Performing Arts Classes in Nashville, TN

Ready to try tap as a form of dance? This beginner tap class is perfect for our budding actors and dancers interested in taking their dance skills beyond ballet and jazz.  Tap is continuously featured in musical theatre, and the skill has become more coveted by casting directors for emerging artists. It is never too early to develop a deep dance...

This dance/acting combo class is perfect for the advancing musical theatre performer. While this class will teach advanced tap skills and choreography, the instruction will also incorporate stage presence, presentation skills, and character acting through choreography. Experience in tap is required (either one previous class or production with basic...

Interested in exploring the difference in stage and screen? Join us for our introductory film class where actors will be immersed in the study of on-screen acting.  The class series begins with an audition taping of age-appropriate cold reads. As the class progresses, students will learn how to act for the camera by performing monologues...

Take the next step in your acting journey by joining our homeschool play of Alice in Wonderland.  Actors will begin the rehearsal process by going through an audition practice workshop for roles and then will rehearse through their script of the full production of Alice in Wonderland. Actors will perform in costume and on stage for a live...

This class is all about using props on stage to help develop characters and stories. We’ll work on incorporating props effectively into scenes and using unusual and varied items and stage styles as props.

Join our thriving homeschool class as we build on the skills of both beginner and experienced actors. Last year, we spent the first semester introducing the fundamentals of dance and improvisation, and then progressed into longer choreography and short scene work. This year, we will review and build on those fundamental skills as well as begin rehearsing...

Two full days of personalized coaching for actors – for film, TV and theater – with Director / Producer / Acting Coach – Tom Todoroff You will learn how to: strengthen and find your true voice seek your own good opinion be a text detective change the molecules in the room have talent for your talent think like a producer be the acting...

Actors will meet each week dressed in costume to act out stories together. This class focuses on the introduction of costumes to theatre arts and bringing characters to life.

This is CAST’s classic approach and and introduction to acting, dance, and voice, the fundamentals of musical theatre.

Reimagine familiar stories such as Cinderella and Snow White with surprising new characters, settings and problems. Perhaps you will meet kind stepsisters or get surprising messages from a magic mirror to discover you are the bravest of them all.  With the directional guidance of our instructors, students will put together their own mini show,...

Get your letter to Hogwarts and immerse yourself in the universe created by J. K. Rowling. Learn acting skills and devise your own magical story, all while perfecting your “swish and flick!” With the directional guidance of our instructors, students will put together their own mini show, while enjoying a variety of theatre games and basic dance...

Do you love Drew Carrey’s hit TV show? Well now YOU get to be the star of your own improv show! Make it up as you go! Learn to trust your instincts, make dynamic choices on the fly and spontaneously create original characters and storylines…and remember the points don’t matter Registration Step 1: Complete payment. Cost above is the tuition...

Ages 3-5 will learn the beginning ideas of performance art by emerging in classes full of song, movement, and play acting. Classes will be themed around popular movies about princess and their best pals like Moana, Anna, and Elsa. This class takes the child that can’t stop singing and dancing in front of the TV into the world of the character and...

Our signature series, this six week semester will have you confidently shimmying, bumping and grinding in no time! You’ll learn an entire choreography, from start to finish, with optional clothing removals (over clothes).  If you’re looking to build your self confidence and get a great workout while you’re at it, this is the series for...