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In partnership with Dance Conservatory of Charleston
Date
July 6–10
Time
9am–3pm
Registration price
$400
Age
8–12 years old
About the Camp
The Gaillard Center partners again with the amazing team at Dance Conservatory of Charleston for a week of musical theater. This camp is for 8–12yr olds. Students will be immersed in theater, dance, and song as they perform a musical theater production on the Gaillard stage in the Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall on July 10 at 3:00pm. Limited to 20 students.
We welcome back Lily Watkins from Dance Conservatory of Charleston and Simone Liberty as our teaching artists.
Ms. Lily Watkins
Ms. Watkins is a graduate of Beloit College with a BA in Creative Writing and was the 2012 recipient of the Chavey Family Endowed Award in Dance for outstanding contributions to the dance program. In addition to her dance training at The School of American Ballet and Beloit College, Ms. Watkins has attended summer programs with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Orlando Ballet and BalletMet Columbus. She has been teaching and choreographing in Charleston since 2014.
Simone Liberty
Simone is a Charleston-based multidisciplinary Teaching Artist in Musical Theater, Dance, and Drawing. In 2021, she earned her Master’s in Public Administration and an Arts and Cultural Management certificate from the College of Charleston. Since then, Simone has been working across South Carolina and Georgia to bring arts-integrated programs to students in grades K-8. Simone has developed and led arts programs through in-classroom, afterschool, summer camp, and homeschool formats to tap into the creative side of every student. Simone is trained in the Meisner Technique, which she has used in roles including Pinky Tuscadero in Happy Days the Musical; Babette in Beauty and the Beast; Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Carmen in FAME, and more musical theatre productions.
ABOUT DANCE CONSERVATORY OF CHARLESTON
Dance Conservatory of Charleston was created to provide the highest caliber dance education in the Charleston area. Our aim is to offer an unprecedented level of ballet instruction — from beginner to pre-professional — combined with an inspiring arts education, all in a safe, nurturing environment. Founded by New York City Ballet dancer Lindy Mandradjieff Fabyanic, the Dance Conservatory combines the elite technical training of a preeminent American dance academy with the heart and accessibility of a community dance center. The result is a place of both warmth and rigor, where young people can explore their passion joyfully while learning the dedication, discipline, and determination that will serve them for a lifetime.
Scholarships are available, please email Education Manager, Whitney Green to inquire wgreen@gaillardcenter.org.
Support for Summer Camp Programs provided in part by:
Support for this program is made possible by generous donors who have committed time and resources to the Charleston Gaillard Center’s Dance Initiative.
This project is funded in part by the Kennedy-Herterich Foundation as well as the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.