30 Jan The Best of NYC: Theater Classes for Kids
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Your child may already have experienced treading the boards, or they may be looking to start theater and performance classes for the first time. Whatever the case, encourage your child to hone their craft with one of these fantastic classes, which are some of the very best that NYC has to offer.
Improv 4 Kids Online Classes
Improv 4 Kids has been delivering laughs for all ages since 2003 from their off Broadway show in Times Square to touring nationwide.
Now online, kids and teens can take part in daily after school and weekend sessions. Walt Frasier, the author of Improv 4 Kids 2-book series (Improv on Zoom, Stand-Up Comedy), has logged 1000+ hours working on ZOOM with youth classes since March 2020. While sharing in much needed laughs, now with kids around the world, students develop creativity, public speaking skills and self confidence. See you back at our Times Square theater this summer and outdoor in person sessions in Central Park this spring. Sign up for online sessions at www.improv4kids.com
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Interested in small group, in-person performing arts classes? BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange offers custom classes in Drama, Creative Movement, Dance, and Tumbling for small pods (up to ten). These customized classes are designed to meet your particular scheduling, curriculum, and location preferences, including taking place at BAX’s Park Slope studios, outdoors, or at your own location.
BAX Virtual Classes (live on Zoom) in Dance, Drama, and Tumbling for grades K-5th, are also available throughout the Winter Term (Friday, March 26, 2021). Join us for Bilingual Spanish/English Drama, Hip Hop Grooves, Tumble Jumble, and more! Classes continue through the school year, with our Spring Term taking place April 5 through June 20. Scholarships & Prorated Tuition is available.
Brooklyn Arts Exchange has been serving artists of all ages and stages in Park Slope for 30 years. In keeping with BAX’s core commitment to social justice, BAX Youth Education programs foster authentic voice, creativity, collaboration, and provide a positive and nurturing environment for all!
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
NY 11215
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TADA! Song & Dance Mini-Series and Broadway Workshops
Take a TADA! class from anywhere in the world! TADA! Youth Theater is offering a variety of interactive, fun, online musical theater classes for ages 4-14 this February and March.Experience the magic of musical theater with TADA! Song & Dance Mini-Series in just four sessions. Students will engage in weekly musical theater training; learn vocals and choreography to a song from a popular Broadway musical; and play fun, active theater games!
February 2021:
Wednesdays: February 3, 10, 17, 24
Ages 6-7 3:30PM-5PM
Thursdays: February 4, 11, 18, 25
Ages 4-5 3PM-4PM
Ages 8-10 4:15PM-5:45PM
March 2021:
Wednesdays: March 3, 10, 17, 24
Ages 6-7 3:30PM-5PM
Thursdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25
Ages 4-5 3PM-4PM
Ages 8-10 4:15PM-5:45PM
Visit TADATHEATER.COM/ONLINE-MINI-SERIES to register!Interested in a one-session workshop? Light up the room with TADA!’s Online Broadway Workshops! Students will learn music and choreography to a show-stopping number from a popular Broadway musical with two professional NYC teaching artists.
Tuesday, February 16
Ages 4-5 | FROZEN | 3pm-4:30pm
Ages 8-10 | HAMILTON | 5pm-6:30pm
Thursday, February 18
Ages 6-7 | HAMILTON | 4pm-5:30pm
Middle School | HAMILTON | 5pm-6:30pm
Tuesday, March 23
Ages 4-5 | THE LION KING | 3pm-4:30pm
Ages 8-10 | WICKED | 5pm-6:30pm
Thursday, March 25
Ages 6-7 | WICKED | 4pm-5:30pm
Middle School | WICKED | 5pm-6:30pm
Visit TADATHEATER.COM/BROADWAY-WORKSHOPS to register!All of our classes take place on Zoom, so you can join us from anywhere in the world. Use code NYLOVESKIDS to receive a $5 off your registration, exclusively for New York Loves Kids readers! The discount code will expire 03/25/2021.
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New York City Children’s Theater
Celebrate Black History Month with Creative Clubhouse Stories at New York City Children’s Theater! Join NYCCT for six 45 minute story time classes on zoom, as they explore the stories of Black folx who have made an impact on history, music, science, and literature – celebrating their contributions and investigating the injustices they faced.
February 2nd – February 25th
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3pm EST LIVE on Zoom!
$10 per class | Classes run for 45 minutes
Child’s Play NY
Child’s Play NY’s award-winning theater classes get kids playing, connecting and acting together! Whether in-person or online, their programming supports young people’s social-emotional learning and creativity. Vibrant teaching artists infuse joy into the classes while challenging curriculum inspires kids to grow their skills.
Child’s Play NY has been selected as a top theater arts-program by Backstage, New York Parents and Red Tricycle. Their games and resources are used by Mt. Sinai Parenting as a tool for families, and they are the chosen theater provider at dozens of high-ranking schools in NYC.
Current programming includes online classes and camps, private Play Pods, and upcoming in-person summer camps.
Special for Summer 2021: Heroes and quests are the name of the game for in-person camps. The program prioritizes safety with outside theater activities and small groups over a two week program. Each session culminates in a movie that showcases the original stories, scenes, music videos, and the fantastic characters campers create. These camps help kids work collaboratively, practice empathy, and gain confidence in a joyful setting. From Wizarding Worlds, to Minecraft Mythology to Narnia, fantastic adventures await!
Class location:
Virtual classes, Play Pods meeting throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn
Summer camps in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene and Park Slope
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Stella Adler Studio of Acting – Online Acting Classes for Kids & Young Teens!
The greatest way to unlock and activate the wisdom of childhood is through play. And play most naturally and organically builds the muscles best suited for spiritual health and mature interactivity and engagement with the world. Theater at its core has been described as organized play, utilizing at one and the same time form and freedom, discipline and improvisation. With this in mind and heart the Stella Adler Studio of Acting is excited to open its doors to young people, ages 8-10 and 11-13 for the very first time. All classes are currently being held online. For the most recent class offerings, please visit: https://stellaadler.com/online-classes/young-artists/
Founded in 1949, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s mission is to create an environment with the purpose of nurturing theater artists who value humanity, their own and others, as their first and most precious priority while providing art and education to the greater community.
Online via Zoom.
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