One week in the open air is just not enough. We just got started … so let’s take a second week outside in the wide open park of Kenneth Hahn – to create and listen to… the sound of music!
LISTENING EXPERIENCES
We play excerpts from the best operas, ballets and musicals, inspired by Shakespeare, composing our own movement pieces in response.
- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wedding March
- Danish composer Niel Gade – Hamlet Overture
- Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet
- Dvořák – Othello Overture
- Verdi – Macbeth
- William Walton – Henry V
- West Side Story, Kiss Me Kate, Boys From Syracuse, Something Rotten
MOVEMENT EXPERIENCES
- We will learn a traditional 16th Century Dance, applying to music above.
- We will explode out of structure and do freestyle movement juxtaposed against Renaissance style music.
ACTING EXPERIENCES (Scenes & Song with live instruments supporting)
- Two Gentleman of Verona
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Cymbeline
- Othello
GRADES 2 through 8 (Fall 2021)
DATES
July 19 – 23
Monday through Friday – 10 am to 3 pm
LOCATION
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
4100 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90056
COST
$225.00
We believe that every child who is drawn to this work should be able to participate, so we offer a variety of scholarships – click here for the application form and guidelines. Please do not hesitate to apply!
SAFETY PROTOCOL
– Camp will take place entirely outdoors.
– All staff over 16 years of age are fully vaccinated
– All participants must wear masks. Masks can only be removed when distances of 6 feet can be maintained.
– Kenneth Hahn has bathrooms with hand-washing facilities. SYF will provide soap, disposable towels, and hand sanitizer, to assure that campers can follow proper hygiene practices.