Creative Music: Carnival of the Animals
Adults | Available
The animal kingdom has inspired composers and choreographers for generations. Learn how dance and music concepts can help us explore how animals move, sound, and look as we improvise, compose, and choreograph our way through a week inspired by the musical suite by Camile Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals! Musicians will use body percussion, singing voices, instruments, and imagination to create their own musical suite to share with family in an informal performance on the last day of camp.
Early Bird Special: $325 if you register before March 1.
After March 1: $365
Tuition includes $40 non-refundable registration fee.
Cancellation Policy: CDC Administration must be notified 2 weeks prior to the start of your camp to receive a refund, minus non-refundable registration fee. No refunds given less than 2 weeks before camp. However, tuition may be used as a credit to a future class or camp.
- • Financial aid available based on need. This is a limited community resource supported in part by individual donors. Click here to complete our online financial aid application. An application must be received by CDC before you register.
• Payment Plans available. This flexible option allows families to split their balance into two installments. No application is required, but a payment plan must be arranged in advance by contacting registrar@creativedance.org. Placement in the camp is not ensured until your first payment is received.
- Clothing: Dress for comfort and ease of movement. Dance clothes such as leotards, footless tights, sweatpants/shorts, leggings, t-shirts, dance skirts, etc. Students dance in bare feet.
Franny Finstrom
Franny Finstrom (she/her) is an educator and musician who specializes in early childhood music education. She believes it is the birthright of every human to express themselves through music and dance.
Franny graduated from Northern Illinois University with Bachelor's of Music degrees in both music education and piano performance. She continued her music studies in Hungary at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music with emphasis on early childhood music education, piano pedagogy, and research on the influence of music on language development in young children. In 2013, Franny presented her lecture entitled, "Expanding the Kodály Vision: Folk Music and Whole Child Education" at the International Kodály Symposium in Kecskemét, Hungary. From 2022-2024, she was an associate director for Seattle Children’s Chorus, teaching their Early Childhood Music classes in Shoreline. In addition to her experience teaching piano lessons, music theory, and early childhood music, Franny also has classroom experience as a Montessori preschool teacher as well as experience teaching integrated curriculum with music and other subjects. Her passion for developing high-quality, developmentally-enriching music lessons brought her to Creative Dance Center where she is integrating her own expertise and experience in teaching music with Brain-Compatible Dance Education and BrainDance. Franny attended CDC’s Summer Dance Institute for Teachers in July 2024. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.