Always dreamt of taking up ballet? Join Jen in this super fun class featuring a mix of conditioning, barre, and center moves. You will feel stronger, taller, more graceful, and inspired by the beautiful live music played by Ms. Afrika Lambe! Special bonus: ballet terminology is in French!

As Artists at Walnut Hill, we spend a lot of time and energy interpreting works by other people: choreographers, painters, composers, playwrights, and more. The Free Improvisation Ensemble turns this idea upside down!

FIE is a space where music is made up on-the-spot, without any predetermined plan. You will have the opportunity to explore deep listening, to try out ideas, and to be challenged to trust your instincts and those of your friends. We will make music at every meeting and each piece we improvise will only exist in the moment we make it.

Mr. Z has beautified our campus! Examples of his work can be seen in our outdoor labyrinth and the Zen fountain in the ATC created by last year's ART360 class! You will create your own design using modeling techniques, both analog and digital, with the aid of drafting tools and 3D modeling software. You will learn to bolster spatial cognition, ideation, organization of workflow, proof of concept, and other important elements of design.

In this exciting vocal music course, you will learn the ins and outs of a Capella singing, pop style! Over the last 20 years, a Capella singing groups have made a major contribution to the arts community. Singing dissonant, close harmonies, and learning to use your voice and breath support techniques to blend and create beautiful and exciting a Capella music.

The most successful and well-known artists of today have a broad and vivid online presence. As the pacesetters of 21st century artists, it’s important that you each have a great sense of how to market and sell yourself. In this course, students can expect to finish the 10 weeks with a functioning artist page—completely designed and built by yourself!

Jazz Funk (West Coast), also known as Street Jazz (East Coast), covers hit dance styles and moves from hardcore hits like the musical Hamilton, to the fierce vibes of Lady Gaga and Beyonce, to the hype heel-ography of Kinky Boots. Jazz Funk [Street Jazz] incorporates little bits and pieces of other dance genres and wraps it into a funky style that is both fun and expressive! Dancers will be able to learn dance technique terminology and apply it to warm-ups and choreography. Dancers learn to problem solve through music—hitting isolations with sheer intensity, moving through dynamics both hard and soft, and sprinkling a little “sassy in your step.” Jazz Funk [Street Jazz] tells a story with the body. Get ready for the “Boom Kack Ka Ka Bam Whop!”

Have you ever wondered how people have the courage to stand in front of hundreds of others and say all those lines they memorized? Have you ever imagined how learning to act might impact your ability to interpret a painting, or imagine a dance move? Maybe you want to deepen your connection to the words you sing or write? Whatever you can imagine is possible in the world of acting. In this class, you will explore real life scenarios in very much imagined situations. There is no end to where this acting road may take you.