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<div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Talespinner
Children's Theatre announces Summer Classes</b></font><br></div>
<p style="line-height:100%" align="LEFT"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font><br></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Talespinner
Children's Theatre (TCT) Executive Artistic Director Alison Garrigan
is proud to announce that registration is now open for fall
educational programming. TCT, whose recent production of </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>The
Tale of the Name of the Tree</i></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
was acclaimed by critics, children and adults alike, is a Cleveland
theatre company that develops and produces highly imaginative,
original, collaborative and interactive professional works for
children.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><br>TCT
will offer classes developed for pre-schoolers (ages 3-5), kids
(6-10) and early teens (11-14). Fall session starts September 22 and
runs through November 10. Pre-school classes will be held on
Saturdays from 10:00am – 11:00am; programming for kids and early
teens will be held on Saturdays from 11:00am – 2:00pm. All
classes will be held at Talespinner Children's Theatre at the
Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, 44102. </font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Classes
will be taught by qualified theatre professionals and cover topics
ranging from acting around the world to comedic improvisation,
puppetry, character development and movement. The cost of an
eight-week session for pre-schoolers is $75. Kids and early teens
will be enrolled in three classes at a total cost of $200. Ask
about our “sibling discount!” Interested parents or students may
register online at </font></font><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org/"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</u></font></font></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
or via phone at (216) 264-9680. <br></font></font><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Class
Descriptions:</b></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i><u><b>Pre-school
Classes (Ages 3-5):</b></u></i></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">10:00am-11:00am</font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Land
of Many Colors</b></font></p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">A
space adventure to a rainbow land where trouble is afoot!
Students will use puppets, theatre, voice and movement while engaging
in live performing arts in a collaborative process that explores the
theatrical experience.</font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font><br></font>
</p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i><u><b>Kids
(Ages 6-10):</b></u></i></font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Improv:
Yes, And?</b></font></p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Through
games, movement, and creative play, students will learn an Improv
foundation that will help develop a strong sense of self, and a
lifelong love for expression and creativity. </font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">
</p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Move
Your Body</b></font>
</p><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Rooted
in various types of physical movement that apply to any style of
acting, this class teaches students to use their entire body to
loosen up and have fun acting.</font><font>
</font><font></font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">
</p><b>Acting
Around the World</b><br><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Students
learn how different people from around the world tell stories for
kids onstage. Explore folktales and learn some of the creative
styles that flavor theatre from different lands.</font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i><u><b><br>Early
Teens (Ages 11-14):</b></u></i></font></p><font>
</font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>The
Art of Moving</b></font></p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Students
spend their time discovering how to move their bodies and act out
exciting stories without using words.</font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font> </font></p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Different
People, Different Show</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br>Students
explore specific story-telling styles from different countries, and
how different a story becomes when acted out in different ways.</font><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Improv:
A Sense of Play</b></font></p><font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Through
Improvisational games and practice, students learn how to develop
characters, play well with others onstage, and give gifts for better
scenes.</font>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,153)">ABOUT
TALESPINNER CHILDREN'S THEATRE:</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153)"> </span>TCT is a Cleveland-based company
that develops and produces highly imaginative, original,
collaborative and interactive professional works for children that
also stimulate creative growth in its artists. At any time, these
pieces may involve acting, dance, music, puppetry, tumbling,
drumming, and numerous other artistic disciplines as imagined by the
artistic teams working with and for TCT, and are open to all creative
possibility. TCT rounds out its inaugural season with <i>Magic Flute,
an Adaptation</i>, onstage December 1 – 23. TCT's aim is to bring
theatre to the community in its fullest form providing excitement,
growth and joy for all who are involved in and/or touched by its
work.</font></font>
</p><p style="line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font>TCT
strives to reach across socio-economic, cultural and traditional
boundaries to help awaken and bring better understanding by opening
eyes, ears, hearts and imaginations in the young people (and artists)
of Cleveland and its surrounds.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font>TCT
creates work that remembers that children are smaller people, not
lesser people.</font></font></b></p>
<font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal">For
more information email </span></font><a href="mailto:info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org
</u></span></font></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal">or
call (216) 264-9680. </span></font></font>
</p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <br>Mindy Childress Herman<br>
<a href="http://www.mindychildress.com" target="_blank">www.mindychildress.com</a><br><a href="mailto:herman.mindy@gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.mindy@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>