipeg Art Prairie theatre Exchange and the contemporary Marc Quant Winnipeg free phys theres no they just adored every Day Cash that Minjon Isa keeps Dollar Granddad growing grand prize Phon tunes open today Call 774 1995 toll free 18oo6672964 ;