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Edgemar Center for The Arts, Santa Monica:
Located just 2 blocks from Venice Beach, in Santa Monica CA, Edgemar Center for The Arts provides a range of quality acting classes for kids and teens of all ages and abilities, including an intensive Summer Acting Camp for ages 5-18. Unleash your child's creative abilities with one of our fun, imaginative, and professionally-taught acting courses encompassing many of the most popular acting techniques including Meisner, Strasberg, Adler, Hagen, Chekhov & Stanislavsky.

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Our Mission:

Our mission is to provide a creative home to a community of passionate young actors. Our young students are able to master the fundamentals and develop their craft by working on diverse material, honing their skills both on-camera and on-stage. 

Unlock Your Child's Potential:
Through theatre/ improv games and scene work, our student’s imaginations and creativity can blossom to their full potential. Kids in our acting courses create characters and learn to trust their instincts, building confidence, making new friends, and developing independent thinking along the way. We welcome all eager and enthusiastic students and offer a professional education for actors in all stages of their careers.

Quality Acting Classes for Kids & Teens:

Summer Film and Acting Camps for Children and Teens:

June to August 2017
***We only allow 12 students per session***
Ages for our camps (we split ages) 7-12 and 13-17

Make A Movie Camp
A different film is made each week.
Students will write and star in their own original short film.  
We will guide them as they take their thoughts and ideas to the page, and from the page to the screen.   This is a one-of-a-kind experience, and we are thrilled to be able to  to see what ideas our students come up with and help make it a reality on screen!
Monday thru Friday 9am-3:30pm
Tuition is $780

Acting and Improv Camp
Develop a solid acting technique and foundation.
IMPROV WORKOUT: Fun improvisational games & exercises.
AUDITIONING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION ON CAMERA: Practice auditioning techniques & get on camera experience.
SCENE STUDY: The best way to learn is though hands on experience with direction. Work on scenes & monologues
VOICE INTENSIVE: Vocal and speech exercises.
Monday thru Friday 9am-3:30pm
Tuition is $535

Below is a list of camps dates that are still open:
JUNE 12TH – JUNE 16TH
JUNE 19TH – JUNE 23RD
JUNE 26TH – JUNE 30TH  
JULY 10TH – JULY 14TH 
JULY 31ST – AUGUST 4TH
AUGUST 7TH – AUGUST 11TH
AUGUST 14TH – AUGUST 18TH
AUGUST 21ST – AUGUST 28TH

Year-Round Acting Classes for Kids:
- On Camera Audition Course (Ages 7-14)
- Acting and Improvisation class (Ages 7-14)
- Making a Movie Class (Ages 7-14)

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Address: 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California 90405, USA
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2020-02-17 were from:

Venice / CA; and more.
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• This year, Sunshine Studios are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for dancers age 16+ to take part in our exclusive 1 to 3-week Summer Camp Program in Los Angeles, California - home to some of the most prestigious dance studios in the world.

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• As our student, you will live and dance in beautiful Hollywood, Los Angeles and experience the typical dancer life! Dance Workshops will include Hip Hop, House, Jazz, Popping, Locking, New style, Krunk, Waacking, Freestyle, Voguing, Stepping, Grooves, and more.

• At our amazing Hollywood Dance Camp, students receive master dance classes and instruction in LA’ s most famous dance studios: “Debbie Reynolds” and “Millenium”.
Intensive Dance Education Summer Camp Program for Teens, Youth & Young Adults ages 16+

• Duration: 8 days, 14 days or 21 days

• Choose from two different camp experiences: the Uprock (basic) and the Moonwalk (deluxe) edition.

Dance styles/workshops include:
• House
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Second City Hollywood
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Located in the heart of the show-business world, Second City Hollywood provides performing arts comedy summer camps for kids & teens ages 8-18. Our 1 and 2-week camps feature training in Improvisation, Sketch Comedy, and Musical Improvisation. Our summer program attracts students from all over the country and abroad.

Work out your creative energies in our unique youth boot camp, make new friends and learn new skills, all while having loads of fun and laughs. Second City has launched the careers of countless actors, writers, directors and producers, and has influenced American comedy like no other theatre.
Comedy Summer Camps
- Duration: 1-2 Weeks
- Ages 8-18

Camp is broken into three sections each day:

- Improvisation: Develop skills like creative thinking, self-confidence, listening, brainstorming, team building, and communication

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Kaplan International San Diego
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• Kaplan International offers summer English programs in San Diego, California for teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18.

• Kaplan International are world leaders in international education and have over 40 years experience in providing first-class international education with consistently high standards of teaching and student care.

• Our summer ESL programs for juniors in San Diego take place at our school in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter in Downtown San Diego.

• Our summer English courses include 15 English classes per week, a full summer activity program plus excursions and homestay accommodation with an American host family.

• All of our Kaplan International English schools in the U.S. have ACCET accreditation (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training).

Student Review:
"If I could use one word to describe my Kaplan Experience it would be “awesome”. I’ve met the best friends ever and also enjoyed a good mix of activities with professional teachers.”
- Alejandra, Venezuela (General English student)
Summer ESL programs for teenagers ages 14-18 which includes:

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Since 1999, over 170,000 students have chosen iD Tech Camps to unlock their limitless tech potential. internalDrive, Inc. provides its hugely-popular summer iD Tech Camps for kids and teens, as well as the iD Programming Academy, iD Gaming Academy, and iD Film Academy in over 80 prestigious universities in the U.S., including UCLA in Los Angeles, California State University, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, and UC San Diego.

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Make your own game at the game design camps. Learn programming in C++ or Java at the programming camps & robotics camps. Get creative at the web design camps & digital arts camps. Film and edit at the movie camps. Get inspired by energetic, tech-savvy instructors, and build critical 21st century STEM (Science, Technology, Math & Engineering) skills.

iD Tech Camps guarantees small class sizes (student-instructor ratio of 8:1) and uses professional, brand-name products at each camp. Students are provided with a computer for the duration, and are instructed by a qualified & experienced adult-only staff.

“This was an excellent introduction to programming. The Camp is well run, organized, and my son liked the instructor and other students. He definitely wants to return for another session.”
- Greg, Parent, Cal Lutheran University
Summer Tech Camps for Kids & Teens ages 7-18:

iD Tech Camp:
- Week-long Day camps for ages 7-17
- Week-long Overnight camps for ages 10-17 

iD Programming Academy:
- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

iD Game Design & Development Academy:
- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

iD Film Academy:
- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

Accredited Continuing Education Units are available from all iD Academy locations.
StudyAston
Courses / Programs
Learn English in California in summer 2024 with StudyAston!

Based in an accredited private school in Escondido - 30 minutes north of San Diego, we provide 2-4 week junior English language + activity summer camps to students ages 8-17.

Students in our Junior English Camp program will have an opportunity to interact and make friends with local students from the area.

Students live with a local family in homestay accommodation. Living with an American family is an excellent way to improve your English. Our students live in a very safe area that is close to our school.

Exploring beyond traditional classroom environments not only encourages self-esteem by allowing students to practice their conversation and listening skills, but also helps them have a bigger view of the world.
Junior English Language Summer Camp:
- For students ages 8-17

- 2, 3 and 4-week study options
- 17.5 hours per week in-class
- Afternoon Activities
- Optional Weekend Tours to: Disneyland, Universal Studios, Los Angeles
- Qualified teachers for young learners
- Shared homestay with a local family
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- Airport - pick up and drop off
- WASC accredited curriculum
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