This document outlines the details of a 5-day ballet dance camp with a fairytale princess theme. The camp included taking ballet classes, crafts like making crowns and bead necklaces, watching movie parts of The Princess and the Frog, learning choreography, and rehearsing for a final performance of The Frog Prince ballet. The camp aimed to teach girls patience, friendship, individuality, and appreciation through dance and storytelling.

1. SENIOR PROJECT: A
FAIRYTALE PRINCESS DANCE
CAMP

2. MY FACILITATOR AND I
• Mrs. Dana S. Crain
• Stanley Zompakos
• B.F.A in Dance from University of
South Florida
• Carl Ratcliff Dance Theater of
Atlanta
• Selects dance students for Georgia’s
Governor's Honors Program

3. THE SCRIPT
Princess and the Frog Skit Script
Act 1
Me: Once upon a time in the lively city of New Orleans, there was an evil voodoo man
who cast an awful spell changing many people in to frogs. Among the people that he Act 2
changed was Prince Naveen. He enters our story here at the Bayou Café. We invite you Me: As you can see, these girls are a hardworking and determined group. They are willing to do whatever it takes to reach the ir
now to sit back, relax, and watch as our story unfolds. dreams including trust a talking frog! When our friends leave the restaurant they get a huge surprise. In this part of our st ory,
they’ll learn a lot about themselves and the true meaning of friendship and teamwork.
Restaurant scene: Almost There starts to play and the girls dance
The girls and Jacob hop in to the swamp as frogs.
Rachel: Owning your own restaurant is hard work. Emma: How do we turn back into humans?!
Emily: Yes, sometimes I wish I could just be a princess. Raigen, Kayden, Summer: Yeah, look what you did to us!
Raigen: Where cooks do the cooking for us! Jacob: Mama Odie can help! Help me find her and you’ll become princesses!
Laurel: And no more mopping! All the little girls: Our dream come true!!
Me: The little frogs set out on the search for the mystical Mama Odie, in hopes of a way to turn in to princesses.
Summer: No more dusting!
The frogs search for Mama Odie while Take You There plays
Kayden: Or scrubbing the floors!
Mama Odie: Hello little froggies! What can I do for you?
Georgia: That would be the life! Everyone: Please help! We need to turn back in to humans!
Emma: Guys! Cheer up! This was our dream, to own a restaurant. No one said it would be Mama Odie: Ha, ha, ha! Humans you say?
easy!
Everyone: Yes!
Jacob enters as frog Prince Naveen
Mama Odie: Did the Shadow Man do this to you?
Lucie: Not another frog! Everyone: Yes! And he promised us we would be princesses once we turned back into humans!
Rachel: That’s the third one this week! Mama Odie: Well Little Froggies, what you want isn’t always what you need. There are plenty of wonderful things about each of
you that make you special without being princesses! Let’s dig a little deeper to find out what it is that makes each of you s pecial.
Jacob: Wait! Wait!
Dance to Dig a Little Deeper and collect flowers from barre
Lainey and Laurel: He talks!! Me: It looks like our little froggies have successfully found special things about themselves. Let’s see what they’ve discovered.
Jacob: Yes, I’m Prince Naveen. The evil shadow man turned me into a frog! Everyone says what is special about them and exits room.
Emily and Georgia: We don’t believe you! Me: The little frogs did a spectacular job finding something special about themselves. I think they’ve finally come to terms with
the fact that being a princess isn’t everything. Perhaps that was the point of Mama Odie’s encouragement to dig a little deeper.
The froggies are very proud of their realizations. Hopefully something good is in the cards for them.
Jacob: I’ll prove it! Rub my head and I’ll turn into a Prince!
The girls enter as princesses and dance.
All the girls line up to rub Jacob’s head. They proceed to exit to the other studio to go to the swamp.
Me: Looks like digging a little deeper was all these princesses needed to do to change back and get their wish! They’ve all l earned
a valuable lesson about the difference between wanting something and needing something.
In the end, the princesses went back to their restaurant and opened it to much fanfare. They all lived happily ever after dow n in
•Patience New Orleans.
•Friendship
•Individuality
•Appreciation for what I have

4. DAY 1
• Taking Ballet Class
• Coloring
• Picking Princess Names
• Making Crowns
• Watching the Movie
• Learning Choreography

5. DAY 2
•Taking Ballet class
• Picking princess names
•Practicing the choreography
•Coloring pictures
•Watching another part of
the movie
•Making sparkly bead
necklaces
•Learning more
choreography

6. DAY 3
•Taking ballet class
•Finishing the movie
•Decorating the ladybugs and
dragonflies
•Coloring pictures
• Learning the speaking roles
•Rehearsing what we know

7. DAY 4
•Taking Ballet class
•Trying on frog costumes
•Decorating folders and goodie bags
•Practicing the dances
•Learning a new dance
•Practicing lines
•Reading The Frog Prince

8. DAY 5
• Taking Ballet class
• Trying on princess costumes
• Organizing all of the crafts
• Practicing all of the dances and lines
• Running the whole show twice
• Performance time!! 

9. SHOWTIME!!!
THE SWAMP

10. GROUP PICTURE

11. MY SCRAPBOOK

12. WHAT I’VE LEARNED
•Patience
•Behavior
•Style of teaching
•Influence as a role model

13. THANK YOU!