Hampshire College
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Tuition includes room and meals
Extraordinary teachers and professionals will inspire the young performer as they study acting, singing, and a variety of dance disciplines in this dance summer camp/workshop.Summer Dance Camp/Workshop DetailsWorkshop Head: Carol SchubergFaculty Director: General McArthur Hambrick Join dance professionals from Broadway and other passionate aspiring Broadway gypsies in this six-day dance summer camp intensive training academy. Dance is an essential ingredient in the "triple threat" musical theater scene today. This premiere program offers daily workshops in dance disciplines such as jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop, and musical theater dance styles. Students will focus on technique from beginner to advanced. * Additional Summer Dance Camp/Workshop InformationStudents will be housed at Merrill Hall on the Hampshire College campus. Students check-in between 1 - 3pm on the first day of camp. Flights should arrive into Bradley International(BDL) on the First Day of camp between 10:30am and 2pm. Flights should depart from Bradley International(BDL) on the last day of camp after 7pm. Transportation is available to and from Bradley International(BDL) for $30 each way.
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Directors and Faculty
General McArthur Hambrick
Faculty Director
General McArthur Hambrick is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas Christian University, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. General has studied dance at American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and one summer at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre School. He was a soloist with the Fort Worth Ballet, and Hartford Ballet Companies, and also was a member of Dancers Unlimited in Dallas Texas. General most recently danced with the Minnesota Dance Theatre in Minneapolis, under the artistic direction of Lise Houlton, where he was awarded the 1999 McKnight Fellowship for his achievements in the dance community. General was the recipient of the 2001 Natalie Skelton Achievement Award and the 2001 Wyoming Arts Council Performing Arts Fellowship. His musical theatre credits include both the Broadway and National touring companies of Cats as Alonzo and understudy for Rum Tum Tugger, Miss Saigon, understudy for John, and the Slave Master in Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera. He also portrayed Richie in the 25th Anniversary tour of A Chorus Line. Regional credits include, Once on This Island (Papa Ge), The King and I (Simon), at the Casa Manana Playhouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Five Guys Named Moe (Nomax), Oklahoma Lyric Theatre and Swing (Edward) at the Country Dinner Playhouse in Denver, Colorado. He appeared as guest vocalist along with Della Reese on the PBS special; With Ozzie and Ruby: Life Is. Mr. Hambrick acted as director/choreographer of the Centennial Singers, a musical theatre touring group, at the University of Wyoming for five years. General is also the founder and director of the Joyful Noise Choral Ensemble, Fort Worth, Texas. General made his professional debut as a director of Country Dinner's acclaimed production of Ain't Misbehavin, which received rave reviews.Carol Schuberg
Workshop Head
Carol Schuberg has performed on Broadway in Meet Me in St. Louis, and in the National tour of Cats, Promises, Promises, Tap Dance Kid, Barnum and Gigi. She has played Erma in Anything Goes, Sheila in A Chorus Line, Electra in Gypsy, Rose in Bye, Bye Birdie, and Conchalla in the The Late Henry Moss. She choreographed Avenue X for Cain Park, Two Gentlemen of Verona for the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and Nine for New York University. She was Assistant Choreographer for Tony Stevens on Sweet Charity (for the Istanbul Opera), Sheba, Promises, Promises, Bye, Bye Birdie, The State Farm Industrials, and the King.com Industrial. She also assisted Michael Smuin for the film The Fantasticks, Ted Pappas on The Pajama Game for the New York City Opera, and Janet Watson on Anything Goes and Gypsy. Carol has taught theater dance, jazz, tap and ballet at New York University, the American Music and Dramatic Academy, Broadway Dance Center and Jefferson High School for the Performing Arts in Portland Oregon. She received her BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah.
Location Information
Hampshire College is a small, independent, coeducational liberal arts college located on 800 acres of meadow and wooded land in Amherst, Massachusetts. An integral part of the Five Colleges Consortium, comprised of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hampshire College hosts several US Performing Arts Summer Theater Camp Workshops. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience college life at one of the renowned Five Colleges.
Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists.
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