<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#6600cc" size="4">Talespinner Children's Theatre Announces Fall Classes</font></div>
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<font color="#6600cc" size="4">Registration now open!</font></div>
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<p style="line-height:100%" align="LEFT"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><font>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><i>The
Tale of the Name of the Tree</i></font> <font>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, helvetica, sans-serif"><font><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>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font>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><a href="http://www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><font><u>www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org</u></font></font></a>
<font>or
via phone at <a href="tel:%28216%29%20264-9680" target="_blank">(216)
264-9680</a>. </font>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Class
Descriptions:</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><i><u><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Pre-school
Classes (Ages 3-5):</font></b></u></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">10:00am-11:00am</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Land
of Many Colors</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, 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></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><u><b>Kids (Ages 6-10):</b></u></i>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Improv:
Yes, And?</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, 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>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Move
Your Body</b>
</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, 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></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Acting Around the
World</b><br>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></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><i><u><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Early
Teens (Ages 11-14):</font></b></u></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The
Art of Moving</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Students spend their time
discovering how to move their bodies and act out exciting stories
without using words.
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Different People, Different
Show</b><br>Students explore specific story-telling styles from
different countries, and how different a story becomes when acted out
in different ways.
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Improv:
A Sense of Play</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, 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>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000099"><b>ABOUT
TALESPINNER CHILDREN'S THEATRE:</b></font><font color="#000099"> </font>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></p>
<p style="line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TCT
creates work that remembers that children are smaller people, not
lesser people.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal">For
more information email </span><a href="mailto:info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>info@talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org
</u></span></font></a><span style="font-style:normal">or
call <a href="tel:%28216%29%20264-9680" target="_blank">(216)
264-9680</a>. </span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888">
</font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span></span></font></span></font></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
<br>Mindy Childress Herman<br>
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