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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

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Performance Essentials with Jess LeProtto!

August 14th

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  • Highlights & Schedule
    • Wednesday, August 14th
    • 11:00am-12:30pm
    • Age: 7-14
    • Theater Dance Performance Essentials:
    • Music Interpretation
    • Character Development
    • Emoting Movement
    • Audience Connection
    • 12:15 Showcase for family & friends
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    • Wednesday, August 14th
    • 11:00am-12:30pm
    • Age: 7-14
    • Theater Dance Performance Essentials:
    • Music Interpretation
    • Character Development
    • Emoting Movement
    • Audience Connection
    • 12:15 Showcase for family & friends
    • Click => Info & Registration
  • Faculty
    Jess LeProtto

    Jess LeProtto is a Broadway performer with credits including: Beautiful Noise, Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats (Mungojerrie), On The Town, Newsies (OBC), Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Boy From Oz. National Tours/Regional Theater include: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce), A Bronx Tale (Papermill), In Your Arms (Old Globe Theater), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Jess' Film and TV credits include: West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live, and MTV VMAs. Jess graduated from Pace with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater.


    Isabella Porreca

    Isabella Porreca is a currently a musical theatre major at Indiana University where she recently performed in the musical comedy love story, Head Over Heels. Her dance training includes sixteen years of studio training, NYC classes, and competition dance. She trained with and danced in works choreographed by Ray Leeper, Al Blackstone and Kristen Gorski. Isabella has performed at the Chita Rivera Awards, The Prudential Center, NJ PAC, and Indiana University's Ruth N. Halls Theatre. Isabella loves working with children and we welcome her as a great addition to our summer musical theater workshop staff!


    Ava Luna

    Ava Luna is a 2024 graduating senior at The Dance Academy of North Jersey! She will be attending Montclair State in the fall as a dance major! Ava has trained since age 4 in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, and modern with professional artists including Jaclyn Walsh, Jen Savelli, Angelica Stiskin, Jason Luks, Kelby Brown, Corey Snide, Daniel Vaniska, Billy Griffin, Terk Lewis, and Mia DiLena. Ava loves working with children and we welcome her as a great addition to our summer musical theater workshop staff!

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