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Build valuable and enriching skills and techniques with top teaching artists!

Particulars
Wear clothes you can move in.
Provide emergency medical info.
Refund Policy
If you cancel your regisration more than two weeks before camps or classes start, we will refund your fee less a $25 administrative fee. If you cancel your registration with less than two weeks notice, your fee may be credited to another Kaleidoscope camp for up to one year. Once classes have started, there are no refunds.
Scholarships
Call (510) 845-8542 x 301 for an application form. Limited funds available. Requests are processed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Location
2640 College Avenue at Derby in Berkeley.
Phone (510) 845-8542 x 301
Fax (510) 845-3133
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Class Descriptions
Kaleidoscope Unlimited Drama (ages 7-12)
for children with Aspergers Syndrome
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Mondays 3:30-5:00pm
Sep. 22-Nov. 10
Teaching Artist:
Beth Donohue Templeton
Tuition: $120
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Build social skills, focus and imagination through theatre games and fun improvisational exercises. We will create original characters, stories and scenes as we develop our concentration, commitment and teamwork skills. Appropriate for those children with a diagnosis of Aspergers or similar behavioral challenges. |
Improvisation Workout (ages 8+)
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Wednesdays 3:30-5:00pm
Sep. 24-Nov. 12
Teaching Artist:
Margaret Von Heidecke
Tuition: $120
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Learn the priciples of Improv and come play with us! The atmosphere is creative and supportive, the characters and plots spring from your imagination and absolutely no scripts are allowed. We will explore games, scenes, long form, movement improv, musical improv and more. All levels welcome. |
Creative Drama (ages 4-6)
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a) Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm
September 25- November 13
Teaching Artist: Rica Anderson
b) Saturdays 9:00-9:45am
September 27-November 22
Teaching Artist: Katharine Dunlop
Tuition: $80
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Use your body, voice and imagination to create new worlds with original characters, stories and environments. This is theater in its most playful sense: as a natural extention of our physical, emotional and intellectual lives. Music, visual art and costumes help us explore story and character as we build physical and vocal skills and have a lot of fun! |
Creative Dance (ages 4-6)
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Fridays 3:30-4:30pm
Sep. 26-Nov. 20
Teaching Artist:
Erin Gottwald
Tuition: $80
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Learn to move with self-confidence and joy as we explore dance concepts and build valuable physical skills. Strengthen your body and enjoy dancing with others as we layer musical instruments, story and song into our afternoon of creative movement fun. |
Acting Techniques (ages 8+)
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Saturdays 10:00-11:30am
Sep. 27-Nov. 22
Teaching Artist: Phil Stockton
Tuition: $120
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Build rehearsal and performance skills in this dynamic and fun class designed to help you acheive a higher level of connection, grounding and creative choice. Working on improvisation skills, character development, script analysis, monologues and scenes, this class will focus on several key aspects of the actor's process: imagination, characterization, choices and trust. |
Musical Theatre Workshop (ages 7-9 and 10-12)
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a) Sats. 10:00-11:30 (ages 7-9)
b) Sats. 11:45-1:15 (ages 10-12)
Sep. 27-Nov. 22
Teaching Artist: Simon Kaplan
Musical Director: Rona Siddiqui
Tuition: $120
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Build acting and singing skills as you develop a short play with songs for performance in the final class session. A vareity of musical sources will be explored including: popular and folk music and traditional Brodway repertoire. Blocking, character development, theatre games and more all contribute to bringing these musical stories to life. |
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