Hampshire College - Musical Theater

Receive intensive training in the three essential components of musical theater - voice, acting, and dance.

Week 1:	July 12 - July 17, 2009
Week 2:	July 19 - July 24, 2009
Ages:	12 - 18 yrs
Tuition:	$1100 (Includes room and meals)

Details

This US Performing Arts Musical Theater Camp is the essence of the "triple threat." Join Broadway artists, college faculty, and enthusiastic musical theater students from all over the country in a 6-day intensive training academy that focus on the three essential components of musical theater - acting, singing and dancing.
Curriculum includes improvisation, scene study, vocal instruction, audition techniques and dance workshops for all levels - from beginner to advanced.

* Additional Information

Students check-in between 1 and 3pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Bradley International Airport on the first day of camp prior to 2pm.
Flights should depart from Bradley International Airport on the last day of camp after 7pm.
Airport transportation is available to and from Bradley International for $30 each way.

Program Directors

David Covington
David Covington is a freelance actor, dancer, and producer. He has worked with such stars as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ann Reinking, Angela Lansbury, Gregory Hines, Baayork Lee, Dein Perry, and Marvin Hamlisch, to name a few. Mr. Covington began his performance career tap dancing his way across the globe with the internationally acclaimed company of TAP DOGS. Other dance credits include Associate Choreographer and Soloist for Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate Choreographer and Soloist for the Kennedy Center's 13th Annual Gala: A Salute to the 1940's Broadway Musical with the National Symphony Orchestra and hosted by Julie Andrews. His commitment to the preservation and promotion of the American art form of tap dance has led to the recent founding of his own tap company, MetroTAP, and youth company, Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble. Mr Covington has danced in numerous industrial events, including the 2002 Winter Olympics and has taught master classes across the US.

An Equity actor, Mr. Covington has performed in dozens of productions in the Washington DC metropolitan area, including performances at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Ford's Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Landsburgh, Theatre J, Imagination Stage, Wayside Theatre, and Roundhouse Theatre. He recently finished the film Babylon Central to be released summer 2008.

Also, Mr. Covington's credits as a producer and manager include Associate Producer for the Department of Special Programming at the Kennedy Center, Coordinator for the Library of Congress Tap Dance Festival, and manager for the Folger Consort at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is currently Director of the US Performing Arts Summer Workshops in Washington DC, an Associate Producer for Metropolitan Fine Arts Center in Alexandria, VA, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Performing Arts Alliance. Mr. Covington is a graduate of American University.

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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 programs this summer. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience college life at one of the renowned Five Colleges.

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