Indio Performing Arts Center

Avalon Ballroom
Every Sunday Evening Oct 16th 2011 through May 27th 2012
(Except Nov 13, Dec 25, Jan 1, Jan 22 and March 18)

6:15pm Ballroom dance lessons every week with Carl Davis. Ted Herman's 17 piece orchestra playing from 7 - 9pm. All just $10 per person.

**New oak parquet dance floor and redecorated Avalon Ballroom! Come see the best place to ballroom dance in the desert!

2011 Summer Camps

The IPAC has a variety of summer camps available. Please browse the following for more information:

California Ballet Opera Summer 2011

WHEN: July 5-28, 2011, 9am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday
AGES: 12-20
TUITION: $500
CONTACT: 760-342-3728

Ballet Intensive
Lyrical and modern. Includes ballet technique, dance history, repertoire, partnering and

WHEN: August 1-13, 2011, 9am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday
AGES: 13-20
TUITION: $300
CONTACT: 760-342-3728

SUMMER ACTING CAMP FOR TEENS & KIDS!

Come join us for a live performance of Dogs! put on by this summers Acting Camp Students!

If you loved "Cats..."
If you hated "Cats..."
If you never saw "Cats..."
You've got to see
Dogs!

Students will be coached in acting and improvisation techniques, vocal work and physicality. Accepting beginners through professional levels
Training will lead to a live performance at the IPAC at the end of the session!

Tuition for the 2 weeks: $300 ($275 if paid by June 30, $250 if paid by May 31)

WHERE: The IPAC
WHEN: July 11th – 22nd 2011, Monday – Friday, 2-6PM
COST: $300

Call Jeanette at (760) 320-2825 or (760) 408-4715 to register or request more information.

Jeanette Knight is an award-winning actor, director, and educator, whose body of work includes over 40 roles and 20 directing credits nationwide, including a stint at the Tony award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago. Most recently, she played Louise in “Always, Patsy Cline” at the Indio Performing Arts Center to sold-out audiences. She has served as an artist-in-residence for the California Arts Council, Beaumont Actors Studio, and the McCallum Theatre, where she also was its Education Program Manager for ten years. She has been recognized as a master teaching artist in the field of Aesthetic Education, an inquiry-based progressive education methodology pioneered by the Lincoln Center Institute in New York. She founded Joe & Mustard, the long-form improvisational acting troupe, whose members have been dubbed “masters” of the art form. Some of her proudest accomplishments are the artistic projects she carried out to address violence among teens. Jeanette is part of the theatre faculty at the prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy, one of only three arts-based boarding schools in the United States. She is a member of the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.

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The Ragamuffin Project

"The Summer Series"

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SERIES 1 - THE SHOW
DATES: WEEK ONE (July 11th - 15th) / WEEK TWO (July 18th - 22nd) / SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE (July 23rd)
CLASS DAYS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
TIMES: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

CURRICULUM
- Character Development, Games, Exercises, and Techniques
- Performance Techniques
- Aspects of Production
- Costume, Props, Sound, and Lighting Design
- Script Writing and Scene Development
- Classes taught by professional actors, directors, writers, and instructors

* At the end of the two-week workshop series, there will be a showcase performance featuring an original show written and performed by the students.

* Lunch will be provided by THE RAGAMUFFIN PROJECT.

PRICING: $275.OO / Two Weeks

CURRENT WEEKLY STUDENT PRICING: $175.00 / Two Weeks

*SPACE IS LIMITED

SERIES 2 - THE PROFESSIONAL AUDITION SUBMISSION
DATES: WEEK ONE (August 8th - 12th)
CLASS DAYS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
TIMES: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

CURRICULUM
- Professional Audition Techniques
- Monologue Preparation & Performance
- Acting, Singing, and Dancing Audition Training
- Finalized DVD Submissions
- Professional Headshots
- Classes and training taught by professional actors, directors, writers, and instructors

*Students must bring a monologue, song, dance, or a combination of all three with them to the camp in order to prepare audition DVD.

*At the end of the workshop, students will be provided with a professional DVD copy of an audition of their choosing (singing, dancing, and/or acting) as well as a CD of professional headshots to use for professional audition submissions!

PRICING: $200.OO
PREVIOUS TWO-WEEK CAMPER PRICING: $175.00
CURRENT STUDENT PLUS PREVIOUS TWO-WEEK STUDENT CAMPER PRICING: $100.00
CURRENT STUDENT PRICING WITHOUT PREVIOUS CAMPER DISCOUNT PRICING: $175.00

*SPACE IS LIMITED!

FOR INFORMATION CALL Tres Dean or Noemi Dean at (760)799-2576
or visit us at theragamuffinproject.blogspot.com

Instructor Information:

Tres Dean

Tres Dean received his M.A. in Theatre from Morehead State University in Morehead, KY. He has taught theatre education classes for the Kentucky Public Arts Council, Jenny Wiley Regional Theatre, Marywood Palm Valley School, La Quinta High School, the Palm Canyon Theatre, the La Quinta Playhouse, and the Indio Performing Arts Center. He is currently the Director of Theatre and Acting Instructor at College of the Desert.

Tres has performed across the country and regionally in such roles as Leo Bloom (THE PRODUCERS), Barney Cashman (The Last of the Red Hot Lovers), Dr. Sunshine (Radicalove), Huckleberry Finn (Big River); Arles & Company (Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas); The Tin Man (The Wizard of Oz); King Herod (Jesus Christ Superstar); Jacquot (Carnival); Banjo (The Man Who Came to Dinner); Hero (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum); Guildenstern (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead); Silvius (As You Like It); Billy Bibbitt (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest); Orestes (Electra); Bob Crachitt (A Christmas Carol); Benedict Boniface (Hotel Paradiso); and Peter Pan (Peter Pan).

He has appeared on film as Snoof (Shakespeare’s Cat), Eric (The Latest Thing), and as Elliott Spziegel in the feature film (L.A. Paranormal). Tres has also performed and written for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Orient Cruise Lines, and Walt Disney World. He has studied improvisation, sketch comedy writing and performance with Shadowbox Cabaret Comedy/Rock Theater in Columbus, OH, and The Groundlings in Hollywood, CA. Tres and his wife, Noemi Dean, are the co-founders of Just 2 to Tango Productions which features THE RAGAMUFFIN PROJECT (Children’s Theatre Education) and THE BIG SHOW LIVE (Sketch Comedy Cabaret). They live in La Quinta with their children Viktorria, Miranda, Christian, and Miles.

Noemi Villela-Dean

Noemi Dean has been working with the children of the Coachella Valley since 2005 first serving as the Children's Educational Director for the La Quinta Playhouse, where she also worked as a Production Stage Manager, Director, and Sound Designer. She co-directed productions of The Velveteen Rabbit, A Tuna Christmas, Lend Me a Tenor, and Dirty Blonde. In the summer of 2006, Noemi directed a six week educational series in which 200 children across the valley participated in theatre arts workshops and classes.

She and her husband are the co-founders of "Just 2 to Tango Productions" which features THE
RAGAMUFFIN PROJECT (Children's Educational Theatre) and THE BIG SHOW LIVE (Sketch Comedy
Cabaret). In the spring of 2008 she co-adapted and directed the "Just 2 to Tango" premiere production of The Princess and the Pea. Noemi has also written and directed THE RAGAMUFFIN PROJECT (CHILDREN'S SKECTH COMEDY CABARET), WE GOT THE BEAT, and JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. She lives in La Quinta with her husband, Tres, and children Viktorria, Miranda, Christian, and Miles.

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Music Lessons

Music Lessons available ranging from beginner piano, flute, recorder, voice and basic music instruction. Taught by Linda Lemke-Hert. Call 760-406-4373 or email lhert@dc.rr.com

"Big Band Ballroom Sundays"