HuckleBerry
Center for Creative Learning
Caitlin Arndt
Caitlin Arndt has worked for many years as a theatre educator, actor and director. She has been Summer Camp Director for Kingsmen Shakespeare Company as well as a member of their educational tour for nearly a dozen years. She has a BA in performing arts from Saint Mary's College of California and her MFA in International Theatre Practice and Performance from Rose Bruford College, London UK. Her artistic passions include improv, new works, classical works, voiceover and any sort of collaborative art making! Most recently she directed a new work entitled Something Else by Tomantha Sylvester and played Hostess of Garter in Merry Wives of Windsor.
Swords & Epic Battles
Homework: Students will also be asked to research upcoming assigned topics and bring in fun facts!
What was the Battle of Waterloo or the Siege of Orleans, Antioch or Constantinople all about? The French Revolution or Battle of Bouvines? Our world has an epic history of conflict. Let’s find out more as we travel back again this year into the past and explore all new conflicts, battles and stories in history. In this program, students will learn all about the all about the conflicts of the past while exploring stage combat with a combination of in-depth hand-to-hand and sword. Students will be invited to learn at home and bring in fun facts about the era or the assigned battle/war of that week. This program provides a safe, fun and supportive atmosphere where students will be encouraged to make bold and creative acting choices, while also developing new levels of personal confidence and ensemble skills. Emphasis will be placed on safety, physical fitness and teamwork. Students will get a healthy workout while incorporating history and acting into safe, fun combat lessons! This program lasts for an entire year of new conflicts in history, and as with our other classes, you can sign up for 1 or more of the sessions.