YS Kids Playhouse

The Conference of the Birds

TomC — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:27:11 +0000

The Conference of the Birds a jazz musical based on the 12th Century Sufi fable by Farid ud-Din Attar. The story recounts the longing of a group of 30 birds, led by a hoopoe, who journey toward the mystical land of Simorgh. Each bird has a special talent and significance but, one by one, they want to drop out – each offering an excuse why they are unable to endure the journey. When they finally arrive in the land of Simorgh — all they see there are each other and the reflection of the thirty birds in a lake. The YSKP production of The Conference of the Birds is a musical adaptation of the acclaimed 1970’s play by Peter Brook that also features both hand-held and large puppets, the poems of Rumi and movement inspired by the Sufi tradition.

We puzzle over the meaning of a painting

or a book.

When what we’re wanting to see

and understand

In this world, we are that.

Crew

Director – John Fleming
Composer and Musical Director – Neal Kirkwood
Puppets – D. Tristan Cupp
Costumer and Art Director – Pierre Nagley
Dance Choreographer – Tricia Gelmini
Song Lyrics – John Fleming
Musicians – Neal Kirkwood, Harry Mann, Skip Leeds, Mike Kremer, Claire Heister, Joshua Seitz

JD (Dance Fever)

TomC — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:40:40 +0000

J.D.(Dance Fever) is a 22 year old professional dancer from Dayton, Ohio. He began dancing while still in high school; competing in competitions and underground battles. He is one of the co-founders of the popular dance group known as the DYT’s Fynest which has gained recognition in Dayton and the surrounding area. Within his first year of college at the University of Dayton, he became the head choreographer and dance teacher for a growing hip-hop dance class offered at the university. He helped mentor and train students and former dance crew members. He has also opened for various recording artist. By his sophomore year of college he began to make dance videos and served as a back up dancer. By the end of his junior year he established two Hip Hop classes at The University of Dayton: Group Choreography and Advance Hip-Hop. That same year he joined SMAG dance collective, which is a part of Dayton Contemporary Dance Corporation (DCDC). He was their Hip Hop specialist and performing dancer. Now JD is training under Flex from Zulu Kings, Stanky D, and others to take his skills to the next level. Currently he is a member of a Dayton crew, TWS, where he serves as the President and head choreographer and performs across Ohio.

2010 Course Descriptions

Hip Hop classes offered by JD will include choreographed routines which focus on poppin’, breakin’, locking, and krump. While drawing from different styles, all routines will be Hip Hop based. Classes will be taught moves (vocabulary) which will then be put into a routine (phrase). By the end of each routine, students will be able to express themselves in one of many hip Hop dance styles and will gain knowledge about the roots of Hip Hop culture.

Lauren Morgan

TomC — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:24:22 +0000

Lauren Morgan is a recent graduate of Wright State University with a BFA in Dance. She has performed extensively at La Comedia Dinner Theatre, King’s Island, and with American Entertainment Productions in Columbus. Lauren has choreographed concert works at Wright State as well as RENT with Encore Theatre Company in Dayton, The Wedding Singer at Madison High School and Footloose and Willy Wonka with Summer Youth Theatre in Middletown.

2010 Course Descriptions

Ballet I-Students will learn basic ballet positions and movements, terminology, how to move safely with good alignment (good posture in motion) and develop a sense of musicality. The atmosphere is nurturing with an emphasis on creativity and learning to work respectfully within a group. Attire: leotards and tights, ballet slippers. Skirts over tights are ok too.

Ballet II-Moving at a somewhat fast pace, students continue to learn basic ballet positions and movements, terminology, how to move safely with good alignment, expand movement qualities and develop a sense of musicality. The atmosphere is nurturing with an emphasis on creativity and learning to work respectfully within a group. Attire: leotards and tights, ballet slippers. Skirts over tights are ok too.

Jazz Dance/Musical Theater-A high energy class with a set warm up that will allow the dancers to explore different styles of jazz and musical theater with across the floor and center combinations.

Beginning Tap-The dancers will learn basic tap technique. This includes shuffle, shuffle ball change, flap, flap heel, buffalo, paddle and roll, stomp, stamp, brushes, and scuffs. Depending on the level of the class we may attempt single and double time steps.

Mario Kraszewski

TomC — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:18:17 +0000

Mario Kraszewski is a former owner & operator of the Dayton Arthur Murray Dance Studio’s .

After numerous championships throughout Europe, Mario came to the U.S. in 1998 and worked briefly in New York before joining the Dayton Arthur Murray Staff. He then rose to great heights winning the World Arthur Murray Rising Star Smooth Championship in 2003. He has also performed with the Cincinnati Pops and Symphony Orchestras. Mario is commentator of Dancing with the Stars for local Fox TV station. He has been working with them since season 1.

Mario is originally from Warsaw, Poland where as a young teenager he began his ballroom dancing career competing in International Style Standard and Latin. During this time he won several Mario holds titles in both the Latin and Standard divisions. He also taught and competed in wheelchair ballroom, in which he would lead paraplegics in specially made wheelchairs. In 1995 he established the first Wheelchair Dance Federation in Poland and became its first vice president. In 1996, he won the Wheelchair Ballroom World Cup in Holland with his partner.

Mario teaches students and professionals in all five styles – Latin, Ballroom, Rhythm, Smooth, Theater Art.

Course description: Mario’s Ballroom Dance Class will include basic elements to the most popular social dances, including: SWING, SALSA, RUMBA, and MERENGUE.

100 Businesses for YSKP! 2010-2011

TomC — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:32:19 +0000

Please join our first businesses who have pledged their support for YSKP. To become one of these businesses, simply donate $40 or more to YSKP through your organizations name. When you Donate online check yes in the section that asks if you would like to be a business for YSKP or when you Donate through the Mail be sure to include in the comments section or in a note: “make my business a 100 businesses for YSKP Member”. In exchange, your business name and web link will be placed in a special listing of the 100 Businesses For YSKP in all our programs throughout the year and on our website.

Your local support is critical to a strong YSKP. We want to fill our audience programs and our website this year with the listings of 100 businesses who support YSKP.

Click Here to Donate Online and be sure to check yes on “100 Business for YSKP” to have your business be included below

Battino Counseling Services
Burly Man Cleaning
CM Executive Search
Craig Mesure Realtor Coldwell Banker
Community Childrens Center, Inc.
Contractor Marketing, Inc.
Dayton Street Gulch
Doug Snyder Graphic Design
Fred Bartenstein & Associates
James P. Keen -Coaching and Consulting Amsterdam-New York-Yellow Springs
Kismet/Pangaea, International
Little Art Theater
Main Squeeze
Nadia Malarkey Garden Design
TK Tile and Paint
Wal-Mart-Tuttle Lane in Springfield
Yellow Springs Design
The Yellow Springs News

Corporate Supporters
The Meadowlark Restaurant
The Winds Café and Wine Cellar
Home Depot in Beavercreek
YSI

Online Class/Workshop Registration

TomC — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:01:08 +0000

2010 Fall Class registration

For full class descriptions including full time, location, age, and instructor info. VISIT the class description page by Clicking Here

All Youth Participants are required to have a filled out a medical release form to participate in YSKP classes. Click the link below to download a copy of the form.

YSKP Release and Medical Consent Form

for information on our youth scholarships visit our scholarship page. YSKP does not provide scholarships for adult participants.

Final registration for most classes is a week before class starts, WE WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO HOLD THE CLASS BASED ON ENROLLMENT AT THAT TIME, so register early if possible!

Click the links below to register for the desired class. The first page is for the individual paying for the class, the page after that requests attendee info.

Reservations

TomC — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:34:00 +0000

There are no events or fundraisers that require registration at this time.

For Current production Ticket information – CLICK HERE!

D. Tristan Cupp

TomC — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:44:47 +0000

Tristan is originally from the Forest Park Suburb of Cincinnati and now resides in Dayton, Ohio. Tristan’s artistic talent includes painting, sculpting, puppet & mask construction, and building scenery. He has strong ties to the local artistic and theatre community which began at Sinclair Community College. Tristan currently works as master carpenter for The Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, OH. He has also designed and built sets for The Dreamkeeper Theatre Company, First Frontier, Inc., and Town Hall Theatre. Tristan created masks and puppets for numerous companies including Town Hall Theatre, Rhythm N Shoes, The Human Race Theatre Company, Sinclair Community College, The Theatre Guild, and is proud to be a founding member of The Zoot Theatre Company. Tristan is a DayTony award recipient for his props and puppets. He is very proud of the area and artistic community which thrives in and around Dayton and encourages everyone to get involved and learn from the riches of theatre right in our own backywards.

Michael Casselli

TomC — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:41:53 +0000

Michael Casselli has been interested in the hybridization of forms and media since he received his undergraduate degree in Visual Arts/Performance theory from Antioch College in 1987. While at the college, he staged large-scale outdoor mixed media performance installations, whose primary focus was an attempt to clarify issues of sense-based perception and the physicality inherent in performative work. After Antioch, he was accepted into the Masters Program in Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

While at RISD his worked started to move away from the performative context, while maintaining a vested interest in sense of physicality, choosing to focus on the role that the spectator plays as a necessary figurative element of a completed work. It was at RSID that he started to define the contextual framework through which his work was to be experienced. By eliminating physical boundaries between the viewer and the work, he provided the spectator with a choice as to how they would interact with it.

While these concerns still remain active in the work he produces today, his vocabulary has expanded to include more subtle ways of asking the same questions, and has allowed him to consider a broader palate of contemporary media in the creation of his work, utilizing video, robotics, and home grown technologies. Michael spent twenty years in New York City within the underground art and performance scene, fully integrating his early concerns with performance and the visual arts. While continuing to create large-scale installations, he found himself able to apply many of the same concerns within the performance arena, creating scenic and video design for dance and theater, earning him a Bessie Award for Scenic Design in 1987. Michael relocated to Yellow Springs in 2009 to establish the Manic Design Studio, a place for hybrid experimentation in all media.

Audition Forms

TomC — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:59:44 +0000

Summer 2010 Audition and Sign up Forms

Information forms

The following forms provide current season information and YSKP policy for Youth and Parents

Youth Information for 2010 Summer Immersion

Parent Audition Information for 2010 Summer immersion

Audition Forms

Youth Audition Form 2010

2010 Parent Profile Forms

The following forms can be used to sign up for our 2010 programs. Please fill out the appropriate form for the program your child will be participating in and bring to Auditions May 8th, 2010

Advanced and Introductory Acting Immersion (Summer Productions)Form