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Pictured above, Topsy Turvy
2009 at the Prana Center
School Year
2010-11 Classes &
Performance Opportunities Enroll today - all classes filled
first-come, first-served
Sign up for 2 or more classes now and save $50!
Performance
Workshops -
your opportunity to be in a Prana show without auditioning!
Disney's Cinderella Kids!
(Grades K-4 with Roberta Weiner and Joanne Hines)
You will sing and dance in our big fall
musical, "Disney's Cinderella Kids," to be performed in three
exciting shows on the Holliston Middle School stage! A great
opportunity to perform on a proscenium stage and learn some fun
choreography and songs as you portray the mice who help Cinderella make
it to the ball!
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Regular Rehearsals: Fridays
3:45-4:45 p.m.
(Sept.
10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8)
at the Prana Center
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Rehearsals with the full cast: Sun., Oct. 10 1-3:30 p.m., Mon. Oct.
11 (Columbus Day) 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Prana Center
- Dress
Rehearsals: Tues., Oct. 12
and Thursday Oct. 14 at Holliston Middle School (5:30-8 p.m.)
- Show dates: Friday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.,
and Saturday Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Holliston Middle
School. You will arrive at 6 p.m. Friday, and at 3 p.m.
Saturday (on Saturday you will stay and dinner is included)
- Everyone performs in all three shows!
- Show
t-shirt, Saturday dinner and Saturday night cast party all included!!
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Please do not sign up for this workshop if you will be away Columbus
Day weekend
Tuition: $275
Registration Form
A Christmas Carol
(Grades K-4 with Joanne Hines)
You will be the
Victorian-era Christmas carolers in Prana's production of A Christmas
Carol held over two fun-filled weekends at the Prana Center
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Regular Rehearsals: Fridays 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19
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Dress rehearsals Sun., Nov. 28, Mon., Nov. 29,
Tues., Nov. 30, Thurs., Dec. 2 and Thurs., Dec. 9
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Show dates:
Fri., Dec.
3, Sat.,
Dec. 4 Fri., Dec. 10 and Sat., Dec. 11, 7 p.m. and
Sun.,
Dec. 5, Sun., Dec. 12, 1:30 p.m.
- Everyone performs in all
six shows!
- Show
t-shirt and cast party included!!
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Tuition: $179
Registration Form
Did You Know?
Acting students can learn wonderful methods of breath control,
relaxation techniques and great ways to strengthen and stretch the body
through yoga! Click here for Kids' Yoga
at Prana!
Coming up for spring!
A Little Princess
(Grades 2-4 with Roberta
Weiner) You will portray the girls at "Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for
Young Ladies" in this charming adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett
classic, to be performed in 5 shows at the Prana Center in March 2011.
You will learn to create a believable character and everyone will have
lines! (There are several parts for boys grades 2-4 in the main
cast by audition. Otherwise, main cast is grades 5-12)
Tuition: $189
Registration Form
All plays will have
main casts, and students grades 5-12 are eligible to audition for all!
Classes
Playwriting
(Grades 6-12 with Roberta Weiner)
The teacher, author of several original plays and numerous adaptations
(as well as 5 nonfiction books about education),
will guide you through the process of writing a play. From
selecting your genre to creating characters to writing dialog and stage
directions, this is your guide to creating works that can be translated
onto stage! This is not a performance class. (Bring your
journal, favorite notebook, or laptop computer if you have one.)
Time:
Mondays 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Dates: Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22
Tuition: $129
Registration Form
Improv
(Grades 5-10 with Roberta Weiner)
Learn improvisational skills in this challenging acting class! Improv
training helps you think creatively, be more confident, and become a
stronger performer. You will also gain skills to help you perform
better in auditions and in public speaking at school.
Time: Tuesdays 4:45-6 p.m. (immediately
preceding Broadway Dance - sign up for both and save)
Dates:
Nov. 2, 9,
16, 23
Tuition: $129
Registration Form
Broadway
Dancing
(Grades 4-8 with Rachel Pollinger and Jinny Pollinger)
Prana's favorite teen choreographers (School Dazed, Cinderella,
Summer Acting) will teach you choreography for two
fun Broadway songs, to be staged and performed at the last class!
The class is designed to help students feel more confident and
comfortable with musical theatre dance steps and movements, and to
practice dancing in front of an audience. Plus, it's lots of
fun! Appropriate for all levels.
Time:
Tuesdays 6-7 p.m.
Dates: Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 (no class Nov. 30), Dec. 7, 14
Tuition: $149
Registration Form
Yoga, Dance & Music Classes
Mondays - Middle School Yoga
Kripalu Yoga
teacher
Mary Starr Green leads a varied class that mixes strengthening
and stretching with restorative poses to help you chill after school!
Time: 2:15-3:15 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 18, 25 (no class Oct. 11, Columbus Day)
Tuition: $119
Registration Form
Mondays - Yoga & Musical Theatre! (grades 3-5)
Prana Center Director Roberta Weiner, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher
and children's theatre director, leads a fun class designed to build
imagination and enhance children's movement and music skills. The class
is half yoga, half singing/dancing!
Time: 4:45-5:30 p.m.
Dates: starting in November - dates coming soon
Tuition: $99
Registration Form
Tuesdays - Yoga & Musical Theatre! (grades K-2)
Prana Center Director Roberta Weiner,
a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and children's theatre director,
leads a fun class designed to build imagination and beginning movement
and music skills. The class is half yoga, half singing/dancing!
Time: 3:45-4:30 p.m.
Dates:
Nov. 2, 9,
16, 23,
(no class
Nov. 30), Dec. 7, 14
Tuition: $99
Registration Form
Wednesdays - Yoga &
Hip-Hop! (grades 2-5)
Kim Givens, an experienced and lively Yoga & Fitness instructor, leads
an energetic class! The class is half yoga, half hip-hop dance. There
will be a presentation for parents at the final class!
Time: 4-4:45 p.m.
Dates: Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10
Tuition: $99
Registration Form
Click here for teacher bios
Private instruction available!
Prana
Center Director Roberta Weiner works with
Destination Imagination teams as a consultant and Girl Scout troops on
badge requirements in acting and yoga. The cost is $10/child
with a minimum of 8 children for a one-hour session. Call 508-429-3470
for more information.
Roberta also does one-on-one
tutoring
for $80/hour (school presentations, outside auditions etc.)
"Roberta, thanks for working with the kids. We were able to see the
impact of your work with the kids when we went to the regional
competition. It made a huge difference. They were awesome in their
final performance and very proud. The skills they learned from you
really enhanced their performance and their experience of their
performance. Thanks!" --Susan Drebing, Destination Imagination team
leader
Education is not the
filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Yeats

Pictured above, School Dazed
Performance Workshop 2009!
All classes are held at the Prana Center, 21 Charles St., Holliston, MA,
(downtown, behind the library) - conveniently located just
minutes from surrounding towns, including Ashland, Framingham,
Hopkinton, Sherborn, Medway, Millis, Medway, Milford, Medfield and Natick.
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