Kahilu Theatre is offering three performing arts summer camps for Hawaii Island youth.
The camps are Let’s Dance! (June 19-30), Adventures in Polynesia (July 3-15) and Keiki Performing Arts Workshop (July 17-28).
All camps are from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and each camp concludes with a performance. The fee for each camp is $230 with max enrollment of 30 students. Students should bring a packed lunch from home.
All camps take place at the theatre, 67-1186 Lindsey Road in Waimea.
Let’s Dance!
Led by Kahilu Performing Arts Classes director Angel Prince, Let’s Dance! teaches technique and choreography classes in contemporary dance, ballet, hip-hop and jazz. The camp, open to students ages 7-16, also includes daily pilates and yoga classes as foundational strength and flexibility training. There are additional courses in acting, anatomy, choreography and improvisation, stage makeup and salsa.
Let’s Dance! concludes with a student performance for the community at 5 p.m. June 30.
Adventures in Polynesia
Adventures in Polynesia, directed by Kalena Ohilo, is inspired by the motion picture “Moana” and focuses on acrobatics, tumbling, vaulting and aerial silks. The camp, open to students ages 5-12, is infused with Polynesian music, implements and dance. In addition to indulging creative energies in acrobatics, students will create their own “Moana skirt” and Maori poi balls.
Adventures in Polynesia concludes with a student performance for the community at 5 p.m. July 14.
Note: There is no class July 4. A make-up class is scheduled for July 8.
Keiki Performing Arts Workshop
Directed by former Kahilu Youth Troupe member Marena Dunnington, KPAW focuses on teaching stage skills necessary for musical theater, with singing, acting and dancing as the three primary disciplines. The workshop, geared for students ages 7-12, also includes classes in playwriting and storytelling, makeup, improvisation, accents and dialects.
Instructors are alumni of the Kahilu Youth Troupe — young performers who have trained at Kahilu with Beth Dunnington and are now pursuing their acting careers at the collegiate level.
KPAW concludes with a student performance for the community at 5 p.m. July 28.
For more information about the Kahilu Performing Arts Camps, call the Kahilu Theatre box office at 885-6868. Registration is available online at www.kahilutheatre.org.
