Oklahoma Performing Arts

Oklahoma Performing Arts Programs

A nonprofit arts education program for Tulsa-area youth

Oklahoma Performing Arts students learn more than how to dance, sing or perform onstage. They also develop strong problem solving, time-management, goal setting and social skills.
Our age-based curriculum allows students to develop these skills in a non-competitive environment.

OPA training

Children ages three and older receive classical arts education in a variety of performing arts genres. These lessons, which are divided by age to ensure children are surrounded by developmentally similar peers, teach skills in a non-competitive environment. Classes meet several times per week and are conducted both online and in-person.

Allenato

Allenato, is an all-youth pre-professional performing arts company. The children receive comprehensive lessons and opportunities in the primary disciplines of the performing arts. The curriculum is formatted to mirror the structure and routine of a professional company, including expected routine lessons, rehearsals, performances, and community service.
Allenato creates five productions annually, one in each of the major disciplines along with a Holiday performance that includes the Nutcracker Suite.
Unlike traditional theater productions or competition-based dance studios that require competitive auditions, The five major performances and programs are cast with each of the Allenato students, again mirroring the expectations and format seen within a professional company. 
While the goal is training, performances and programs, the process of getting there is collaborative, encouraging children to work together to develop their performing arts skills, technical, and interpersonal skills, and also their grace, grit and tenacity.
Although Allenato is not for all students and families, it is open to those who are interested in receiving a collaborative, comprehensive performing arts education that will lead the individual to not only become a strong artist, An artist with the ability to recognize their learning, communication style, and an artist to ensure that their voice is heard and has value in a respectful, confident manner.
Allenato – creatively growing character.

LUEY
(Let Us Entertain You)

LUEY is a theatre performance program, for students 19 and younger, that provides a safe and welcoming environment to create, develop and empower our community through theatre. LUEY produces three plays and one holiday performance each season.

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Enjoy a Free Trial

Prospective students are invited to experience everything Oklahoma Performing Arts has to offer with a one-week free trial. Join OPA for in-person or virtual lessons in music, voice, acting, acrobatics and dance. During your one-week trial, try as many lessons within your age level as you like.

Frequently Asked Questions

OPA Rehearsals/Classes are offered at our Broken Arrow location:

718 South Elm Place
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
(81st and Elm Place)

The monthly tuition is dependent on the number of hours a student enrolls for each week. For example: If your student were to enroll in AB Acting, which is one hour per week, your monthly tuition will be $65.00 per month.

Boys

  • Pre-Performer/Beginner: white form fitting shirt, dark shorts, black canvas split-sole ballet shoes, and black tie tap shoes
  • Ballet: white form fitting shirt, dark shorts, and black canvas split-sole ballet shoes
  • Jazz: solid color form fitting shirt, dark shorts, and black slip-on Jazz shoes
  • Tap: solid color form fitting shirt, dark shorts, and black tie tap shoes
  • Acrobatics: solid color form fitting shirt, dark shorts, and bare feet

Note: Boys should wear sliders beneath their shorts.

 

Girls

  • Pre-Performer/Beginner: solid color leotard (will need a skin toned spaghetti strap for performance), pink and tan convertible tights, pink canvas ballet shoes, and black Mary Jane tap shoes
  • Ballet: solid color leotard and pink tights, black dance shorts may be worn over leotard and tights, pink canvas split-sole slippers and/or pointe shoes (if applicable), hair in a bun
  • Jazz: solid color leotard, tights (can be cut offs), solid color dance shorts may be worn over leotard and tights, and skin toned slip-on jazz shoes
  • Tap: solid color leotard, tights (can be cut offs), socks (optional), dance shorts may be worn over leotard and tights, and tan Mary Jane tap shoes
  • Acrobatics: solid color leotard, convertible tights (can be cut offs), dance shorts may be worn over leotard and tights, and bare feet

 

Hair

  • Hair should be worn up and away from the face in a ponytail
  • Hair should be in a bun for ballet

 

Important Note:

  • Street clothes are to be worn over lesson/movement/dance clothes outside of OPA at all times)

One of the most often overlooked vehicles for helping children achieve their optimum human potential is the performing arts.

 

Something magical happens onstage when children face down their anxieties and bravely step in front of an audience to don a new persona. By the time the curtain falls, they have become more confident, more resilient, and more comfortable in their skin. And with enough time and practice, they will take those character gains with them into a more hopeful future. 

 

Founded in 1996, Oklahoma Performing Arts offers developmentally sensitive programs for children ages three to 19 featuring ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics, music, voice, acting, and technical theater, as well as public performances in diverse theatrical genres.

 

Unlike many other arts organizations that serve youth, Oklahoma Performing Arts teaches more than just how to dance, sing, or perform onstage. Through the vehicle of performing arts, students develop the emotional intelligence, tenacity, and grit they need to truly succeed in life. 

 

At Oklahoma Performing Arts, we teach character through performance. 

 

 

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