Musical Theatre Medley ( Ages 7-9) Sundays 10:30am – 11:30am
Musical Theatre Medley: In this class we get to dive into the 3 disciplines of Musical Theatre Storytelling; Singing, dancing, and acting. We will use a musical, or musicals, to put these pieces together and study how to perform in a musical. Previous music and dance knowledge will be helpful for this class but not required. We will also learn how auditions can work, and how to audition for a musical. All classes take place at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati (4015 Red Bank Rd.)
Key Skills
- Boosting musical theatre skills
- Getting performance ready
- Ensemble building
Shelby Coleman
Teacher
Shelby has a background in theatre education and dance that has led her across the country. She is the Education Director at Stage Right MTC Inc and most recently was the Director of Artistic and Educational Programs with the Surry Arts Council in North Carolina where she directed, choreographed, designed and taught for students throughout North Carolina and Virginia. While there, Shelby was the founder and instructor of a dance studio specializing in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, West African, clogging, flat foot, musical theatre and pre-pointe. Shelby has a background in teaching students diagnosed with various physical, mental, and learning disabilities. As the creator of the Special Friends Program in North Carolina, she spear-headed the implementation of the arts as a support for furthering social, emotional and LifeSkills learning for Exception Children classrooms and Post K-12 LifeSkills groups throughout the state. Shelby has taught at various institutes across the country including Lexington Children's Theatre, Shooting Stars YouTheatre, Missoula Children's Theatre, StageRight MTC Inc, Morehead State University, Surry Community College, Surry Arts Council, Ryle High School, Surry County Schools, Milennium Charter Academy, Cincinnati Public Schools, Boone County Public Libraries, Kenton County Public Libraries, Grant County Public Libraries and now The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati.
