Performing Arts

Dance

Campers will take two dance technique classes a day, as well as work on developing dance fitness. They will have the opportunity to learn improvisation and choreography skills. At the end of the session, dance campers will perform a selection of teacher and camper choreography.


Theater

Campers will learn acting and scene writing techniques. They will take part in improvisation exercises, as well as have the opportunity to play a diverse variety of characters. At the end of the session, campers will perform a scene from a well-known Broadway show and a scene that they have created together.


Glee Club

Each day, the Glee club will take a dance class and a singing class. They will work on full group numbers with the teacher. Then they will split into groups and choreograph and sing their own works. Glee club members will have input on song choice, and the teacher will guide them through choreographic and vocal techniques to teach them how to create a visually interesting and meaningful performance. On the last day of the session, the Glee club will host a performance for family and friends.

Brady Hohn - Performing Arts Instructor

Brady is thrilled to be leading the performing arts program at Camp Coconuts! She has been dancing since age two and teaching since 2007. Upon receiving her certificate to teach dance in public schools, Brady developed an after-school Glee Club in Tenafly and was the assistant director of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Jr. in Dumont.  She has served as the performing arts specialist at Adults and Children in Trust summer camp in NYC, as well as the dance specialist for Lakeview Day Camp and Blue Rill Day Camp. Brady’s articles on dance classes for autistic children, master class etiquette, and audition do’s and don’ts are published in Dance magazine and Dance Teacher magazine. With a BFA in dance from Montclair State University, dance training at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, Ballet New England, and the Pineapple Studios in London, and vocal training through Mark Hoeler and Regina McAllen, Brady performed professionally with Six Flags Theme Parks, Edge Out Cancer—a company that combines theater, dance, and figure skating for American Cancer Society benefit performances, the Wagon Wheel Theatre Company in Warsaw, Indiana, and El King Productions as one of “Elvis’s” showgirls.  Although teaching has become her main focus, Brady still loves to be on stage and last performed as Jean MacClaren in Premier Theatre Company’s Brigadoon.

Tara Eccles-Frye - Performing Arts Instructor


Is owner/director of Emotion In Motion Dance Center in Middletown, NJ. "Miss Tara" as she is known by her students has been teaching dance for the past 15 years. She is Dance Masters of America Certified and has an extensive background in both dance and musical theater. She has studied at the University of the Arts, The Governor's School of the Arts, Broadway Dance Center and received a full scholarship to the Papermill Playhouse Summer Conservatory in 2002. Her choreography has been recognized by the Count Basie Theatre Awards, All America Cheer and Dance Competition in Hawaii as well as many regional and national dance competitions. In her spare time, Tara works very closely with Phoenix Productions in Red Bank where she is an instructor, choreographer and performer. She has been seen on the Count Basie Theatre stage as Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, Cha Cha in Grease, Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street to name a few.  This past summer, Tara was invited to perform along side Broadway veterans at the Broadway Lights The Night Benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Behind the scenes, she has choreographed countless shows including Legally Blonde, Anything Goes, Sound of Music, Grease, Sweet Charity and most recentlyAnnie. Tara is thrilled that she is able to share her knowledge and passion for the arts with her students. "If you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life"