Dates of concurrent learning: April 21 and April 28
In-Person Cap: 10 students
Location: Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA 22206 (Shen Rehearsal Room)
Registration:
- Each session will have a cap of 10 students, who sign up on a first-come/first-serve basis.
- Registration for April 21's session will be emailed out at 7AM on April 15. Once ten people have signed up for a session, registration for that particular session will close.
- Students who do not attend on April 21 will be sent the link for April 28's Conservatory at 7AM on April 22. If there are still available spots for April 28th's session by the next morning, students who participated in person the week before will be sent the registration link on April 22 at 7AM.
- Choosing to attend in-person is, of course, completely optional.
Safety Protocol
- Students under 18 will receive a permission form that parents must sign. It must be returned no later than 7PM the night before the attending session. Students over 18 will need to present a picture or copy of ID with birthdate to waive the permission form by 7PM the night before session.
- The day of each session, attending students will be emailed a health questionnaire. If any of the questions indicate that the student has symptoms that should preclude them from in-person participation, they will be removed from the in-person roster for the evening. Their spot may be offered to another student.
- Attending students will need to arrive no later than 6:55PM to Signature Theatre. The doors to Signature Theatre will be locked upon arrival. Matt or David will meet attending students at the door to perform a temperature check. If the student has a temperature above 100.4 F, they will be sent home.
- Once a student has received their temperature check and been approved for entry, they will enter the building and take the stairs to the Shen Rehearsal Room on the fourth floor (only students with health restrictions against four flights of stairs will be permitted to use the elevator.)
- The building's HVAC system has been approved by the State of Virginia as up-to-date and safe for work.
- Prior to student arrival, Signature's janitorial staff will have performed a deep cleaning on the Shen Rehearsal Room. Additionally, the room will have been unused for a full week before Conservatory use of the room on the 28th.
- The Shen is a very large rehearsal room. Attending students will find spike marks for standing on during warm-ups. All exercises will be designed with social distancing in mind.
- Masks will be required at all points: Check-in, warm-up, performing, discussing, observing, etc. Masks must cover the nose. No masks with breathing holes, etc, will be permitted. Neck gaiters do not qualify as acceptable masks. Plastic shields may be worn in addition to a cloth mask but cannot serve as the only facial covering.
- At the conclusion of the session, students will be encouraged to leave the Shen immediately. Post-class socializing will be permitted in the plaza in front of Signature Theatre. Outdoor socializing, still masked, runs a much lower risk for viral transmission than masked, indoor socializing does. Signature Education staff will happily join students outside to join conversation as necessary.
Teaching/Lesson Understanding
- Virtual learning and in-person learning are very different experiences. As a result, we are anticipating being together with all 20 students, joined virtually and in-person, for some but not all moments. One teacher each week will be assigned to work with the in-person students while the other will be assigned to work with virtual students. Students will "join" via technology when exercises are appropriate to both mediums. When they are not, they will work separately via Zoom and in-person training. Both sides of the experience will be carefully crafted to ensure that everyone gets a high-quality experience. This approach will ensure that neither student group is ignored and that each receives full focus from Signature Edu staff.
