3 Part Series - TeenARTS Campers Express Themselves

Over the next week, HSA will introduce you to several of our TeenARTS summer camp intensive participants. In this three part series, four campers will share via the HSA blog what it has been like for them to deeply explore their artistic interests in preparation for their end of camp show called "Express Yourself." Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments on Thursday, August 11 at 7:30pm at the HSA Theatre.

Photo: TeenARTS Performance 2011

Meet Anjette Rostock - Age 15
My HSA TeenARTS Summer Intensive Experience

As a teenager in New York City, the arts have become a major part of my life. Since I was young, I have always found joy in learning and experiencing life through the arts. The Harlem School of the Arts has been a part of my life, allowing my love for dance to be expanded into many different forms of dance like Ballet, Modern, Hip-Hop, and many other styles as well. I’ve recently become a part of the summer intensive TeenARTS camp, where my friends and I get to do all of the different types of arts we love such as dance, visual arts, theater, film, slam poetry, and even marketing to help promote our end of the summer show.

The dance/film group has been taught how to create dance pieces to odd meters of music by Miss Maria Mitchell, and they have also began to create their own dance piece along with the music group. This group has also been working on many different projects that involve short documentaries and features. The music group is learning how to play percussion for instance snare drums, African drums, and more; they began to create their own music on Garage Band. The visual arts/theater group does writing, makes pyramids out of boxes, and works on their own art projects. This group is also writing on slam poetry about many different subjects of their choice.

For six weeks, these nineteen campers have been preparing a show that encompasses all of the different types of arts in many different ways. We are using all of the different places that are a part of the HSA building for our show. The show was created and influenced by all nineteen of us. Our show, Express Yourself, is on August 11, 2011 at 7:30pm in the HSA Theatre.