ENCORE: Ages 14-19
HKA is proud to offer the popular ENCORE class for all high school age students. This class is designed for all beginning to intermediate level kids who want to get on stage and perform. ENCORE provides instruction in singing, dancing and acting for Musical Theater. This class creates a wonderful environment for students to learn together while developing their talents, self-esteem and confidence in addition to important character values such as teamwork and respect. Students learn Musical Theater techniques in class each week as they prepare for two full shows per school year with workshops in the summer. ENCORE is a great opportunity for students to create friendships with kids from all over who enjoy the performing arts like they do. ENCORE students have so much fun exploring the wonderful world of Musical Theater together.

BROADWAY TEENS: Ages 11-13
For all junior high students, HKA is proud to offer our amazing BROADWAY TEENS class. For many years now this wonderful class has been introducing teens to the amazing world of Musical Theater. It is designed to help our beginning to intermediate level teens discover the wonderful world of the performing arts. Students learn singing, dancing, acting and audition techniques in class each week while preparing for a two full shows during the school year with workshops in the summer. HKA’s BROADWAY TEENS is a wonderful tool in helping teens develop stage presence and confidence to help them through the difficult teenage years, and it promotes character building through hard work, self-discipline and team spirit. The kids have so much fun, and we love watching the students grow and develop in this wonderful class! No audition is necessary. All students are welcome.

BROADWAY KIDS: Ages 7-11
Is your elementary age child constantly singing, dancing or pretending to be on stage? Then HKA Broadway Kids class is for your child. This wonderful beginning to intermediate level class is designed for all students who want to explore the wonderful world of the performing arts. BROADYWAY KIDS students learn singing, dancing and acting in class as they prepare for two full shows per school year with workshops in the summer. In this class, students also learn audition techniques and develop character values such as hard work, self-discipline and team spirit. The students just shine on stage while having so much fun! This class is open to all kids, no audition necessary.

BROADWAY ACTING: Ages 7+
This fun and exciting new class at HKA is designed to strengthen and develop each student in polished stage acting. In BROADWAY ACTING, students get to experience the exciting world of Theater and Broadway through the study of Straight Plays (no music or choreography), One Acts, Shakespeare, Improvisation, Audition Techniques, Pantomime, Comedy and more. In this class students develop confidence as they learn acting techniques such as characterization, visualization, mirroring and more, putting these techniques into practice in a show each semester. BROADWAY ACTING helps students to blossom as performers as they develop their acting skills and become even stronger Triple Threat performers. This class is required for all HKA Professional Series and Triple Threat students.

HOLLYWOOD ACTING & FILM: Ages 7+
HKA is excited to offer Hollywood Acting, an amazing class that specializes in the ART OF ACTING FOR THE CAMERA and the ART OF FILM. Students learn the subtle art of acting for film, television and commercials in front of the camera as well as how to film behind the camera.

ACTING FOR FILM PORTION: All students gain the experience of working in single camera acting techniques and an understanding of what the relationship is of the camera to the performance. Students are trained in many of the technical skills that an actor must have in order to work successfully in the profession, such as cold reading, audition techniques, and focus concentration. Students will be required to memorize and prepare material each week. As student’s progress through the class they not only gain the education needed to act in film but they also leave with video reels that they can use in order to get a foot door of Hollywood. The best performances will be safely posted on the Internet, accessible to talent agents. This class is required for Professional Series students who are training for professional Hollywood opportunities.

FILM PORTION: Students learn the technical aspects of filmmaking and actually get to make and edit films. Students engage themselves in an in-depth study of the development of the American film as an art form and a reflection of society. Class activities include film analysis, developing interviewing skills, scriptwriting, videotaping, effective character generation, layout design, shooting for television and producing short films. Students are encouraged to submit their projects in local and regional film festivals.

GLEE: Ages 6+
Have you seen the TV show Glee? Well, HKA is excited to offer our GLEE class with singing and light choreography without the drama! In GLEE Kids study all types of music from Broadway to Jazz and perform a show at the end of the semester, complete with solos and group numbers. Lots of singing and lots of fun! GLEE is the fun way to develop our kids’ singing abilities!

HOLLYWOOD IDOL - The Professional Solo Singer: Ages 6+
This exciting, fast-paced class is designed to help each student become great solo performers. Each week students get to perform on stage with a microphone and lights. They learn singing techniques such as breathing and support, proper placement and pitch and develop their performing skills as solo singers. This class gives your student the techniques to “wow” audiences with their vocal performance. This class is awesome!

BALLET: All Ages
As a classical dance form demanding grace and precision, Ballet is a must for any dancer. Because of its focus on proper alignment, strength and balance, Ballet helps dancers to increase their range of motion, prevent injury, and become more polished dancers in all dance genres. At HKA, we offer Ballet taught by knowledgeable, enthusiastic instructors, who specialize in fun as well as technique.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE 7+
A form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.

JAZZ: All Ages
Jazz, which arose in the early twentieth century has evolved into broad genre that incorporates elements from African, Latin, Hip-Hop, Disco, Tap, and Modern dance. This exciting dance form offers dancers a direct and expressive relationship to music. This dance genre is particularly useful as it is regularly employed in Broadway, MTV, street dancing, cheerleading and drill team.

HOP-HOP: All Ages
Hop-Hop has its roots in urban culture and percussive music, and incorporates a wide spectrum of movement forms. This class concentrates on proper technique and musicality within this new and trendy dance style. This class is a wonderful way for students to get in shape and learn the latest moves! Dancers are taught the basics of rhythm, timing and sequencing while infusing this dun new form with the technical basics and vocabulary of jazz dance.

JAZZ/HIP-HOP: All Ages
This combo class combines the best of the Jazz and Hip-Hop worlds, and is designed to help students gain confidence in their movement. This class meets once per week, and includes a recital each semester.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TECHNICAL THEATER: Ages 9+
Is your child more comfortable behind the curtain or up in the tech box than on the stage? If so, this class is perfect for your child. This class is designed to give students training in the wonderful world of Technical Theater that happens behinds the curtain. Students learn principles of Set and Lighting Design and actually get to assist in the design of our various HKA productions. They gain experience while helping to build sets and paint backdrops, and they receive hands-on raining on our sound and lighting boards, assisting in using them in our productions. This class is so much fun and will help give them training that they can take into the professional world of theater as Techies! This wonderful experience is open to all HKA students.

HKA FAIRYTALE THEATER & DANCE: Ages 3-5
HKA begins teaching theater to preschoolers in our outstanding FAIRYTALE THEATER program. Once a week little ones come for one hour and enter the amazing world of the performing arts in our theater. They learn one Fairytale each month and perform it at the end of the month for their families. They start with creative dance and movement with light ballet. They then dress up in wonderful costumes complete with crowns, swords, wands, tiaras, tutus and more, actually practicing weekly on stage. They learn proper dance, acting and stage techniques through the wonderful world of make believe and imagination.

ZUMBA: Ages 13+ (Adults welcome too!)
The most popular workout in the USA comes to HKA! From Salsa to Merengue to Hip HOP, you will be burning calories like crazy while having so much fun! Walk-ins welcome! $3.00 per class or register online for cheaper. The first class is free. Come get into shape with HKA!