Summer Camp 2023
Gideon and the Blundersnorp Jr - the Pilot!
We are so excited to launch our youth education division with a 2-Week Musical Theatre Intensive style summer camp out in Katy this year!
Whether your child is a Musical Theatre Enthusiast or has never performed in a musical before and wants introduction to the basics of music, dance, and acting, we have formatted this camp to grow and stretch them!
Dates: Monday-Friday June 12-23, 2023
Time: 9:30am-4pm
Location: 1016 FM 1463, Katy, TX 77494
Questions? Email: creativemovementpractices@gmail.com
Why Train with CMP?
Creative Movement Practices is a woman (& mom) owned theatre company that is focused on creating sustainable growth and change in the theatre industry. As someone who has been working in educational theatre since 2015, Sarah noticed that many summer camps are formatted in a way where the kids are asked to quickly learn a new show and perform it, but very little time is spent developing and enhancing the skills that would take the students to the next level.
By stretching the camp to two weeks, Sarah believes that the students can have their cake and eat it too! Each day the students will get 3-hours of technical instruction with an hour focusing on dance/movement, an hour on voice, and an hour on acting. After lunch we will run the afternoons like a true rehearsal, with students assisting in creating props and costume pieces when they are not being utilized in rehearsal.
The goal is that by the end of the second week the students have increased technical abilities, as well as increased confidence to walk into an audition and show what they can bring to a production.
Meet The Team
(More Instructors TBA soon!)
Sarah Sneesby
Founder & Lead Instructor
Sarah has been involved in theatre and dance from a young age and is pedagogically trained with an MFA in Movement: Directing and Teaching from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK. In addition to owning and operating Creative Movement Practices, she works part time for the Alley Theatre as a Resident Teaching Artist for grades 1-12. She also works for local colleges as an adjunct professor in Theatre, and is aware of what skills colleges are looking for in their incoming freshman. In addition, Sarah Directs, Choreographs, Movement Directs, and Intimacy Directs both professionally and in education settings around the Houston area. You can learn more about her at her website: www.sarahsneesby.com.
Jana Ellsworth
Voice Instruction & Music Direction
Jana Ellsworth is from Lubbock Texas went to Texas Tech University for vocal performance. She toured with San Diego Opera Ensemble and was an apprentice artist with Cleveland Lyric Opera. A three time Metropolitan Opera Council Award Winner, Jana has recorded the opera Tania for Koch International Classics and has sung roles such as Musetta, Adele and Hanna Glawari. In Houston she was seen as Madame De La Grande Bouche in TUTS Beauty and the Beast. Regionally has had lead roles in Oliver!, Into The Woods, Footloose, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Das Barbeque and Women of a Certain Age. Other regional credits include Casa Mañana, Nashville Theater Group in Branson, MO. and Amarillo Opera. Jana recently performed for two years as the Carlotta alternate for the Phantom of the Opera World Tour. Jana lives in Katy with her husband and 2 children.