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West Side YMCA - Community Arts
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West Side YMCA focuses on developing healthy bodies, minds, and spirits through various learning activities and arts programs. They provide opportunities for self-expression, arts education, and professional performing arts training, while also teaching life skills and fostering creativity.
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Filling the Well
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
This is the perfect class for fiction writers who want to be writing but aren't, or those who feel stuck on a current project. This is a generating class in which students write new material or advance pre-existing short stories or novel chapters. The class provides weekly deadlines, through fun and challenging prompts, that serve as pricks to the imagination to get you off and racing. Each class session is reserved for workshopping student work....
Going Deeper: Fiction Workshop
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
This fiction workshop is for experienced writers looking for feedback on their short stories and novel chapters. In a warm environment, students will receive honest, detailed feedback and learn techniques to improve craft, deepen fiction, and identify and tackle common storytelling problems. Each student will get to submit two pieces for workshopping over the six weeks and must have work ready to present. Prerequisite: This is...
Kids Company The Improvisational Actor (Ages 5 - 12)
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
The Improvisational Actor is a new class for ages 6-14 that focueses on the acting, characterization, and improvisation skill building. The Improvisational Actor includes rehearsing scripted scenes as well as developing student-devised material and culminates in a performance in the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater.
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Modern Dance Choreography and Composition (Ages 7-12)
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
In this exciting dance class, students will learn modern dance technique from Cunningham to Graham, Duncan to Hawkins to Taylor, practice dance improvisation, and learn basic choreography skills to develop their own dances. Location Instructions: Students will need to check in with reception, and on their first visit they will need to check in with the Membership Desk to get their program participant card for entry. Reception will direct them to...
Kids Company Workshop (Ages 6 - 14 yrs)
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
This is a dynamic skills-based class where students will learn acting technique, character development, vocal skills, improvisation, creative drama, play-building, scene study, and more. Students will study foundational theater texts as well as different performance genres and styles. The class will include partner work, group activities, games, opportunities for individual projects, cultivation of leadership skills, practicing creative decision...
Strange and Fantastical Tales
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
In this class, we’ll look at an assortment of genres—fairy tales, fairy tale retellings, fantasy, ghost stories, and other weird and wondrous fictions. The published works will serve as sources of inspiration as well as models of what's possible. We'll examine the requirements of each genre, and some techniques we'll study include: creating alternate worlds, skewing reality, finding original detail, creating compelling creatures, and effective...
Kids Company Showcase (Ages 6 - 14 years)
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Registration due at the first Parent’s Meeting. Students enroll in one session per week. Showcase programs culminate in a musical review/cabaret style presentation. With an ensemble focus, the Showcase is an excellent place for newer performers to develop skills, confidence, and technique in a supportive, dynamic, and fun environment. Location Note: All classes are located at the West Side YMCA at 5 West 63rd Street. Students will need to check...
Memoir Splash!
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Take the plunge into the refreshing waters of memoir writing. Dip your toes, paddle in the shallows, observe the ripples on the surface, and dive into the depths. As we share and discuss short pieces, we'll explore elements of craft, tackle obstacles to creativity, and inspire one another. Whether a novice or experienced writer, you’ll enjoy the company of fellow swimmers, and emerge renewed. Location Note: All classes are located at the West...
The Writing Room
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
There’s a reason why writers gravitate to cafes and libraries, where it can help just to be surrounded by others doing the same thing. The challenge of persevering through the long and lonely process of writing a full-length work can be daunting. The Writing Room is here to help. Whether you’re putting off starting a novel, memoir or narrative non-fiction; slogging through the middle of one; or slaving over the zillionth draft, this class aims...
Poetry Workshop: Let's Lose The Muse
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Cut through the myths: get the tools to help you find and sculpt the poem you want to make. Write, Read, and Revise. Bring your imagination! Maximum enrollment is 15 students. Open to all levels of writers.
A Laughing Matter - Adding Humor to Your Writing
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Humor is a skill that can come in mighty handy – especially since we’re all gonna die. Whether you’re trying to punch up your online dating profile, become an amusing public speaker, write that memoir, craft essays, find success as a stand-up comedian so you can have an excuse to drink all the time (or sleep around), or publish the next (and first ever) Pulitzer Prize winning comic novel, this class is most definitely for you. Class will cover...
Reader's Theatre 55+
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
A great class for theater enthusiasts to learn, explore, and experience dynamic new plays. Each week, the class reads a contemporary play cold from start to finish, developing character spontaneously. With the instructor's creative guidance, students learn to accumulate circumstances and make creative choices about character. At the conclusion of the cold reading, the class has a thoughtful discussion of the play, its cultural context, impact, and...
Ceramic Wheel: Intermediate/Advanced
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Refine your ceramic craftsmanship alongside experienced peers. Elevate your skills through personalized projects, guided demonstrations, and constructive critiques tailored to intermediate and advanced levels. Join us to expand your artistic horizons on the pottery wheel.
Ceramic Wheel: Intermediate
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Refine your ceramic craftsmanship in a supportive community setting. Elevate your skills through personalized projects, guided demonstrations, and constructive critiques. Join us to hone your expertise and unleash your creative potential on the pottery wheel.
Ceramic Wheel: Beginners Plus
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Elevate your ceramic craftsmanship with our intermediate-level course, designed for beginners seeking to expand their skills. Explore the art of throwing on the potter's wheel and refining glazing techniques under expert guidance. Develop your unique projects while receiving regular demonstrations and constructive critiques to enhance your mastery.
Ceramic Wheel: Beginner
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Unleash your creativity with hands-on guidance in ceramic artistry. Discover the art of throwing on the potter's wheel and mastering glazing techniques in a supportive environment. Elevate your skills through personalized projects and expert feedback.
Writing A Personal Essay for College Applications
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
This new class is a perfect opportunity for teenagers in the midst of the college application process. Classes will help students sharpen their essay writing skills in developing a clear point of view, structuring an essay, and using compelling descriptive language to create a personal, original, and thoughtful composition. Students will receive one-on-one college counseling in addition to direct feedback on essay drafts. All level of writers are...
Fairy Tales & Fantasy
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
In this class we’ll look at the elements of magic in fairy tales and fantasies. In the first weeks, readings and exercises will be assigned, and in the remaining weeks, student works in progress will be workshopped. Location Instructions: Students will need to check in with reception, and on their first visit they will need to check in with the Membership Desk to get their program participant card for entry. Reception will direct them to the room...
Jazz/Tap (Ages 7-11 Years)
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
From rhythm to isolations, shuffles to jumps, turns and kicks, this Jazz/Tap class will be accessible and fun for one and all. The class will culminate in an informal sharing of new techniques and combinations learned. Location Instructions: Students will need to check in with reception, and on their first visit they will need to check in with the Membership Desk to get their program participant card for entry. Reception will direct them to the...
Explorations with Clay Beg. Wheel
West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
This class is an introduction to throwing on the potter’s wheel for beginners only, emphasizing how to create functional forms such as cylinders and bowls. Participants will also learn to enhance forms with decorating and glazing techniques.
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