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Registration for 2026 Spring performance Academy
2026 Xclaim! Spring PERFORMANCE ACADEMY CLASS
Be an Xclaimer! - where EVERY child is a STAR!
Registration OPEN NOW!
OPEN HOUSE and Spring Academy Registration:
Saturday Jan 10 at 2:00p-3:00p
& Sunday Jan 11 at 2:00p-3:00p
at 502 College St. 42101.
Join us for a meet & greet and registration to prepare for class!
Xclaim! Performance Academy provides pre-professional experience and training to youth and adults in a variety of performance genres meant to provide skills for stage performers. Classes meet once per week for one hour each (WEE Theatre meets 45 minutes) for the entire semester - January 12- May 9.
ACTING - Ages 7-Adult.
Course focuses primarily on building skills for stage performance with emphasis on deep understanding of character, physical control, mental focus, and building intensity of emotion onstage. Study units include Fundamentals of Acting, Developing "Stock" Characters, and Concepts from history's greatest theatre directors and acting coaches.
YOUTH ACTING - Ages 7-10 Mondays 5:30p-6:30p
TWEEN ACTING - Ages 10-13 Tuesdays 5:30p-6:30p
TEEN/ADULT ACTING - Ages 13 - Adults Wednesdays 5:30p-6:30p
Students must obtain instructor approval to register for a class time outside their age group.
DANCE - Ages 7-18. Tuesdays 6:30p-7:30p
Group exercises in strength, flexibility, rhythm & musicality prepare students for floor exercises and drills meant to teach dance steps & combinations used most frequently in musical theatre and Broadway productions. Basic technique and vocabulary will be taught through short combinations and class choreography. This unique mix of dance styles, tumbling and acrobatics prepares musical theatre performers. Students in dance class need proper jazz dance shoes, tap dance shoes and should keep their hair pulled back out of their face and secured.
VOICE - Ages 7-Adult. Wednesdays 4:30p-5:30p
Group exercises and vocal drills teach blending, vocal control, tone purity and breath control. Focus on proper vocal technique to ensure healthy singing! Individual vocal assignments will challenge personal growth and teach solo techniques used by professional vocalists & Broadway musical theatre performers. This class will perform and musical theatre medley for Winterfest Final Showcase.
WEE Theatre - Ages 4-6. Tuesdays 4:45p-5:30p
Games & activities featuring children’s songs, rhymes & fairy tales will teach motor control, listening, following instructions and teamwork. Stage concepts include facing the audience and speaking loudly and clearly.
STAGE COMBAT - Ages 10-Adult. Mondays 4:30p-5:30p
Course covers techniques for safely performing falls, slaps, punches, chokes and defensive moves onstage, as well as an introduction to basic fencing. Homework may require students to meet with assigned partner outside of class. Students unable to focus or demonstrate self-control will require a chaperone to attend as their partner.
Scroll down to view the Performance Academy Policies and Procedures for details and expectations for the semester of classes. Also find the following forms:
Registration Information - Important dates and needs for class
Registration Form - Must be submitted for each student
Student Confirmation - contains details for each student to take home
Registration OPEN NOW!
Register now! Classes begin:
January 12, 13, & 14
To register with check, scroll down to download and print forms:
Registration Form
Parental Consent Form
Send these forms and check payable to Xclaim, Inc. to:
Xclaim, Inc.
502 College St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
To pay with credit card online, click the button below:
(Online fees apply. Online registrants must submit Parental Consent Form to info@xclaiminc.com before class to attend)
Scroll down to see paperwork!
executive director
Christopher H. Cherry is founding Executive Director of Xclaim, Inc., a non-profit performance arts organization providing unique performance opportunities for youth. This Bowling Green, KY native is no stranger to local arts and youth programs. He graduated Western Kentucky University, Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Performing Arts with concentrations in Musical Theatre & Directing. Cherry directed the Sunburst Youth Theatre as Director of Education for Public Theatre of Kentucky for 5 years and then founded the Capitol Arts Youth Theatre, for which he served as Artistic Director for more than 3 years. He served 2-year positions as Theatre-Artist-in-Residence for Kaleidoscope, a positive youth development program, and as an ambassador for the Youth Alliance, both in Bowling Green. Cherry also served on the board of directors for Fountain Square Players, Bowling Green's community theatre, for 3 years.
Christopher has worked on more than 500 productions as director, choreographer, stage manager & actor for professional theatre companies in Philadelphia, Louisville, Nashville and Atlanta. He has taught youth classes, workshops and private lessons in acting, auditioning, movement, musical theatre, technical theatre, and voice & diction for stage for 25 years.
Many of his students are seeking professional degrees or working theatre professionals, commercial actors or models for runway and print. Christopher strongly believes that young people should be valued as artists and given support, training and encouragement for their artistic aspirations.
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