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Broadway Artists Alliance 2021 Summer Intensive Session 3 Schedule Name: _____________________________ Age Group: ___________________ Advisor: ___________________________ Major: ______________ Group: _____ Broadway Artists Alliance 2021 Summer Intensive Session 3 Schedule th Monday, July 26 VOICE A 9:00 AM ARRIVAL OUTSIDE RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS (520 Eighth Ave, New York, NY Between W.36th and 37th Streets) VOICE B 9:10 AM Your advisor will meet you at a clearly communicated location just outside Ripley and perform a no contact temperature check. DANCE A 9:20 AM You will also need to present your Clear to Go Green Badge on the app. ACTING A 9:30 AM * Parents – please only have 1 guardian accompany the student to limit street traffic PLEASE NOTE, your punctuality is essential. Your advisor will be checking you in quickly and bringing you up the elevators. Do not be late! Students meet with their advisor in their studio room for introductions and theater games before Orientation! VOICE A 9:40 AM - Orientation for Voice Groups A & B (Studio 17E) VOICE B 10:20 AM * Acting A and Dance A will continue meeting with their Advisors during this time. ACTING A 10:20 AM - Orientation for Acting A and Dance A (Studio 17N) DANCE A 11:00 AM * Voice Groups A & B will go over their Dance Placement combinations (learned before the Intensive!) with BAA Dance Faculty during this time. (Studio 17E) 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PLACEMENT AUDITIONS Voice Groups A & B (Studio 17E) Acting Group A (Studio 17I) Dance Group A (Studio 17N) Please prepare TWO contrasting 16 bar pieces (e.g. Please prepare TWO brief contrasting In addition to the group Dance Placement up-tempo/ballad, legit/belt) Be sure to bring your monologues. Your selections should be Auditions, Dance majors must also choose to sheet music! (In addition, singers may prepare one approximately one minute each. (In addition, audition with ONE song and/or ONE monologue (or optional 1 minute monologue) actors may prepare an optional 16-32 bar song) both) Dance Majors will begin learning Showcase Choreography to follow placements. Acting A will have time to review their Dance Placements (learned before the Intensive!) Dance A will have time to review their Dance Placements (learned before the Intensive!) VOICE A 12:30 PM Sign Out from Studio 17E VOICE B 12:40 PM Sign Out from Studio 17H ACTING A 12:50 PM Sign Out from Studio 17I DANCE A 1:00 PM Sign Out from Studio 17N (You will be back for in-person coachings!) For Sign Out – One parent may come up to the 17th floor studios to sign their student out. You must screen on the Clear to Go app before arrival and show your green badge to a BAA Staff member upon arrival. Please arrive PROMPTLY at your student’s group’s designated sign out time to keep elevator and hallway traffic clear. If students are 13+ and elected to be unescorted on their Medical and Housing Release Forms, they may sign themselves out at the end of the day. 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM Private Coachings for Dance Majors – Studio 17D You will receive your exact coaching appointment times for the week by the time of Orientation. You may leave the studio and return at your designated time! Private Coaching #1 for Voice A, Voice B, and Acting A with a BAA Staff Member – via Zoom You will receive your exact coaching appointment times for the week by the time of Orientation. VOICE C 1:15 PM ARRIVAL OUTSIDE RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS (520 Eighth Ave, New York, NY Between W.36th and 37th Streets) VOICE D 1:25 PM Your advisor will meet you at a clearly communicated location just outside Ripley and perform a no contact temperature check. VOICE E 1:35 PM You will also need to present your Clear to Go Green Badge on the app. ACTING B 1:45 PM * Parents – if applicable, please only have 1 guardian present to limit street traffic ACTING C 1:55 PM PLEASE NOTE, your punctuality is essential. Your advisor will be checking you in quickly and bringing you up the elevators. Do not be late! Students meet with their advisor in their studio room for introductions and theater games before Orientation! VOICE C 2:00 PM - Orientation for Voice Group C and Voice Group D (Studio 17E) VOICE D 2:40 PM * Voice E, Acting B, and Acting C will continue meeting with their Advisors during this time. VOICE E 2:40 PM - Orientation for Voice Group E and Acting Groups B & C (Studio 17N) ACTING B 3:20 PM * Voice Groups C & D will go over their Dance Placement combinations (learned before the Intensive!) with BAA Dance Faculty ACTING C during this time. (Studio 17E) 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM PLACEMENT AUDITIONS Voice Group C & D (Studio 17E) Voice Group E (Studio 17I) Acting Group B & C (Studio 17N) Please prepare TWO contrasting 16 bar pieces (e.g. Please prepare TWO contrasting 16 bar pieces Please prepare TWO brief contrasting monologues. up-tempo/ballad, legit/belt) Be sure to bring your (e.g. up-tempo/ballad, legit/belt) Be sure to bring Your selections should be approximately one sheet music! (In addition, singers may prepare one your sheet music! (In addition, singers may minute each. (In addition, actors may prepare an optional 1 minute monologue) prepare one optional 1 minute monologue) optional 16-32 bar song) Voice D & E will have time to review their Dance Acting B will have time to review their Dance Placements (learned before the Intensive!) Placements (learned before the Intensive!) VOICE C 5:00 PM Sign Out from Studio 17E For Sign Out – One parent may come up to the 17th floor studios to sign their student out. VOICE D 5:10 PM Sign Out from Studio 17H You must screen on the Clear to Go app before arrival and show your green badge to a BAA Staff member upon arrival. Please arrive PROMPTLY at your student’s group’s VOICE E 5:20 PM Sign Out from Studio 17N designated sign out time to keep elevator and hallway traffic clear. If students are 13+ ACTING B 5:30 PM Sign Out from Studio 17I and elected to be unescorted on their Medical and Housing Release Forms, they may sign ACTING C 5:40 PM Sign Out from Studio 17M themselves out at the end of the day. 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Private Coaching #1 for Voice C, Voice D, Voice E, Acting B, and Acting C with a BAA Staff Member – via Zoom You will receive your exact coaching appointment times for the week by the time of Orientation. th Tuesday, July 27 ACTING A 9:40 AM ARRIVAL OUTSIDE RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS VOICE A 9:50 AM Your advisor will meet you at a clearly communicated location just outside Ripley and perform a no contact temperature check. VOICE B 10:00 AM You will also need to present your Clear to Go Green Badge on the app. DANCE A 10:10AM * Parents – please only have 1 guardian accompany the student to limit street traffic VOICE C & D 10:20 AM PLEASE NOTE, your punctuality is essential. Your advisor will be checking you in quickly and bringing you up the elevators VOICE E 10:30 AM Do not be late! ACTING B 10:40 AM Students meet with their advisor in their home base studio room before the morning’s class! ACTING C 10:50 AM Major’s Classes will start and end at staggered times to allow for Bathroom and Handwashing breaks before Lunch! ADVANCED MASTER CLASS IN YOUR MAJOR 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM Arbender Robinson Broadway’s Book of Mormon, In Transit, Shuffle Along, Les Acting Group A Improvisation and Character Development Misérables, Beautiful, The Lion King, Hair, Ragtime, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray; Studio 17A TV: Nurse Jackie, Tony® Awards, Good Morning America, The Today Show, etc. Paul Schaefer Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera (Marksman, Phantom, Raoul); 10:40 AM - 12:55 PM Making Your Audition Song Count National Tour: Thoroughly Modern Millie; off-Broadway: My Life with Albertine; TV: Voice Group A Make an Impression with 16-32 Bars Studio 17B Guiding Light, Law & Order Bob Cline Bob Cline Casting (Casting for over 70 National Tours including Annie, The 10:50 AM - 1:05 PM Making Your Audition Song Count Music Man, Hairspray, Bye, Bye Birdie, Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, Voice Group B Make an Impression with 16-32 Bars Studio 17C Rent, Elf, and many more); NY and Regional Director; Pace University Senior Faculty Sarah Meahl BAA Alumna! Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate, Hello, Dolly!,Cirque du Soleil 11:00 AM - 1:05 PM Broadway Dance Repertoire: Paramour (Gina); off-Broadway's The Golden Apple; Regional: A Chorus Line, Dance Group A Final Showcase Number Studio 17N Grease, Up Here, Can Can, etc.; film: Isn't It Romantic 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM **SPECIAL “Let’s Talk College” Master Class for PARENTS** (For Parents of Students Ages 15 - 18) **PARENTS** with Jennifer Johns, Artistic Director/Founder (Zoom Room 10, A zoom link will be emailed that morning) Focus on College Audition Preparation and Cultivating a “Smart List” of Musical Theatre and Theatre Schools ** This class is optional and open to all parents and participant guardians. Recommended for parents of students ages 15-18 ** 11:20 AM - 1:35 PM ELECTIVE MASTER CLASS (Students from Voice C, Voice D, Voice E and Acting B and Acting C will be mixed!) Joomin Hwang Broadway’s The Prom, Mrs.
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