Triple Threat Levels 1 & 2

12 weeks per semester

Triple Threat Level 1 & 2 is designed to provide beginning and intermediate elementary students the opportunity to learn and develop foundational acting, singing, and dancing skills while having fun and building lifelong friendships with fellow students.

Students who take one semester of Triple Threat will feel more confident and comfortable working with and performing in front of peers and parents, as well as preparing for future auditions.

Students who consistently take Triple Threat throughout their elementary years will have a strong foundation in all three skills and will be confident and prepared for placement auditions for Triple Threat Levels 3 & 4, SOPA’s Performance Classes, as well as performance opportunities at their school, church, and throughout the community.

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2023 Theme - Year B

Year A: Fall – Winter Tales | Spring – Mixed up Fairy Tales

Year B: Fall – Stories around the world | Spring – Secrets of the Garden

Year C: Fall – Spooky Stories | Spring – Animals Galore

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Instructors

Liesl Cruz – Voice levels 1 & 2, acting level 1

Anne Brown – Dance levels 1 & 2, acting level 2

Enrollment is Open July 31 - Aug. 11, 2023

CLASSES

Triple Threat Level 1 & 2

Triple Threat Level 1

Saturdays 9:00 – 10:30 – Grades K – 2nd

One Year (Fall & Spring) Commitment

During class students will:

Bond as a group
Develop focusing and listening skills
Begin to communicate information to peers via dramatization
Learn and develop acting skills such as sensory awareness, stage movement, and vocalization
Learn the basics of storytelling by working with winter themed scripts
Learn and develop dance skills such as moving to the beat, body awareness, choreography and dance vocabulary
Learn and develop singing skills such as rhythm, vocal registers, pitch matching, vocal control & expression, and diction
Relate movement to music and stories
Imagine characters and develop movement to create characters
Work together to create tableaus, pantomime plays, and scripted work

$210 per semester

Enroll in Class

Triple Threat Level 2

Saturdays 9:00 – 10:30 – Grades 3rd – 6th

One Year (Fall & Spring) Commitment

During class students will:

Bond as a group
Develop focusing and listening skills
Begin to communicate information to peers via dramatization
Learn and develop acting skills such as sensory awareness, stage movement, and vocalization
Learn the basics of storytelling by writing their own short plays
Learn and develop dance skills such as moving to the beat, body awareness, choreography and dance vocabulary
Learn and develop singing skills such as rhythm, vocal registers, pitch matching, vocal control & expression, and diction
Relate movement to music and stories
Imagine characters and develop movement to create characters
Work together to create tableaus, pantomime plays, and scripted work

$210 per Semester

Enroll in Class

Liesl Cruz - Voice leves 1 & 2 | Acting Level 1

Liesl Cruz – Director of Education for Stage Center’s SoPA and active performer in the Shreveport/Bossier arts community, Liesl moved to Shreveport 8 years ago and quickly found her way into the very active art scene.

An avid performer and educator she has more than 30 years of experience in the arts, 20 of which has been devoted to the education of children, youth, and adults. In addition to serving as DoE for Stage Center and teaching Levels 1 & 2 of Triple Threat, and Levels 3 & 4 of voice, Liesl also owns her own private voice studio, serves as a staff musician for FMC, and performs regularly with the Shreveport Opera, Shreveport Little Theatre, the Emmet Hook Center, and of course Stage Center. Most recently you will have seen her in Shreveport Opera’s Date Night as a variety of eccentric characters or Emmet Hook Center’s The Sound of Music as none other than Maria Von Trapp. And she will appearing later this fall in a recital titled Wish-list and as Cindy Lou in Christmas Wonderettes.

She holds a MS in Early Childhood Education with a focus in Music & the Visual Arts from Indiana University, a BM in vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University, is certified in all three levels of Somatic Voicework™ , and continues her education by attending workshops and seminars in all topics related to the theater arts as she is able.

Nothing brings Liesl more joy than watching her students gain confidence as they work to develop their Triple Threat skills and fall in love with the art of Story Telling.

Anne Brown - Dance levels 1 & 2 | Acting level 2

Anne Nichols Brown has been performing on stage and in front of a camera for most of her life; starting out at Strauss Little Theatre in Monroe at the age of 6. After landing her first lead role as Stuart Little in Stuart Little, there was no going back. Through dancing with Twin City Ballet’s senior company, performing with CA Studio in roles such as Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, performing at Canterbury as Lorna in Out of Love, signing with Landrum Arts LA at 18 years old, and graduating from Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts, she continues to chase her dreams. Her most recent works includes the theatrical production of Stoneface: The rise and fall and rise of Buster Keaton, playing the role of Natalie Talmadge and the television pilot of Aquatics, originating the role of Harper. She is excited to be joining the staff at Stage Center!

SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL WITH FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT