WINTER SEMESTER CLASS

Broadway Combo: Grades 4-6

Selections from Descendants 3

Broadway Combo combines acting with dance! This class will offer more specific dance techniques in both tap and jazz, along with developing each student’s acting skills. (In order to teach both tap and jazz techniques, singing will NOT be included in this class.) Students will perform selections from the musical Descendants 3 ON STAGE in the Semester Showcase.

Prerequisite: Students must have one of the following to take this course:

  • Foundations of Theatre Seminar (This 2-hour seminar is offered the week before class begins. You can sign up for it when you register.)
  • Students advancing to the 4th-6th grade group from 1st-3rd grade MUST take the Foundations of Theatre Seminar. 
  • Previous ACT class or camp for 4th grade or higher.

 

Shoe Requirement: Black Jazz Shoes & Black Tap Shoes

Days: Saturdays

Times: 8:30 – 10:30 AM

Classes Begin: January 18

Class Size Limit: 16 Students 

Student Ages: Grades 4 – 6

Winter Semester Dates: January 13 - May 17, 2025

  • No Classes March 24 – 29 (Spring Break)

Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, May 10, 11:30 – 12:45pm

Semester Showcase: Saturday, May 17, 9:00am

Semester Showcase Location: Sand Creek High School Auditorium

Showcase Production Fee: A production fee of $60 will be charged on April 1st. Production fees will be discounted for families with multiple students or multiple classes ($45 for a second class or student and $25 for the third, with a maximum of $130 per family).

Showcase Tickets: Tickets are not needed to attend the Semester Showcase so families can invite guests to attend the performance without cost!

Costumes: Students will be required to provide their own costumes for the show. Most costumes can be created from items around your home or from Goodwill.

Tuition: 

Tuition Due Dates:

$105 Non-Refundable Deposit Due at Registration

$105 Due on February 1

$105 Due on March 1

$105 Due on April 1

$105 Due on May 1

A 5% discount will be given if semester tuition is paid in full at the time of registration.

Showcase Production Fee: A production fee of $60 will be charged on April 1st. 

Production fees will be discounted for families with multiple students or multiple classes ($45 for a second class or student and $25 for the third, with a maximum of $130 per family).

Tuition Discounts:

Military Discount*

Students who have a military parent qualify for a 10% discount.

Multi-Class Discount*

We offer a 10% discount for each additional class a student takes in one semester.

Sibling Discount*

We offer a 10% discount for each additional sibling who participates in classes.

*Students may use only one discount per class and all discounts will be applied to the equal or lesser value class.

Shayla Mellen - Musical Theatre, Dance & Choreography Instructor at Academy of Children's Theatre and the Academy of Community Theatre.

Shayla Mellen

Musical Theatre, Dance Instructor & Choreographer

Class Instructor

Shayla Mellen has a Bachelors of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts with a Dance Major and Theater minor which she received at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. As well as an Associate of Arts in Dance Performance on a full-tuition scholarship from Casper College. She has been dancing since the age of 2 and dance and theater are her absolute passion. She has been in many musicals, plays, and dance shows such as Double-Sided Coin, Collective Trust, Mary Poppins, The Wedding Singer, Six Characters in Search of an Author, A Rock N Roll Fantasy, and an adaptation of Charlotte’s Web through dance. She is the Show Choir and Musical Choreographer at Vista Ridge High School and Show Choir Choreographer for Falcon High School. Shayla has also choreographed some of her own original dance shows such as Resurgence and Psyche through UCCS. She has loved being a part of the ACT staff for a couple of years now.

Location:

ACT Studios: Regular Classes

481 Windchime Place

Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Phone: 719-282-9101

Email: director@actcolorado.net

Sand Creek High School: Semester Showcase

7005 Carefree Circle N

Colorado Springs, CO 80922

(Please contact ACT for any questions)