Classes begin January 16!

Our Winter/Spring Program Guide is full of great opportunities for all ages in the visual, literary and performing arts!  Enrich your own life or a child’s life by registering today!

FOR ADULTS

We have Zumba, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Visual Arts Walk in Studio, private music lessons, private dance lessons, Painting Studio, yoga, Piloxing and more!

FOR TEENS

We have our 2012 Seussical production to be performed at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Just for Gleeks GLEE group, Painting Studio, Fundamentals of Music Theory, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Ballet, Lyrical, Tap, Hip Hop and Modern dance, Broadway Bound, School Daze Comedy, private lessons and more!

FOR ELEMENTARY AGE

We have Pizza Productions drama class, Aladdin KIDS, Willy Wonka KIDS, Seussical Jr., birthday parties, private lessons, Art Sampler, Sing Your Heart Out, dance classes, modeling classes, Lets Have Fun Sing-A-Long and more!

FOR PRE-K and/or KINDERGARTEN

Partners in Art, Naomi’s Music Together, Ballet and Jazz, Imagine Me in the Arts, private piano, birthday parties and more!

CONTACT

info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514 or

REGISTER ONLINE today!!!

Take a peak at what we are offering this fall! 

Email info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514

REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE…Register early to receive a discount!

VIEW SUMMER PROGRAMS

Register early to receive a discount!  Registration for Summer Offerings will soon be available ONLINE.

“Grab a DANCE BROCHURE“.  See what’s happening in 2011!

See for yourself!

WAY TO GO MISS KATHLEEN AND TEAM!

“Nicolet Dance Team is Seeing Orange…High school dance team takes it to the national level, performing at the Orange Bowl in Florida” article in the Fox Point-Bayside Patch written by Jim Cryns

VIEW MORE PHOTOS!

NSAA dance is the only studio that offers it’s students the opportunity to perform 2 dances in the end-of-the-year showcase for the price of one!  No other studio does this!  Classes begin soon!  View PDF of 2011 dance offerings or REGISTER ONLINE.
 

NSAA Showcase 2011 Coming Up!  June 24-26.  Be a part of the BIG SHOW!  Contact Kathleenf@northshoreacademyofthearts.org

A Note from NSAA Founder and President

Paula sent out an invitation for volunteers to come to NSAA last Saturday and help with the Circle of Friends event. Circle of friends is a group of special needs individuals and we were providing them with opportunities in the arts.

I stood listening and watching for a while.  Parents bringing their children, young and not so young, into our academy. Teenagers, giving up their weekend afternoon to help. Our devoted staff, giving up holiday time with their families to give to other families.  I watched the singing, dancing and laughter down in the theatre room, the creating, and gluing and smiles in the art room. I saw the learning from one person to another. The honest giving and receiving from each individual involved.

 The afternoon was filled with unwrapping of all sorts.

Here are some of that gifts that I received:

that listening to someone shake the maraca while they laugh, is beautiful music.

that watching a teacher dance with enthusiasm and joy can get you  up out of your wheel chair to join along, even if the only way your feet can move to the rhythm is through your heart.

that while the list of “to dos” don’t get done when you come to an event such as this, their priority shifts. Dramatically.

that if you can’t express your joy through words, you can through music

that it pays to nurture your talents-because even at a young age you can mentor others

that even if it seems you aren’t painting or dancing or singing, in your own way, you’re experiencing art just as deeply

that teachers -especially those at NSAA, have a rare and unique gift of patience and giving and bringing out  the best in someone else by nurturing what’s within

that our old building, despite its shortcomings, is home for good things

and mostly, here is what I was given… the realization that we all have special needs, in one way or another. A need  to express ourselves in unique ways; to discover our talents.  To feel accepted for who we are and for being allowed to be true to what’s within.  And to have the opportunity to give, and to be given to.  

Paula and I stood together on the balcony as people were beginning to filter out.  The last event of the year, of the decade at NSAA, was coming to a close.  We stood in silence– after all these years of working together, little needed to be said. I know we were both thinking through the ups and the downs of the past  ten years–together with our team, all the trials of working on fixing up the facility, the financial challenges,  the journey of finding instructors, the endless editing of brochures, the shows produced, the classes taught, the late nights til three in the morning, the early mornings til late nights. At times, we’ve both had our doubts.

That afternoon shifted those doubts.  We shared the same thought,

“This is why..”

To all of you–Scott  and Paula, our amazing volunteers, staff, board members, artistic and advisory boards, parent committee members, parents, and families, kids and babies, the elderly,  visitors, CPAC, Hartford, Bayshore, our consultants, the Village of Grafton, Mequon Jewish Preschool, organizations we’ve teamed up with,  our donors, even those who have told us time and time again our bathroom is less than desirable and that they aren’t happy with auditions….thank you. We wouldn’t be here without you.

You are our circle of friends.

We look forward to the next ten years as our circle continues to grow.  We hope that together, we can honor the special needs of each other–

 To imagine, discover, create, dream.

North Shore Academy of the Arts.

May your celebrations this season be warm and joyful, may you have opportunities to give and be given to, and may all you  unwrap in the upcoming year, be bright and true.   

Sheri

Straight From Broadway!

Learn from a Broadway Dancer! Movie actor, TV celeb, dancer and Broadway performer Paul McGill is coming back to visit NSAA and share his talents. This workshop will be two hours of enriching energetic fun as Paul works through basic dance techniques that will enhance your dance skills and build new ones for on stage choreography. It can help you during auditions as well as working in musicals and in dance classes. Based on his own experiences, Paul will talk about what he feels will help you earn opportunities in the world of performing arts. Anyone interested in dance, acting, movies and Broadway are encouraged to attend. Spaces are limited.

Dance attire recommended.

February 7, 2011. 6:30-8:30pm

Early Registration Fee: $40 Fee: $50

We are also pleased to announce that Paul has accepted the position of being on our Artistic Advisory Board of Directors.  We are thankful for this great NSAA friend!

Welcome to Zumba!

Zumba is a Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning, dance fitness party! It is a spicy, upbeat mixture of Salsa, Merengue, Samba, belly dancing, hop-hop and many other beats.

A NOTE FROM ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR MERLYNN KIMMEL…….

Dancing has always played a very important role in my life. I have a graduate and undergraduate degree in dance from UW-Madison. I have taught, been trained/certified and competed professionally in many styles from Jazz, Ballet and Zumba to Latin/Ballroom Dance. I have taught and choreographed for ages 2-82 at many dance studios in the area as well as Concordia College in Mequon and U.W. Madison. I have been involved in NSAA’s Dance/Theater program since it’s inception. I am most passionate about Zumba because the classes feel like a party that EVERYONE can join in on. Each class is a total body work-out with toning exercises that are more fun than they are work. And, Zumba requires NO previous dance experience.

North Shore Academy of the Arts has positively affected the lives of thousands of people over the ten years that it has been in existence. With my background and the comfortable/creative environment provided at NSAA, I felt it was the perfect place for Zumba to grow. The classes have been running for three weeks and already the energy at the Zumba classes has been exhilarating. We are bringing people of ALL fitness levels, ages and backgrounds together for a movement celebration. Come, take a class, the first class is FREE, feel the music, and let loose. The classes are ongoing, you can join anytime.

For more information please notify me. Mkimmel@earthlink.net .

First class is free.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. 9:15-10:15.
$6.00/drop in. $50.00/10 class punch card.
Bring a guest. You AND the guest can take the class for FREE.

“I look forward to coming to class.”
“The energy in the class is invigorating.”
“I’m feeling more comfortable in my body already.”
“This is the first fitness/dance class I’ve taken that allows my creativity to shine.”