Youth&KidScore2 Playhouse

Theatre dance: working with dancers professional and non-professional, students are exposed to fundamental dance techniques. Our programs place a strong emphasis on core strengthening, flexibility, and story through movement. Using material from musical theatre, students learn an ensemble piece musically and then proceed into a fully choreographed dance sequence for final presentation.

Voice studio lab: this course will give students an understanding of the voice and its physical components as applied to musical theatre. Student work on fundamentals of healthy singing: breathe support, articulation, relaxation techniques, alignment, and proper construction/placement. Included in this course is a basic introduction to music theory and its application including note values, scales intervals, harmony, key signatures, and sight reading.

Performance lab: students are immersed in the works of individual composers and lyricists. Class is a survey of the works and styles of major musical theatre artists including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd weber, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Leonard Bernstein. This lab is designed to workshop musical scenes or group projects for performance at the end of the session. Work becomes more complex over the course of the session and requires that students take on both leading and ensemble roles in performance.

Grade 5 Drama is designed to educate students about theatre. Students will learn basic acting techniques and theatre terminology for their grade level. Drama is designed to teach students how to work together in groups, think critically, use their imagination, discover new ideas, and solve problems. Students will learn how to improve their focus, self-confidence, and social skills. Students will be expected to work to the best of their ability to achieve group and individual success.

SEMESTER ONE CLASSES

•  Acting I (Meisner I)

•  Ballet I

•  Jazz & Theatre Dance I

•  Music Theory

•  History of Musical Theatre

•  Voice Studio Lab

•  Song Interpretation

•  Performance Lab I

•  Voice and Speech, I

•  Showcase Practicum I

SEMESTER TWO CLASSES

•  Acting II (Meisner II)

•  Voice & Speech II

•  Musical Theatre Scene Study

•  Improvisation

•  Ballet II

•  Jazz & Theatre Dance II

•  Tap I

•  Stage & Film Combat

•  Professional Preparation (The Business of Acting)

•  Audition Technique

•  Pop Rock I

•  Comedy

•  Ballroom Dance

•  Performance Lab II

•  Showcase Practicum II

Scene into song: students work on scenes with both music and text from a variety of musical theatre pieces. Scenes are generally taken from contemporary musical theatre and may include selections from shows such as glee the musical and more. 

Acting technique: students are introduced to the tool necessary for strong storytelling including given circumstances, objectives, obstacles, tactics, and action through the use of theatre games, exercises, and practical performance analysis. Our environment is structured for this exploration in a nurturing, safe environment with the goal to have fun while acting.

Musical theatre camp

From the classics of the “Golden Age” like Oliver twist, sound of music and the Wizard of Oz to the animated shows and movies like Dr Suess, The Cat in the Hat to Charlie Brown Christmas, there is a long and varied history of musical theatre on stage and screen. 

Adapting Literature

Objectives

Students will use various techniques to adapt fairy tales into a performance style setting, Students will us various techniques to adapt poetry into a performance style setting, Students will learn basic terminology associated with drama, Students will learn and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior

Fairy Tale Tableaux, Poetry Activities, Create a Scene from a dialogue line

Students will be assessed on group performance, group participation and effort.

This course emphasizes the basic elements of the craft of acting for stage and film using fundamental acting technique and scene study as starting points. Students participate in in-class shoots aimed specifically at training the actor for the technical requirements of acting on a film set. Every student shares the same curriculum. Some additional time may be scheduled for productions as needed.

Classes encourage to break down physical and internal inhibitions, and help each student find the most effective personal sources for the creation of truthful characters. Students should be prepared to work in non-traditional acting classes emphasizing the construction of, and control of character given unique pressure of a film or television shoot. Video cameras are used during class time.

Students develop the technique and confidence they need to create believable performances for the camera they apply what they learn to a series of on camera exercises designed to develop their scene acting ability. Students participating in our acting studio perform in a film scene that is taped, edited and screen for a live audience. 

 Starting where the students left off in the introductory acting for stage and film program. Students are cast in and explore the process of performing in a more in-depth production. Students may shoot the final project on location or in a closed set at the film academy. While students are introduced to specific acting techniques and exercises as they apply to acting for the camera, classes primarily focus on rehearsal and preparation for the final project. 

Note: production workshops during the 26 weeks. Short scenes will be shot during these classes as well. Naturally, there will be a final screening for cast, crew, family and invited guests.

 From the classics of the “Golden Age” like Oliver twist, sound of music and the Wizard of Oz to the animated shows and movies like Dr Suess, The Cat in the Hat to Charlie Brown Christmas, there is a long and varied history of musical theatre on stage and screen. YouthScore Playhouse provides a unique environment where students in our camps can hone their craft and learn to read. And some of our workshops will be taught by real professional actors. In this part of our camp students develop the necessary skills needed for success in musical theatre, including dance, voice, acting and performance skill. This program is designed for each kid or youth to be taught as a unique part of our ensemble with varied levels of singing and movement ability. Students will be encouraged to effectively interpret scripts and songs, as well as present themselves professionally in performance situations either at auditions, or on stage or on film. Courses from the following list allow students to explore the integral skills required for success in the field, to understand professional ethics, and to prepare themselves for the demands of a career as an actor.

The Digital Media Production Program is a limited-access, cutting-edge program designed to prepare participants for the rapidly changing world of digital media.

 Green screen technology is the basis of the effects seen in everything from the latest Hollywood blockbusters to the weather forecast. Our participants will help create our end of the year film using this technology.

Youth-KidScore2 Film Academy’s reputable hands-on Film Camps teach the next generation of filmmakers the fundamental elements of visual storytelling. The end of the year Film-A-Bration will be spectacular.

Music Videos are one of the most accessible and hands-on ways that individuals can begin a career in directing that is free of the many constraints of standard narrative filmmaking.

3D Animation is more popular than ever and the field of 3D animated video, computer, and interactive games has grown remarkably and continues to expand.

Students in the YouthScore Film Academy’s hands-on 3D Animation Camps write, animate, direct and edit their own computer animated short films.

The Youth-KidScore2’s hands-on accelerated one-year Video Game Design Camp submerses students into the extremely popular world of Video Game Design. Students will learn what makes games stand out above the rest by playing, deconstructing, analyzing hit games and creating their own Video Games.

More than 6 in 10 California children under the age of 12 live in families where all parents are working³. For this reason, child care providers are a critical component of the state and nation’s economic infrastructure, ensuring that children have a safe space to learn and grow while parents work

YouthScore S.O.A.R. Code Club YouthScore@coderdojo.com  CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led; community based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in an informal and creative environment.

Outreaching seminars (gangs 101) taught by real ex-gang members who have not only been where some youths are, but have come out alive and turned their lives around.