DREAMA Minicamp This Week (Partner)

Little ones climbing the walls? A summer solution for Wednesday, August 7 from 10am-12pm, when Claire Beckman, Ditmas Park resident of 13 years and co-founder of Brave New World Rep is offering:

WHAT: 2-hour summer DREAMA mini-camp for young children ages 3.5 to 5.5
WHERE: Pilates on Rugby, 265 Rugby Road between Beverley and Cortelyou
WHY: This workshop will be an introduction to Autumn DREAMA Tuesdays from 4-5pm beginning in September.

OTHER INFO: Parents may drop off or stay! Workshop fee is $40 per child — includes a popsicle break! Limited to 10 children and one adult per child. Call 917-660-4660 to reserve a spot! $5 discount to a sibling.

What is DREAMA?

Claire says:

Young children love drama because they live in their bodies and imaginations, and drama sets both free. I don’t teach young children “acting.” Traditional acting classes help grownups rediscover the honesty we had as children when we played pretend. When I first developed Dreama for my three-year-old-daughter (now 16) and her friends in the summer of 2000, I wanted to create a class for young children where their desire to “be” a princess, or a pirate, or a dolphin, would be as fully realized as possible, complete with costumes and music. I wanted to give children a few tools for storytelling, like understanding what a character is and being able to name and express their feelings. Most importantly, I wanted to take them on journeys of the imagination.

Parents say about DREAMA:

“The kids have a great time in a stress-free, non performance oriented class… pushing their imaginations to the limit in a purely fun, creative, playful way… it doesn’t end in the classroom, Dreama has increased my son’s awareness of his surroundings and helped him to work and play with other children.”