We are excited to announce our 2024 Student Show Intensive!
Our 2024 Intensive runs from April 9th to June 2nd and includes tech & dress rehearsals and three beautifully produced shows at the Echo Theater. The theme of this show is ‘The Night Forest’. The shows will include professional lighting and sound, creating a fully realized experience for the audience. Students will apply for limited spots in either our Act Creation or Dance Trapeze Ensemble Intensives. Accepted students will be guided through the performance process.
There are two different intensive options:
- Act Creation Intensive
- Dance Trapeze Ensemble Intensive
We are excited to provide our exceptionally talented coaches for this year’s Intensive.
- Direction & Story – All students will be working closely with Nami Hall, who will be directing this year’s show. Jack StockLynn will be our lead actor and will provide our transitional “glue” between acts in the role of the Traveler.
- Act Creation Coaches – Students will be working in two groups for the majority of these classes with the following coaches: Daniela Steiner, Emily Crosby, John Hernandez, and Danny Obey. These coaches will be assisting students on technique, character, musicality and overall presence in the show.
- Dance Trapeze Ensemble Coach – Jack StockLynn will choreograph and instruct this ensemble dance trapeze act.
- Other Roles – Larke Schuldberg will be in charge of coordination and communication. Stephanie Lopes is the producer for ‘Night Flight’s 2024 Student Show – The Night Forest’.
How this year’s Student Show Intensive is different
We will be focusing on creating a more ensemble experience for this year’s Student Show. This means, if you are accepted into the Student Show Intensive, you will be present on stage for more than just your own act. If you are not interested in developing a character in context to other characters, working as an ensemble member with your fellow act creation students or learning how to be a physical performer though theatrical exercises, then this experience is not the right fit for you. Be prepared to work closely with your fellow Intensive students to help them shine just as much as they will be helping you! We strongly encourage duo acts to apply as well as soloists.
Please note: This year we have limited Act Creation Intensive spots. If your act is not selected we highly encourage you to join us for our on-going Act Creation or Ensemble Series during the year and to try applying again in the future.
This is going to be an intense process! We are excited to work with students who are eager to create routines, engage with their fellow students, play with choreography, and explore character development! Also, we understand that the idea of an ensemble production might be a new concept, so we would like to break down what we mean.
What is an Ensemble?
Our answer: All the parts of a thing taken together to create something more powerful than each thing can be individually.
In theater or circus it is a group of supporting entertainers, actors, dancers, or singers that work as a team. In the context of our show, this means that Student Show Intensive students won’t only be focused on their own solo or duo acts but will also be deeply engaged in helping to making other acts and fellow students look amazing on stage as well! How will we be doing this you ask?
- You will be present for all your group theatrical exercises in class.
- You will be developing your character in relation to the other characters in the show.
- You will be on stage for more than just your own act.
Think of this year’s show as an opportunity to be part of a beautiful orchestration, a piece of intricate music where every instrument, while wonderful and lovely on its own, is meant to be heard as a whole.
A Note About Stage Readiness for Act Creation applicants
Students in the Act Creation Intensive should propose acts that are fairly close to being stage ready. Our prerequisite for this year’s Student Show Intensive is prior Act Creation or Sequencing Series class experience at Night Flight (or equivalent class experience).
All tricks that you would like to incorporate into your act should be already under your belt before applying and you should be very proficient with the apparatus you are proposing using. Please keep in mind that we have a short rehearsal period. So, if your act needs more time to reach its potential, we may not pick you and instead ask you to present it to us in the future. We want our Student Show to be both an awesome experience and an amazing show.
A Note About Attendance
We cannot state this strongly enough! Consistent attendance is crucial to making the Student Show work! We will be putting the show together in a relatively short amount of time. We are counting on you to make sure you are available for all the meetings, classes, tech, dress and show dates. Students are required to be present for the entirety of every class. Applicants who have to miss more than one class, or who are not available for the tech, dress, final rehearsal or show dates, will not be accepted. Please check your schedule carefully before applying.
Student Show Theme: The Night Forest
Act Creation Intensive students will develop their own act concepts that relate to the theme ‘The Night Forest’. This year’s show is about a traveler who gets lost in the woods at night and what, and WHO, they encounter while trying to find their way home. Anything is possible in the Night Forest.
Fantastical ideas are just as welcome as realistic ones! We love concepts that are romantic, lovely, gruesome, mischievous, mundane, neurotic, sad, or whimsical. Concepts can be creepy and scary, warm and fuzzy, sad and complicated or completely surreal. They can be specific or abstract. We want to be swept away by a feeling, a character or a story.
The more effort you put into developing this concept the better. We also want to encourage students who would like to work on a doubles piece or a side-by-side duo piece to apply. Big concepts or small are all great places to start. Transformations from the mundane to the fabulous, and back, are a great way to go too. While we love fantastic concepts, more mundane concepts are also an excellent option and modern circus acts often incorporate the every day to inspire movement quality and character. Please keep in mind that having a strong and clear concept will be important in the selection process!
How to Apply
Students interested in taking part in the Act Creation or Dance Trapeze Ensemble Intensives can apply by emailing us at nightflightaerial@yahoo.com. Please read the requirements below carefully before applying.
Deadline to apply: Mon 3/25
The deadline to apply is midnight Monday, March 25th. We will let students know whether or not they have been selected by Wednesday, March 27th.