Cayman Islands: Butterfield Young At Arts Summer Intensive – auditions open

CNCF/Butterfield Young At Arts (YAA) Summer Intensive

REGISTRATION OPEN!

CNCF is looking for talented 12-17 year olds to take part in an award-winning musical production, which will be staged at the Harquail Theatre in August as part of the six week Butterfield Summer Intensive theatre arts course.

To register, visit www.artscayman.org/young-at-arts and complete the form, which will then need to be returned to [email protected]. You must also book a time for one of our auditions by calling Rita on 949 5477.

AUDITIONS (at Harquail Theatre):
Saturday 9th May (10am-12noon)
Saturday 16th May (10am-12noon)

Visit www.artscayman.org/young-at-arts for more information on how to prepare for the audition.

The YAA Summer Intensive runs 2nd July to 9th August, 2015
Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 3pm and Saturdays, 9am to 1:00pm.

Production dates: 7th August – 9th August, 2015.

Cost for 6 weeks course is CI$450. Three scholarships available. Contact Rita at [email protected] for more information.

Young At Arts (YAA) is an educational youth programme of the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, supported by Butterfield. The company is guided by an artistic philosophy that recognizes that Caymanian cultural forms and enactments, and their creative interpretation and expression through art, are vital in the moulding of a Caymanian aesthetic. This philosophy is best articulated by our mindfulness of the fact that the highest forms of art, even when specific to the culture out of which they emerged, are capable of universal communication and understanding. The principal purpose of the programme is to train young creative minds in the practical disciplines of the performing arts and, by doing so:
Engage Youth in creative activity through theatre practices
Create An Outlet for young people with creative potential
Fill A Void left by the lack of adequate Performing Arts instruction in our schools
Create An Audience for the arts
Make use of play scripts from the National Playwriting Competition and the region
Develop a company of talented and disciplined creative artists
Present quality ‘work-shows’ and stage productions that demonstrate acquired knowledge and skills.
Set the groundwork for further exploration of the arts in adulthood (i.e. University degree etc.)